Melissa is a Genius.

, originally uploaded by melissa lestari.

How cool is this little guy!?

"Oh, give us the man who sings at his work."

Hello you lot.

Here I am again. I haven't written for a while, as is becoming the norm, but now I have saved up news and such to regale you with. Please be thankful. Others aren't so lucky.

Where was I? I came back from New York, where I had the best time. It's so amazing. Dan left that week and I had to concentrate getting back into the job market. Money. That's what I needed. I managed to arrange an interview for the day after he left and was lucky enough to be offered it on the spot.

I now work at NWMO, which is an organisation that works towards making sure that any governmental nuclear waste is disposed as safely and efficiently as possible, regarding human welfare, the natural world and the economy. I was in dire need of work so couldn't turn it down but have been amazed at how interesting it all is. My position is technically: formatter and proofreader. The company is very public with everything it does but still, of course, needs to submit any proposal in writing to the government and to the public sector so my job is to proofread, edit and re-format these documents before they are released. I am working on a 500 + page one now. It's very interesting and the people are lovely and I am really enjoying it.

Last week Ceri and I started volunteering at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). It's so much fun and we've been able to see a few films for free as well as getting vouchers for each shift we do which we can redeem against screenings. It's been incredibly hectic at times with publicists being total arseholes and really quite vile, but on the whole it's great meeting like-minded people and having a laugh. Ceri took this week off to do it but I am still at work and working there in the evenings. It's a long day but worth it.

So far I have seen three films: The Frankenstein Project, 13 Assassins and Norwegian Wood. All were good in their own way but the second one was amazing.

Other than that I've been too busy/poor to be up to anything else. I put a deposit on a cardigan which I'm excited about. Oh! I've had a photo published in a Toronto newspaper which is nice. They want me to do more as well so that's good. Oh! My photos that were displayed in the Sleeping Giant are now in the Bloordale Pantry (a lovely diner near my house) and hopefully someone will purchase one or more.

Also my badges are now on sale in a shop too. Have I said that already? I've had some wine and I'm unsure as to what I've already mentioned in an earlier post...

I need to be more arty. Any advice?

Right, that's me. I'm off to have a rest and then go to bed, ready for work tomorrow. Hope everyone in Blighty and everywhere else is well. I miss you all and am looking forward to coming back and completing a tour of the UK and seeing all you lovely people again. I love it here but I'm already excited about coming back.

Bye! : )