echoes

i had a huge fight with mmf yesterday, because i hadn't been informed of an issue that arose - and that issue arose because the guys we're working with have cultural problems and nobody's got the balls to say "the design is bad" and "this is what we want".

not only that, but i stopped working on the project under the impression that mmf and my boss would send me feedback and that the third party would check to make sure that everything was in working order. none of that happened.

i was impressed this morning when i tactfully brought up the subject and my boss immediately explained all the bits of the loop that i hadn't been in on and apologized, taking full responsibility.

at least we all know where we stand - and also what needs to be done to fix the situation.

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i rocked up at the other office in time to catch my co-worker and boss for a status meeting; i had just enough time for a quick code fix before returning home to take pg out to hear mindless echoes at bar giora. we'd planned on arriving half an hour late, but had the time wrong and walked in as it was due to begin... so we had to wait more than half an hour until it actually got started...

the sound was a bit shit, but the band kicked ass and we had a lot of fun.

sleep was peaceful.

i began reading the final harry potter on the way to work: the opening is darkly exquisite.

i had a great day at work, even though there were tons of issues. most of them were resolved by the time mmf gave me a ride home, and the conversation in the car was totally disconnected from work for the first time in a while.

pg was busy cleaning when i arrived; i sat reading over dinner and napped for about an hour before blading to the night shift. i'd planned to arrive early, but my co-worker's earlier update was incorrect so i discovered, to my dismay, that i'd slid in two hours late...

at least prepping took much less time than usual. it appears that the mail i sent out at the beginning of the week asking everyone involved to please do their jobs was worth it.

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three items on the brain:

1. i caught the tail end of boney m - ma baker on the radio this afternoon, and was certain that i'd caught an undertone of arabian pleasures. our secretary thought i was mental and called me names to that effect, but i proved it by pulling out my ipod and finding it. an hour or so ago i discovered the following quote from the wikipedia article:

‎"most notably, it became the basis for the boney m. hit 'ma baker'"

2. we have one week left to organize the event that's been months in the making. it doesn't look like it's going to be particularly spectacular. i'm disappointed.

3. sorter and i are going through the course lists for my next academic year. there're a lot of classes to choose from...