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# Do I have to wear my hair like the troll in the picture?
I already have the ears for it
(I helped save b3ta! Michael Ellis contributes nothing, Thu 5 Nov 2009, 23:07, archived)
# you've got to pick two of three of
green skin
big ears
blue sticky-up hair

i'm currently swinging the green skin and big ears look but i'm thinking of dying my hair blue next week and going for the full set
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Thu 5 Nov 2009, 23:10, archived)
# How did your Norway trip go, Trolly McTroll?
(I helped save b3ta! zoldergoose, Thu 5 Nov 2009, 23:12, archived)
# 'twas cold and wet
I'd expected snow, which is why I was overjoyed to get rained on for two days. It was bloody cold, too. But on the plus side, it went really well -- as well as I could have dreamed. It'll be a month or so before I learn if I've got the job, but I know I'm definitely well in line for it, with only two or three others who might steal it from me. Nothing guaranteed but he liked me, liked and was interested in my work, and would be interested in me carrying it on with him in Oslo, and I can't ask for anything more than that.

So I'm quite hopeful about that. And despite the rain and the dark and the sheer expense of it all, Oslo seems like a decent town, too.
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Thu 5 Nov 2009, 23:14, archived)
# That sounds fantastic. Let me know whether you get it.
I went to Oslo last year and loved it. Had to eat solely at 7-11s though. Expensive place.

Well done!
(I helped save b3ta! zoldergoose, Thu 5 Nov 2009, 23:16, archived)
# I was on expenses
so I should get most of the money I spent on food back. But probably not all of it, since they'll pitch the expenses at German prices, which are almost sane. Plus Oslo paid for my hotel and it was an all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet, which saved me a fortune on lunches. :)

I'd say I've got about a 30-40% chance of getting the job and I'll be utterly delighted if I do. And even if I don't he wants to work with me on some of my stuff anyway -- and since he's got a 100+ core supercomputer with loads of cycles going free I can start throwing my ludicrously inefficient codes around and actually get results. So even if I don't get that job I'll be ahead. If I do I'll be spunking in my pants for a week. (Then I'll move to Oslo and see all the girls walking around and do the whole thing over again. They're big on black leggings and boots at the minute. It's a dream, I tells yer.)
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Thu 5 Nov 2009, 23:20, archived)
# Ah yes, I remember that well. At one point there I went to a free death metal concert called "Faggotcore"
(I helped save b3ta! zoldergoose, Thu 5 Nov 2009, 23:23, archived)
# Hahaha what?
Is that gay grindcore bands or something? I may enjoy Oslo even more than I thought...
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Thu 5 Nov 2009, 23:25, archived)
# Haha I'm really not sure. It seemed like ordinary death metal on the (quite small) stage and, whilst I can't speak for everyone there, I can testify that at least a couple of the girls there were straight...
I think it might have been in connection with a gay rights march that was also going on in the city that day. Maybe.
(I helped save b3ta! zoldergoose, Thu 5 Nov 2009, 23:27, archived)
# This sounds like fun
Especially if some of the girls are straight and all the men are gay.
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Thu 5 Nov 2009, 23:37, archived)