the juggler

thank you moonflake for the above link ^_^

i drank a lot of coffee today. it didn't really help much. and i'd slept so well. the kid and i had a lot of annoying work to do today.

songbird was laughing at me this morning for shining my boots properly. on the way back to the office, we were both caught out - the base commander took my shoe polish and brush off me, and got to work doing a shine-job that made my boots look dirty by comparison. he actually told me off, now songbird can leave me alone about my obsession :P

songbird, the kid, some guys from our previous section and i went off to azrieli to go shopping for our TL's birthday present. found some cool shit, but i was irritated because i'd forgotten my gift-vouchers in my office and there were things *i* wanted (why is it always about me?!). lunch was awesome, songbird's friends joined us and they're cute and highly entertaining.

i was called in to help out my SC when one of the support girls arrived to fix something, and he began trying to sort out a date for me. she's not my type, but it was fun to play along... i turned towards the door when my TL walked in, and when i turned back my SC was juggling with a set of actual juggling balls. if that wasn't enough, my TL walked up to him and began stealing the balls out of the air and incorporating them into his own little juggling act.

i think i missed something, but i know i wasn't hallucinating because the girl was in shock too when she saw what was going on.

friggin' awesome.

piles arrived in the evening, happy about being back but unhappy because he'd been enjoying himself. i *told* him it would be fun. schmuck.

i walked in to the office to have some guy present at me. new crm. i'm totally not interested at the moment, but whatever. it gave me an excuse to go and have an exquisite tortilla.

tonight was an awesome work-night. aside from beginning the evening with a fight with our provider, i finally got a 6-month-old project to pass experimental phase - it basically works!

i spoke to sagirl, turns out we're going to be in sa at the same time for the first time in years :D

nine black alps - unsatisfied resulted in an argument in which spot's objection was overruled, and he continued bitching until he was placed in contempt of court, and then thrown out of the courtroom for a cigarette break.

spot just made an interesting observation: our office hub's power cable goes through the wall at one point, comes back through the same wall and plugs into a standard AC/DC converter hanging precariously at shoulder height behind the back of whoever's standing in front of / walking past the sink.

hmmmm.