rewarding

well, my paper's taken an interesting turn. now i'm analyzing eminem and trying to position marilyn manson, nirvana and rodriguez as worthy contenders for literary prizes, and wondering what the hell the grammy's are all about.

i'm supposed to be working on that right now. i will resume soon. seriously.

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i spent the afternoon studying, and in the evening rolled over to singer's place to have a chat with her boyfriend. i said what i had to say - i think he was expecting me to preach - and my parting gift was advice i give every wannabe programmer: "our job is not to develop software. it's to solve problems." sometimes the solution skips the software altogether. sometimes it's to give it to someone else to do.

pg and i hit the climbing wall, and i was sorely disappointed by my first run because i made it over the overhang and... didn't have the upper body strength to lift myself further without my feet. in retrospect i probably should have found footing, but the way my arms were straining i would've had to let go before i found anything helpful anyway.

i did have a few good moments, though. my sore fingers testify to holding myself up on thin features with only my fingerpads ^_^

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i crashed after dinner, and i think the internet just swallowed more than an hour and a half. at least some of it was on research.