5 December, 2003

Earlier this week I took a small trip to Wellington with two missions: 1) Catch up with friends, family and people in my industry with similar interests and; 2) scope out the city as a place to live. Number 1 was fun and due to the prevalence of pubs in Wellington the ‘catching up’ was great. Number 2 was also a success as I can now scratch another city off my ‘places to live’ list. The IT industry is feeling decidedly weary these days with very few interesting projects happening and very few people seeing the potential. I have to admit to finding my enthusiasm for the potential uses of the Internet waning quickly.

Flying back into Christchurch was fantastic. The clouds, from above, looked like a big zen garden all raked out and with the Southern Alps poking their heads through and a vibrant sunset the world was looking pretty good to me.

Our kitten is now a young cat and has started catching the mice in our compost heap. As someone who’s kept pet mice I have mixed feelings about this. I’m guessing it’s a bit like watching your child win a school yard fight…on the one hand – go kid, on the other – don’t fight. He is, however, remarkably gentle with the mice (though I’m sure the mouse doesn’t see it that way) and tends to lose them when he gets bored which goes against everything I understand about cats. I can only assume he is well fed and he has learned well the concept of play.