28/01/04

*** yesterday ***

after posting some totally silly pics of myself, i got myself plenty of sleep - i woke up around 11 or so.

i went to training, which was pretty good - sweaty, but good, and i went to karnaf's place afterwards, where we chilled until quite late (and i had a much-needed, and very good shower, and supper, and the music was good too).

i had a rather strange experience on the bus home - some woman came to sit next to me, while i was talking on the phone, and i heard her make some comment to herself that included the word "cute".
i decided to ignore her, and took out my book (the second jungle book), and began reading. after a couple of minutes, she started up a rather pointless discussion about reading classics, and i really didn't have a clue what to say - the rest of the bus ride was quite awkward...

i pretty much went to bed as soon as i got home.

*** today ***

today was simply awesome.

i woke up at 06.30, got dressed and went to training.
it - was - #@$%ing - FREEZING.

only two of us showed up, and i was the higher ranking, so i took it - obviously i think it was a good training.

the weather had improved while we were inside, and i sat outside on the pavement while eating my folded-pizza-pastry-thingy (sambusak), before bussing back home.

i had an INCREDIBLE shower, and passed out until lunch-time. i "did stuff", including working on my community service project, until 15.15, when my study partner came over.

we worked until roughly 18.30, and we pretty much finished our assignment for friday - one element remained incomplete.

and so, i went traipsing around irc servers seeking gurus for assistance.
firstly - it offends me that there are all these pseudo-intellectual dipshits online, who sit around in help channels waiting to feed their egos on people who are desperate enough to come asking. pre-question, i was irritated by the attitude of "just ask your question, don't waste our time by trying to find out if anyone's listening". post-question: i received an onslaught of "are you stupid?", and "i've just found it using google, why couldn't you?".

and, once i found the answer myself, i discovered that all the flamers had misunderstood a particularly simple and unambiguous post, and had flamed me for a totally dumb question i hadn't asked.

the only real satisfaction i got out of it all, was putting them to shame by answering my own question, and politely requesting that they not jump to arms against other people without due cause.

oh - and i got the satisfaction of having completely finished my homework - quite the relief.

i've now had enough time to catch up with my email, and my basic plan for the next hour or so is to do some more work for my community service (i have to transfer and edit content between two websites), install software that theoretically should allow me to read my work email, and do some very serious sleeping.