Welly welly welly. Looks like the motley crew I assembled managed to secure the first place we applied for. It’s a lovely three bedroom town house in Como, around the corner from Hero’s Pizza. It has all sorts of awesome things like a large lounge room and a spa in the rear courtyard! I’ll be moving there on the 12th of February, so I imagine there will be some sort of house warming in March after we’ve all settled in.

Of course, every share house needs a name. Given that my house mates and I are all qualified librarians, I was thinking of something pertaining to that. “The Library”? Maybe, but the nightclub of the same name in Perth is rather terrible. Maybe “The Bibliothek”? Or even “The Bibliotheque”. It depends if we want a German or French twang to the name. I’ll have to discuss this with the others, I imagine…

I’m a little sad to be moving away from my pad in South Perth, with its city glimpses from the balcony and proximity to the foreshore. The new place will be much more awesome, however. More space for partying, a couple of house mates that will keep me on my toes and let’s not forget the aforementioned spa.

My lease is up in mid-February. Although I currently enjoy living alone, it makes more financial sense to live with someone. Therefore, I’m writing this post to seek a housemate to establish a new share house.

Who am I? I’m Matthias, a single, vegetarian, 29 year old young professional that works at a major educational institution. I’m an unapologetic nerd and enjoy watching myriad TV shows, playing Dungeons and Dragons and playing with gadgets. I also cycle a fair bit, as I don’t own a car.

Who am I looking for? I’m looking for another geek-like person to establish a share house in a very central location. It would be nice if you were vegetarian, but that’s not essential.

What do I bring to the table? I have a full house’s worth of furniture including a 40″ LCD TV, brand new fridge, washer, microwave, kitchen stuff, and an XBox 360. I also have a robotic vacuum cleaner called Tyrell.

What sort of house am I after? I want to live very centrally in a nice place. Ideally, the word “Perth” will be in the name of the suburb. I imagine the rent could be up to $500/week, so we’d divvy that up fairly. This means, of course, that it’s unlikely that we get a place that allows pets. Since I have my own furniture, I want an unfurnished place.

Caveats? I’ll be the first to admit that I hate cleaning. A potential house mate will need to be willing to pay an equal share for a cleaner to come around every fortnight. I also don’t like quibbling over bills and who downloaded more or whatever. All bills are to be split down the middle 50/50. Of course, if you’re the kind of person that leaves the air conditioner on ALL THE TIME I will kick up a fuss.

I can handle all that, what’s next? Drop me a line! If I don’t know you, we meet up for a beer and discuss our bad habits so we don’t need to find out what they are after we move in together.

Goodness, it’s been over four months since I updated! So much for blogging about my journeys…

To be fair, I haven’t really done much travelling. My focus was on finding work, and now I’ve found some! I’m doing translation and customer support for a computer games company in Berlin. The pay isn’t much, but it’s enough to keep me off the streets.

Travel is on the cards, however! On the 27th of December, I’ll be flying out to London. I’ll be returning on the 3rd of January. I’ve never been to London, so I’m quite excited about it. Maybe I’ll decide I like it better than Berlin and move there

I’m also quite curious about where I’m going to spend NYE… Maybe floating face down in the Thames, clutching a bottle of vodka?

It’s not very long until I leave. I’ve already moved out of my house to my mother’s house and I’m beginning to plan exactly what’s going into each bag.

I’ve also finally been able to get the domain for the blog up and running, so http://www.matthiasliffers.com/ is go!

48 hours and 55 minutes from now, I’ll be taxiing down a runway…