beekeeping

five minutes ago, on my way home: the guy was blocking the pavement, with a row of people behind him and all of us trying to pass as he bent over to pet his friends' dog.

"could i please pass?"
he stood up and glared at me.
"no. you can go around."

i walked straight past him, now that he was standing up and taking up less room, and i haven't gotten over what an unnecessarily aggressive and stupid stance he'd taken.

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i woke up this morning in time to not get any work done, and went to the new offices of my previous employer to fill out what we once again hope are the last forms required for me to receive severance pay. it's probably not much, but it's the least they can do after seven months of shafting me and already another seven have passed since i left :S

it was pleasant nonetheless. the day at work was fun: not only did i get my project running locally, but i successfully deployed it on azure. okay - microsoft's last round of improvements is AMAZING. they've improved the UX for developers to a degree that every aspect of deployment was a pleasure, and almost everything made sense.

well done!

the writing workshop was delicious fun, and now i'm off to talk to botchman about comic art and play thunderstone.