hmmm...
seems like the day has been longer than i thought...
28th:
the kid i taught on monday night - his math hasn't really improved. maybe it's
gotten worse. maybe he's just messing with me. either way, i've set him
homework - going through his multiplication tables until he GETS the damn
thing.
i kinda studied for the math exam. i sort of went through the sample exams, and
i played some VERY good counterstrike. i r0xx0red, even.
yes, i can be 133+. promise.
(really.)
29th:
the math exam was EASY. the three hour paper took me an hour, and i spent a
paranoid hour just checking the damn thing, 'cause i was SURE it couldn't be
THAT easy... hmmph.
oh well. maybe, for once, (just once o' lord), i did as well as i feel.
i bought brian herbert - the
butlerian jihad, which looks super cool, and i've enjoyed the
first 7 pages. so i now have 3 new gigantic books to read, while i'm in the
middle of exams and projects... very clever.
yes...
i spent the afternoon at yogi's, working on the seminar. unsuccessfully.
eventually, around midnight, SxS came over and showed us the light, and our
paper is now damn near complete.
WHOOPEE!!
30th:
we just had supper, and i'm about to crash. gotta be up early, as usual, and
it's already 4.14 here...
Wednesday, June 30, 2004
30/06/04
*** 28th ***
the kid i taught on monday night - his math hasn't really improved. maybe it's gotten worse. maybe he's just messing with me. either way, i've set him homework - going through his multiplication tables until he GETS the damn thing.
i kinda studied for the math exam. i sort of went through the sample exams, and i played some VERY good counterstrike.
i r0xx0red, even.
yes, i can be 133+. promise.
(really.)
*** yesterday ***
the math exam was EASY. the three hour paper took me an hour, and i spent a paranoid hour just checking the damn thing, 'cause i was SURE it couldn't be THAT easy... hmmph.
oh well. maybe, for once, (just once o' lord), i did as well as i feel.
i bought brian herbert - the butlerian jihad, which looks super cool. so i now have three new gigantic books to read, while i'm in the middle of exams and projects... very clever.
yes...
i spent the afternoon at yogi's, working on the seminar. unsuccessfully. eventually, around midnight, SxS came over and showed us the light, and our paper damn near completed itself! phenomenal.
WHOOPEE!!
*** today ***
we had supper at what used to be the best sambusak place - it's now turned into just another kiosk. bastards.
i crashed around 04.15, and woke up around 9am... or 10... or something, i don't really remember.
after a quick shower, i continued working on our paper, and it's now FINISHED!! COMPLETE!! DONE!! STYLING!! SUPERB!! i now have TWO (2) (count 'em) papers that i'm finally handing in today, and that means i've completed SIX out of the nine courses i've taken this semester!
WHOO HOO!!
right, excitement over. time to do some printing, some faxing to the army, and continue working on the final project. maybe i'll start studying early for... naah. not gonna happen.
the kid i taught on monday night - his math hasn't really improved. maybe it's gotten worse. maybe he's just messing with me. either way, i've set him homework - going through his multiplication tables until he GETS the damn thing.
i kinda studied for the math exam. i sort of went through the sample exams, and i played some VERY good counterstrike.
i r0xx0red, even.
yes, i can be 133+. promise.
(really.)
*** yesterday ***
the math exam was EASY. the three hour paper took me an hour, and i spent a paranoid hour just checking the damn thing, 'cause i was SURE it couldn't be THAT easy... hmmph.
oh well. maybe, for once, (just once o' lord), i did as well as i feel.
i bought brian herbert - the butlerian jihad, which looks super cool. so i now have three new gigantic books to read, while i'm in the middle of exams and projects... very clever.
yes...
i spent the afternoon at yogi's, working on the seminar. unsuccessfully. eventually, around midnight, SxS came over and showed us the light, and our paper damn near completed itself! phenomenal.
WHOOPEE!!
*** today ***
we had supper at what used to be the best sambusak place - it's now turned into just another kiosk. bastards.
i crashed around 04.15, and woke up around 9am... or 10... or something, i don't really remember.
after a quick shower, i continued working on our paper, and it's now FINISHED!! COMPLETE!! DONE!! STYLING!! SUPERB!! i now have TWO (2) (count 'em) papers that i'm finally handing in today, and that means i've completed SIX out of the nine courses i've taken this semester!
WHOO HOO!!
right, excitement over. time to do some printing, some faxing to the army, and continue working on the final project. maybe i'll start studying early for... naah. not gonna happen.
Monday, June 28, 2004
28/06/04
*** yesterday ***
the good news is that i finally figured out the answering machine message for my army unit - and managed to get through to the right person - who could understand my english / hebrew combination!
WHOO HOO!
i spent an hour yesterday morning teaching english. it was quite an experience. not bad, mind you, but definitely an experience.
this kid's english is even worse than the other one's, so everything i say in english i have to repeat in hebrew.
lovely.
i did some serious shopping on the way home, and yogi picked me up as soon as i'd put everything away. we went through to the industrial zone for lunch with his father, which was great.
after lunch, i faxed through my proof-of-loneliness to the army, and am now waiting for them to send me a form to fill in. once this is done, i can move to the kibbutz as a "lonely soldier", which is exactly what i've been trying to do.
SCORE.
yogi and i, aside from doing his shopping, spent the afternoon fretting over our seminar paper, which is going nowhere fast.
it's driving me nuts.
that's pretty much all my news for the day,
*** today ***
as i just got home, brushed my teeth, and am about to pass out.
*** later ***
i slept until roughly 09.30, had a lukewarm shower (i really dislike my flatmates), and went off to orange.
again.
they've replaced my cellphone.
again.
this time, however, i have bluetooth. it's nice to have, but i'm not sure i'll ever really get to use it.
i did some shopping while i waited - i bought a modern-day version of homer's iliad, greg tobin - the siege of troy. ok, so i'm the anti-purist, but i wanted to get the story without the difficult reading...
i also got me a very large book of hebrew stories and poetry (i had a similar one in english when i was a lad, and i really loved it), so i'll have something to keep practicing with when i'm in cape town.
ah - it feels good to say that. i'll say it again. WHEN I'M IN CAPE TOWN.
i slept away the early afternoon, and i think i'm pretty much back to normal again. i should be okay until i fsck it all up working on wednesday night...
i've been studying for the exam tomorrow - i'm totally not concerned. i'm more worried about this seminar paper of ours. at least we can see some light!
i'm teaching tonight, the kid who can't add - i hope it doesn't de-brain me too much.
the good news is that i finally figured out the answering machine message for my army unit - and managed to get through to the right person - who could understand my english / hebrew combination!
WHOO HOO!
i spent an hour yesterday morning teaching english. it was quite an experience. not bad, mind you, but definitely an experience.
this kid's english is even worse than the other one's, so everything i say in english i have to repeat in hebrew.
lovely.
i did some serious shopping on the way home, and yogi picked me up as soon as i'd put everything away. we went through to the industrial zone for lunch with his father, which was great.
after lunch, i faxed through my proof-of-loneliness to the army, and am now waiting for them to send me a form to fill in. once this is done, i can move to the kibbutz as a "lonely soldier", which is exactly what i've been trying to do.
SCORE.
yogi and i, aside from doing his shopping, spent the afternoon fretting over our seminar paper, which is going nowhere fast.
it's driving me nuts.
that's pretty much all my news for the day,
*** today ***
as i just got home, brushed my teeth, and am about to pass out.
*** later ***
i slept until roughly 09.30, had a lukewarm shower (i really dislike my flatmates), and went off to orange.
again.
they've replaced my cellphone.
again.
this time, however, i have bluetooth. it's nice to have, but i'm not sure i'll ever really get to use it.
i did some shopping while i waited - i bought a modern-day version of homer's iliad, greg tobin - the siege of troy. ok, so i'm the anti-purist, but i wanted to get the story without the difficult reading...
i also got me a very large book of hebrew stories and poetry (i had a similar one in english when i was a lad, and i really loved it), so i'll have something to keep practicing with when i'm in cape town.
ah - it feels good to say that. i'll say it again. WHEN I'M IN CAPE TOWN.
i slept away the early afternoon, and i think i'm pretty much back to normal again. i should be okay until i fsck it all up working on wednesday night...
i've been studying for the exam tomorrow - i'm totally not concerned. i'm more worried about this seminar paper of ours. at least we can see some light!
i'm teaching tonight, the kid who can't add - i hope it doesn't de-brain me too much.
Sunday, June 27, 2004
27/06/04
*** yesterday ***
i spent yesterday morning working on our project, which is getting along nicely (although the interface needs work, and we all disagree on what it should look like).
i also spoke to dirk diggler - that bastard got a sweet job selling contracts for a gym (he gets to work out whenever he's not selling), and he "forgot" to tell me! so i spent a goodly few minutes cursing him out - i was rather worried about him.
yogi picked me up sometime in the early afternoon, and we began working on our seminar paper.
what a bummer.
in fact, we're practically nowhere near completion, and totally confused over what to write. bleh.
the good news:
1) i have almost as much guarantee as i'm going to get that i'll make it into the unit i want. while this is completely NOT a guarantee, it does make me feel a little better. the chances are, if i don't get into the unit, i'll get into something that's at least sort-of good for me.
2) i have been guaranteed a place on the kibbutz i want to live on! so i can stress less, knowing that i can move there as soon as i'm finished with exams, and that my stuff will be stored when i'm in south africa.
i had a long chat with my mum - it turns out my period of army leave might not affect my visit to london, so here's me holding thumbs...
*holds thumbs*
the only other good occurence for the day was the pastries we made for lunch - they came out beautifully, and were much greater value-for-money than we're used to.
*** today ***
i've just gotten home - warming up the hot-water cylinder is such a drag. i'm so tired.
i spent yesterday morning working on our project, which is getting along nicely (although the interface needs work, and we all disagree on what it should look like).
i also spoke to dirk diggler - that bastard got a sweet job selling contracts for a gym (he gets to work out whenever he's not selling), and he "forgot" to tell me! so i spent a goodly few minutes cursing him out - i was rather worried about him.
yogi picked me up sometime in the early afternoon, and we began working on our seminar paper.
what a bummer.
in fact, we're practically nowhere near completion, and totally confused over what to write. bleh.
the good news:
1) i have almost as much guarantee as i'm going to get that i'll make it into the unit i want. while this is completely NOT a guarantee, it does make me feel a little better. the chances are, if i don't get into the unit, i'll get into something that's at least sort-of good for me.
2) i have been guaranteed a place on the kibbutz i want to live on! so i can stress less, knowing that i can move there as soon as i'm finished with exams, and that my stuff will be stored when i'm in south africa.
i had a long chat with my mum - it turns out my period of army leave might not affect my visit to london, so here's me holding thumbs...
*holds thumbs*
the only other good occurence for the day was the pastries we made for lunch - they came out beautifully, and were much greater value-for-money than we're used to.
*** today ***
i've just gotten home - warming up the hot-water cylinder is such a drag. i'm so tired.
Saturday, June 26, 2004
a bit wobbly, but otherwise alright ^w^
my
smilies seem to be getting worse...
last night was fan-friggin'-tastic. in spite of my mild sunstroke, i managed to stay awake for a visitor ^v^
i spent this morning working on our project, which is getting along nicely (although the interface needs work, and we all disagree on what it should look like).
i also spoke to dirk diggler - that bastard got a sweet job selling contracts for a gym (he gets to work out whenever he's not selling), and he "forgot" to tell me! so i spent a goodly few minutes cursing him out - i was rather worried about him.
yogi picked me up sometime in the early afternoon, and we began working on our seminar paper.
what a bummer.
in fact, we're practically nowhere near completion, and totally confused over what to write. bleh.
the good news:
1) i have almost as much guarantee as i'm going to get that i'll make it into the unit i want. while this is completely NOT a guarantee, it does make me feel a little better. the chances are, if i don't get into the unit, i'll get into something that's at least sort-of good for me.
2) i have been guaranteed a place on the kibbutz i want to live on! so i can stress less, knowing that i can move there as soon as i'm finished with exams, and that my stuff will be stored when i'm in south africa.
i just got off the phone with my mum - it turns out my period of army leave might not affect my visit to london, so here's me holding thumbs...
*holds thumbs*
*sigh*
hi ho, hi ho, it's back to work i go...
last night was fan-friggin'-tastic. in spite of my mild sunstroke, i managed to stay awake for a visitor ^v^
i spent this morning working on our project, which is getting along nicely (although the interface needs work, and we all disagree on what it should look like).
i also spoke to dirk diggler - that bastard got a sweet job selling contracts for a gym (he gets to work out whenever he's not selling), and he "forgot" to tell me! so i spent a goodly few minutes cursing him out - i was rather worried about him.
yogi picked me up sometime in the early afternoon, and we began working on our seminar paper.
what a bummer.
in fact, we're practically nowhere near completion, and totally confused over what to write. bleh.
the good news:
1) i have almost as much guarantee as i'm going to get that i'll make it into the unit i want. while this is completely NOT a guarantee, it does make me feel a little better. the chances are, if i don't get into the unit, i'll get into something that's at least sort-of good for me.
2) i have been guaranteed a place on the kibbutz i want to live on! so i can stress less, knowing that i can move there as soon as i'm finished with exams, and that my stuff will be stored when i'm in south africa.
i just got off the phone with my mum - it turns out my period of army leave might not affect my visit to london, so here's me holding thumbs...
*holds thumbs*
*sigh*
hi ho, hi ho, it's back to work i go...
Friday, June 25, 2004
grrrr...
what
a completely shite wakeup. i had WAY too little sleep, and then went to teach
my new charge (the first one, at least :P) math (and english, supposedly). the
kid is 15 years old, and he doesn't have the first clue about addition and
subtraction. this is the first time i've been faced with the problems of having
calculators so readily available for children.
and that's aside from the fact that i have to keep speaking in hebrew.
SxS picked me up, and we went to the good shuwarma place for lunch. we then picked up mmf, and went off to oracle.
first: they made us wait. after they'd already postponed out meeting for an hour, we sat in their meeting room (at least they have good air-conditioning) for over 15 minutes.
bastards.
then, when the person we had to meet finally arrived, she demonstrated a REALLY bad attitude.
i wonder if oracle knows about these people.
anyway, we now have our core project finished, and we've learned how to use oracle's obscure workflow application through just about any language. now we just need to rassle us up some fake QA documents, and we're home free. ^v^
we went to yogi's place for an hour or so, where i set up his project for deployment, and made some important patches to our application. mmf gave me a ride to work.
we got lost, and stuck in traffic.
i accidentally took his phone with me.
he's a little upset.
at least i learned how to divert all phone calls to a different number, that's very cool.
so far, work has been busy - we have an official visit from one of the guys from the US. must please the bosses.
*sigh* back to work
and that's aside from the fact that i have to keep speaking in hebrew.
SxS picked me up, and we went to the good shuwarma place for lunch. we then picked up mmf, and went off to oracle.
first: they made us wait. after they'd already postponed out meeting for an hour, we sat in their meeting room (at least they have good air-conditioning) for over 15 minutes.
bastards.
then, when the person we had to meet finally arrived, she demonstrated a REALLY bad attitude.
i wonder if oracle knows about these people.
anyway, we now have our core project finished, and we've learned how to use oracle's obscure workflow application through just about any language. now we just need to rassle us up some fake QA documents, and we're home free. ^v^
we went to yogi's place for an hour or so, where i set up his project for deployment, and made some important patches to our application. mmf gave me a ride to work.
we got lost, and stuck in traffic.
i accidentally took his phone with me.
he's a little upset.
at least i learned how to divert all phone calls to a different number, that's very cool.
so far, work has been busy - we have an official visit from one of the guys from the US. must please the bosses.
*sigh* back to work
25/06/04
*** yesterday ***
grrrr...
what a completely shite wakeup. i had WAY too little sleep, and then went to teach my new charge (the first one, at least :P) math (and english, supposedly). the kid is fifteen years old, and he doesn't have the first clue about addition and subtraction. this is the first time i've been faced with the problems of having calculators so readily available for children.
and that's aside from the fact that i have to keep speaking in hebrew.
SxS picked me up, and we went to the good shuwarma place for lunch. we then picked up mmf, and went off to oracle.
first: they made us wait. after they'd already postponed out meeting for an hour, we sat in their meeting room (at least they have good air-conditioning) for over fifteen minutes.
bastards.
then, when the person we had to meet finally arrived, she demonstrated a REALLY bad attitude.
i wonder if oracle knows about these people.
anyway, we now have our core project finished, and we've learned how to use oracle's obscure workflow application through just about any language. now we just need to rassle us up some fake QA documents, and we're home free.
^v^
we went to yogi's place for an hour or so, where i set up his project for deployment, and made some important patches to our application. mmf gave me a ride to work.
we got lost, and stuck in traffic.
i accidentally took his phone with me.
he's a little upset.
at least i learned how to divert all phone calls to a different number, that's very cool.
at work, we had an official visit from one of the guys from the US. we had to please the bosses. made things a little edgy.
*** today ***
work was seriously busy last night. when it wasn't, however, we watched dodgeball, which is the first ben stiller movie where i've laughed the first time i watched it.
every shot was a pleasure >D
i just got home, and i have to wait another twenty minutes before i can shower... but then i get to sleep! ha ha!
*** later ***
* wobble *
i got up somewhere between 13.00 - 13.30, got dressed, and took the bus to the beach.
the - bus - took - almost - an - hour. it takes less time than that to WALK. not only that, but it was crammed full of kids all going to the beach, so it was hot, stuffy, cramped, and really loud.
i got there in time to watch yogi and his brother play in the volleyball tournament. it was fun, although i couldn't help but be distracted by the women volleyball players.
SO sexy.
i don't remember what time we all left, but yogi dropped me off at home (and took mmf's cellphone), and i passed out.
i woke up around 18.00, to take my washing out of the machine. i almost couldn't get out of bed... i've managed to acquire me some sunstroke.
BRILLIANT. go me.
i just made myself a good (and spicy) spaghetti dinner, and i'm gonna go back to sleep in a second. just felt like a little updation was in order.
grrrr...
what a completely shite wakeup. i had WAY too little sleep, and then went to teach my new charge (the first one, at least :P) math (and english, supposedly). the kid is fifteen years old, and he doesn't have the first clue about addition and subtraction. this is the first time i've been faced with the problems of having calculators so readily available for children.
and that's aside from the fact that i have to keep speaking in hebrew.
SxS picked me up, and we went to the good shuwarma place for lunch. we then picked up mmf, and went off to oracle.
first: they made us wait. after they'd already postponed out meeting for an hour, we sat in their meeting room (at least they have good air-conditioning) for over fifteen minutes.
bastards.
then, when the person we had to meet finally arrived, she demonstrated a REALLY bad attitude.
i wonder if oracle knows about these people.
anyway, we now have our core project finished, and we've learned how to use oracle's obscure workflow application through just about any language. now we just need to rassle us up some fake QA documents, and we're home free.
^v^
we went to yogi's place for an hour or so, where i set up his project for deployment, and made some important patches to our application. mmf gave me a ride to work.
we got lost, and stuck in traffic.
i accidentally took his phone with me.
he's a little upset.
at least i learned how to divert all phone calls to a different number, that's very cool.
at work, we had an official visit from one of the guys from the US. we had to please the bosses. made things a little edgy.
*** today ***
work was seriously busy last night. when it wasn't, however, we watched dodgeball, which is the first ben stiller movie where i've laughed the first time i watched it.
every shot was a pleasure >D
i just got home, and i have to wait another twenty minutes before i can shower... but then i get to sleep! ha ha!
*** later ***
* wobble *
i got up somewhere between 13.00 - 13.30, got dressed, and took the bus to the beach.
the - bus - took - almost - an - hour. it takes less time than that to WALK. not only that, but it was crammed full of kids all going to the beach, so it was hot, stuffy, cramped, and really loud.
i got there in time to watch yogi and his brother play in the volleyball tournament. it was fun, although i couldn't help but be distracted by the women volleyball players.
SO sexy.
i don't remember what time we all left, but yogi dropped me off at home (and took mmf's cellphone), and i passed out.
i woke up around 18.00, to take my washing out of the machine. i almost couldn't get out of bed... i've managed to acquire me some sunstroke.
BRILLIANT. go me.
i just made myself a good (and spicy) spaghetti dinner, and i'm gonna go back to sleep in a second. just felt like a little updation was in order.
Thursday, June 24, 2004
24/06/04
*** 22nd ***
mmf came over in the early afternoon, and we spent the afternoon not finishing our homework. we worked on our project instead. much better.
SxS came over too, but he was studying for the exam, so he wasn't much help either.
uh, yeah...
we eventually got around to it. mmf and i took a break for a couple of hours, and gave each other haircuts. i cannot believe i actually cut my hair! i think i look a bit weird with "normal" hair.
we finished the homework, and arbed around until
*** yesterday ***
SxS came back (from wherever he went to), and we went to his place to crash.
i slept remarkably well.
i had a quick breakfast on campus, and walked into the exam as it was beginning (*phew*).
the exam was FAR too easy. it was so simple, in fact, that i'm really worried that i've done something COMPLETELY wrong. i kept rechecking everything, but i'm almost certain it's all okay (?!?!?!)...
SxS, mmf, yogi and i met up at my place after the exam, and we played a bit of tekken - it was alright. it's a bit of a bummer playing people who think they're amazing, when they're pre-amateur...
SxS and i went to ru55's - spent the day crashing, swimming, chilling in the sun.
nice.
we all went to the mega super-store, and that took quite a while. but we came back with plenty of good food - we had an awesome braai, while watching the football.
good football :)
after supper, we had a chocolate fondue (with grapes), and then zoned out watching wayne's world,
*** today ***
until SxS gave me a ride home. i have to take a shower now, then i'm up early-ish to teach math and english, and then visit oracle to finish (hopefully) our project.
mmf came over in the early afternoon, and we spent the afternoon not finishing our homework. we worked on our project instead. much better.
SxS came over too, but he was studying for the exam, so he wasn't much help either.
uh, yeah...
we eventually got around to it. mmf and i took a break for a couple of hours, and gave each other haircuts. i cannot believe i actually cut my hair! i think i look a bit weird with "normal" hair.
we finished the homework, and arbed around until
*** yesterday ***
SxS came back (from wherever he went to), and we went to his place to crash.
i slept remarkably well.
i had a quick breakfast on campus, and walked into the exam as it was beginning (*phew*).
the exam was FAR too easy. it was so simple, in fact, that i'm really worried that i've done something COMPLETELY wrong. i kept rechecking everything, but i'm almost certain it's all okay (?!?!?!)...
SxS, mmf, yogi and i met up at my place after the exam, and we played a bit of tekken - it was alright. it's a bit of a bummer playing people who think they're amazing, when they're pre-amateur...
SxS and i went to ru55's - spent the day crashing, swimming, chilling in the sun.
nice.
we all went to the mega super-store, and that took quite a while. but we came back with plenty of good food - we had an awesome braai, while watching the football.
good football :)
after supper, we had a chocolate fondue (with grapes), and then zoned out watching wayne's world,
*** today ***
until SxS gave me a ride home. i have to take a shower now, then i'm up early-ish to teach math and english, and then visit oracle to finish (hopefully) our project.
Tuesday, June 22, 2004
22/06/04
*** 20th ***
yesterday: yogi picked me up (as usual), and we went through to his place to work. we worked most of the day. we ate lunch at his grandparents - good food - and then went through to university campus, where we sat around and waited (in the dark) for an hour and a half... bastards went two hours over on their presentation, and we needed to set up the machine >@
setting up the machine took a few minutes - or didn't, as we found a few bugs. so we went back to his place, and continued fixing things.
*** yesterday ***
around 1am, mmf came over. and we finally started working on OUR project. in a few short hours, we practically completed the interface! and it's SO pretty, it makes my heart skip each time i see it. we stole the idea of handdrawn images from kingdom of loathing - and it's worked incredibly well in both projects.
so pretty.
the only problem we had was that the internet was down, and so we had no documentation for the controls we needed - we sat for almost an hour figuring out how to play with everything (the treeview control is AWESOME).
i eventually stopped working at 5.30, when i realized that i'd spent enough time in front of a monitor that my irises were developing scan lines.
i made double backups of everything, and then crashed on the universe's most comfortable couch.
yogi woke me up 3 hours later. his girlfriend organized me a strong cup of turkish coffee, and as soon as i finished it we were on our way to the presentation.
aside from 3 major (and very embarrassing) crashes (i *told* him not to mess around with the acceptance test!), the presentation went well. the lecturer was most impressed with my work, and i'm hoping it will have some effect on my overall result for the course :P
that over, we went back to yogi's. i had an AMAZING shower (sorely needed). this is one of those showers that i don't want to forget. you don't get nice showers in this country. mmf and i spent most of the day working on our project, which is now so completely beautiful that i'm considering marriage.
*shudder*
we had the most amazing thai food for lunch - it's got to be the most i've eaten in YEARS. i just couldn't stop! and it was so goooood...
yogi gave me a ride to work.
*** today ***
work was alright, although i didn't really get much done in the way of homework assignments (the major one being due TOMORROW). apparently scientists have developed the ability to teleport atoms: that's very cool if it's true. what even cooler, however, is that the way that they describe it, it should be possible to replicate those atoms as opposed to teleporting them.
hmmm.
i was fortunate enough to get a ride home, and not have to wait an hour for the bus. i've just woken up, and have decided that i'm totally not going to stress for the exam tomorrow.
and that's all i have to say about that.
yesterday: yogi picked me up (as usual), and we went through to his place to work. we worked most of the day. we ate lunch at his grandparents - good food - and then went through to university campus, where we sat around and waited (in the dark) for an hour and a half... bastards went two hours over on their presentation, and we needed to set up the machine >@
setting up the machine took a few minutes - or didn't, as we found a few bugs. so we went back to his place, and continued fixing things.
*** yesterday ***
around 1am, mmf came over. and we finally started working on OUR project. in a few short hours, we practically completed the interface! and it's SO pretty, it makes my heart skip each time i see it. we stole the idea of handdrawn images from kingdom of loathing - and it's worked incredibly well in both projects.
so pretty.
the only problem we had was that the internet was down, and so we had no documentation for the controls we needed - we sat for almost an hour figuring out how to play with everything (the treeview control is AWESOME).
i eventually stopped working at 5.30, when i realized that i'd spent enough time in front of a monitor that my irises were developing scan lines.
i made double backups of everything, and then crashed on the universe's most comfortable couch.
yogi woke me up 3 hours later. his girlfriend organized me a strong cup of turkish coffee, and as soon as i finished it we were on our way to the presentation.
aside from 3 major (and very embarrassing) crashes (i *told* him not to mess around with the acceptance test!), the presentation went well. the lecturer was most impressed with my work, and i'm hoping it will have some effect on my overall result for the course :P
that over, we went back to yogi's. i had an AMAZING shower (sorely needed). this is one of those showers that i don't want to forget. you don't get nice showers in this country. mmf and i spent most of the day working on our project, which is now so completely beautiful that i'm considering marriage.
*shudder*
we had the most amazing thai food for lunch - it's got to be the most i've eaten in YEARS. i just couldn't stop! and it was so goooood...
yogi gave me a ride to work.
*** today ***
work was alright, although i didn't really get much done in the way of homework assignments (the major one being due TOMORROW). apparently scientists have developed the ability to teleport atoms: that's very cool if it's true. what even cooler, however, is that the way that they describe it, it should be possible to replicate those atoms as opposed to teleporting them.
hmmm.
i was fortunate enough to get a ride home, and not have to wait an hour for the bus. i've just woken up, and have decided that i'm totally not going to stress for the exam tomorrow.
and that's all i have to say about that.
Monday, June 21, 2004
crazy at work
ok - i'm not really sure how much of the last couple of days i remember. it's all a bit of a blur.
yesterday: yogi picked me up (as usual), and we went through to his place to work. we worked most of the day. we ate lunch at his grandparents - good food - and then went through to university campus, where we sat around and waited (in the dark) for an hour and a half... bastards went two hours over on their presentation, and we needed to set up the machine >@
setting up the machine took a few minutes - or didn't, as we found a few bugs. so we went back to his place, and continued fixing things.
today: around 1am, mmf came over. and we finally started working on OUR project. in a few short hours, we practically completed the interface! and it's SO pretty, it makes my heart skip each time i see it. we stole the idea of handdrawn images from kingdom of loathing - and it's worked incredibly well in both projects.
so pretty.
the only problem we had was that the internet was down, and so we had no documentation for the controls we needed - we sat for almost an hour figuring out how to play with everything (the treeview control is AWESOME).
i eventually stopped working at 5.30, when i realized that i'd spent enough time in front of a monitor that my irises were developing scan lines.
i made double backups of everything, and then crashed on the universe's most comfortable couch.
yogi woke me up 3 hours later. his girlfriend organized me a strong cup of turkish coffee, and as soon as i finished it we were on our way to the presentation.
aside from 3 major (and very embarrassing) crashes (i *told* him not to mess around with the acceptance test!), the presentation went well. the lecturer was most impressed with my work, and i'm hoping it will have some effect on my overall result for the course :P
that over, we went back to yogi's. [added]i had an AMAZING shower (sorely needed). this is one of those showers that i don't want to forget. you don't get nice showers in this country.[added] mmf and i spent most of the day working on our project, which is now so completely beautiful that i'm considering marriage.
*shudder*
we had the most amazing thai food for lunch - it's got to be the most i've eaten in YEARS. i just couldn't stop! and it was so goooood...
yogi gave me a ride to work, and i've now been here for about an hour. probably time to actually do what i get paid for.
yesterday: yogi picked me up (as usual), and we went through to his place to work. we worked most of the day. we ate lunch at his grandparents - good food - and then went through to university campus, where we sat around and waited (in the dark) for an hour and a half... bastards went two hours over on their presentation, and we needed to set up the machine >@
setting up the machine took a few minutes - or didn't, as we found a few bugs. so we went back to his place, and continued fixing things.
today: around 1am, mmf came over. and we finally started working on OUR project. in a few short hours, we practically completed the interface! and it's SO pretty, it makes my heart skip each time i see it. we stole the idea of handdrawn images from kingdom of loathing - and it's worked incredibly well in both projects.
so pretty.
the only problem we had was that the internet was down, and so we had no documentation for the controls we needed - we sat for almost an hour figuring out how to play with everything (the treeview control is AWESOME).
i eventually stopped working at 5.30, when i realized that i'd spent enough time in front of a monitor that my irises were developing scan lines.
i made double backups of everything, and then crashed on the universe's most comfortable couch.
yogi woke me up 3 hours later. his girlfriend organized me a strong cup of turkish coffee, and as soon as i finished it we were on our way to the presentation.
aside from 3 major (and very embarrassing) crashes (i *told* him not to mess around with the acceptance test!), the presentation went well. the lecturer was most impressed with my work, and i'm hoping it will have some effect on my overall result for the course :P
that over, we went back to yogi's. [added]i had an AMAZING shower (sorely needed). this is one of those showers that i don't want to forget. you don't get nice showers in this country.[added] mmf and i spent most of the day working on our project, which is now so completely beautiful that i'm considering marriage.
*shudder*
we had the most amazing thai food for lunch - it's got to be the most i've eaten in YEARS. i just couldn't stop! and it was so goooood...
yogi gave me a ride to work, and i've now been here for about an hour. probably time to actually do what i get paid for.
Sunday, June 20, 2004
whoa!
i
just figured out what this blog is for. it's for all the crap i can't post on
my other one (due to people i know actually reading it).
my ex-girlfriend (we broke up just less than a month ago) came over yesterday. we talked for a bit, and then settled on becoming, um, friends-with-benefits (i can't think of a comfortable way to say that). we spent a pleasant afternoon together.
and i was tired to begin with.
"children of dune" is an INCREDIBLE series! far superior, and closer to the book, than the original "dune" series (plural? there's the sci-fi channel one too).
my ex-girlfriend (we broke up just less than a month ago) came over yesterday. we talked for a bit, and then settled on becoming, um, friends-with-benefits (i can't think of a comfortable way to say that). we spent a pleasant afternoon together.
and i was tired to begin with.
"children of dune" is an INCREDIBLE series! far superior, and closer to the book, than the original "dune" series (plural? there's the sci-fi channel one too).
20/06/04
*** yesterday ***
yesterday afternoon was pleasant. sammy picked me up last night, and we went to his place to watch children of dune.
we had to watch holland vs. czech republic (czechoslovakia?), which was frustrating (bad sportsmanship, and an aweful referee).
we then watched two hours of children of dune.
WOW.
FAR superior to the original series, and much closer to the books. it's not really children of dune - it's also dune messiah, so visually you don't miss anything :)
** today ***
sammy gave me a ride home, and i stumbled into bed (after more fighting with flying roaches. these things get EVERYWHERE!). i've just gotten up, and the sheer dreariness of the next few weeks really gets me down.
exams.
exams.
exams.
and that's ignoring all the other crazy stuff - papers and projects, and so much community service i don't know what to do with myself.
BUGGER.
right. time for breakfast.
yesterday afternoon was pleasant. sammy picked me up last night, and we went to his place to watch children of dune.
we had to watch holland vs. czech republic (czechoslovakia?), which was frustrating (bad sportsmanship, and an aweful referee).
we then watched two hours of children of dune.
WOW.
FAR superior to the original series, and much closer to the books. it's not really children of dune - it's also dune messiah, so visually you don't miss anything :)
** today ***
sammy gave me a ride home, and i stumbled into bed (after more fighting with flying roaches. these things get EVERYWHERE!). i've just gotten up, and the sheer dreariness of the next few weeks really gets me down.
exams.
exams.
exams.
and that's ignoring all the other crazy stuff - papers and projects, and so much community service i don't know what to do with myself.
BUGGER.
right. time for breakfast.
Saturday, June 19, 2004
first blood
as
it says on the tin...
good heavens - this is so much easier than my current blog! and i don't have to manually insert times and dates and stuff! or deal with ftp! whoo-hoo!
on the other hand, i'm not entirely sure i trust this site in terms of moderators, and stability. hmmm. EEnteresting. maybe i'll just post double and see what happens.
good heavens - this is so much easier than my current blog! and i don't have to manually insert times and dates and stuff! or deal with ftp! whoo-hoo!
on the other hand, i'm not entirely sure i trust this site in terms of moderators, and stability. hmmm. EEnteresting. maybe i'll just post double and see what happens.
19/06/04
*** yesterday ***
well. that was all unexpected.
i went to buy munchies, and ran into a friend (mexico boy, or mb). we decided to go and see a movie: day after tomorrow.
got home, showered, had a HUGE fight with grootbek. it amazes me that i haven't physically hurt him during the last couple of years.
so mb came over, we watched the end of the match (italy vs. sweden, a disappointing end for italy fans), and then took a cab to the mall. where we organized our tickets,
** today ***
and hung around until the movie began. i got a phone call from her. she wanted to sleep over tonight. i have no idea why. weird.
good movie - and it has jake gyllenhaal! sweeeet... anyway, the movie was yet another reminder of why i'm doing what i'm doing - my main goal is (at least to start the process of) getting humans off the planet, and this, along with deep impact, and the problem of overpopulation, is just another good incentive.
we seriously need to find a way of creating self-sustaining space vessels. biodome technology, solar power, and oxygen regeneration are all within our grasp - all it would take is a little group effort, and clever design...
mb and i walked back home - a lot of extremely interesting conversation. turns out we have very similar religious experiences... it's always nice to find people with the same attitudes when it comes to these things.
after replacing my lightbulb in the dark, i found myself chatting on irc. to quote myself:
i'm trying to remember why i'm online, and not sleeping. i think my face is in "rest" position when facing a monitor...
right. enough.
*** later ***
restful morning. i got some laundry done, tidied up a bit, and watched once were warriors, which is a powerful, and difficult movie.
she's coming over now for a visit. i have no idea what to expect.
well. that was all unexpected.
i went to buy munchies, and ran into a friend (mexico boy, or mb). we decided to go and see a movie: day after tomorrow.
got home, showered, had a HUGE fight with grootbek. it amazes me that i haven't physically hurt him during the last couple of years.
so mb came over, we watched the end of the match (italy vs. sweden, a disappointing end for italy fans), and then took a cab to the mall. where we organized our tickets,
** today ***
and hung around until the movie began. i got a phone call from her. she wanted to sleep over tonight. i have no idea why. weird.
good movie - and it has jake gyllenhaal! sweeeet... anyway, the movie was yet another reminder of why i'm doing what i'm doing - my main goal is (at least to start the process of) getting humans off the planet, and this, along with deep impact, and the problem of overpopulation, is just another good incentive.
we seriously need to find a way of creating self-sustaining space vessels. biodome technology, solar power, and oxygen regeneration are all within our grasp - all it would take is a little group effort, and clever design...
mb and i walked back home - a lot of extremely interesting conversation. turns out we have very similar religious experiences... it's always nice to find people with the same attitudes when it comes to these things.
after replacing my lightbulb in the dark, i found myself chatting on irc. to quote myself:
i'm trying to remember why i'm online, and not sleeping. i think my face is in "rest" position when facing a monitor...
right. enough.
*** later ***
restful morning. i got some laundry done, tidied up a bit, and watched once were warriors, which is a powerful, and difficult movie.
she's coming over now for a visit. i have no idea what to expect.
Friday, June 18, 2004
18/06/04
i slept about eleven hours last night... and it still wasn't enough.
hmmph.
aside from doing some shopping, i whiled away my day online, chatting and mindlessly playing computer games.
and napping. i napped a bit.
the only annoying thing that happened was the kid i was supposed to meet with today was unavailable. i need to do some serious community service, or i'm in deep shit.
hmmph.
aside from doing some shopping, i whiled away my day online, chatting and mindlessly playing computer games.
and napping. i napped a bit.
the only annoying thing that happened was the kid i was supposed to meet with today was unavailable. i need to do some serious community service, or i'm in deep shit.
Thursday, June 17, 2004
17/06/04
*** yesterday ***
soon after posting, grootbek and i managed to create a GOOD invader zim ringtone. very cool. yogi picked me up, and we went to his place. i had a shower, we did a little work on our seminar paper, and i spent the remainder of the day working on his project.
*** today ***
until a couple of hours ago.
i'm now about to attempt the homework due in 5.5 hours...
*** later ***
* GROAN *
i was only a half an hour late to class. the lecturer was about two hours late, and we had to sit through that time listening to the tutor ramble on about nothing much in particular.
snark.
yogi and i found all the info we need for our seminar paper! GO US! so that shouldn't be a problem.
i hope.
so, umm. i got a ride home, and emailed this really nice guy all my cv details, which he agreed to take to the army for me.
my contact then told me to tell him not to.
that was a really embarrassing couple of emails.
i went to ru55's place, and SxS joined us. we watched invader zim on a big screen (w00t!), and spent the day in the pool, and then sleeping on the couch.
nice.
i'm now waiting for a shower. there's a chance she's coming by to pick up some stuff a bit later - either way i'm going to bed soon.
soon after posting, grootbek and i managed to create a GOOD invader zim ringtone. very cool. yogi picked me up, and we went to his place. i had a shower, we did a little work on our seminar paper, and i spent the remainder of the day working on his project.
*** today ***
until a couple of hours ago.
i'm now about to attempt the homework due in 5.5 hours...
*** later ***
* GROAN *
i was only a half an hour late to class. the lecturer was about two hours late, and we had to sit through that time listening to the tutor ramble on about nothing much in particular.
snark.
yogi and i found all the info we need for our seminar paper! GO US! so that shouldn't be a problem.
i hope.
so, umm. i got a ride home, and emailed this really nice guy all my cv details, which he agreed to take to the army for me.
my contact then told me to tell him not to.
that was a really embarrassing couple of emails.
i went to ru55's place, and SxS joined us. we watched invader zim on a big screen (w00t!), and spent the day in the pool, and then sleeping on the couch.
nice.
i'm now waiting for a shower. there's a chance she's coming by to pick up some stuff a bit later - either way i'm going to bed soon.
Wednesday, June 16, 2004
16/06/04
*** yesterday ***
pool was kind of fun - except for the fact that we all SUCKED the big one.
i blame the cues, and the table.
honest!
*** today ***
afterwards we went to mmf's birthday thingy, which was okay. this lasted till about 02.30. we went running around looking for food, and then i got dropped off at home.
i woke up around 11, and i've spent the morning trying to decide how to begin my day.
weird.
pool was kind of fun - except for the fact that we all SUCKED the big one.
i blame the cues, and the table.
honest!
*** today ***
afterwards we went to mmf's birthday thingy, which was okay. this lasted till about 02.30. we went running around looking for food, and then i got dropped off at home.
i woke up around 11, and i've spent the morning trying to decide how to begin my day.
weird.
Tuesday, June 15, 2004
15/06/04
*** yesterday ***
OMG. i spent the whole freakin' day in front of yogi's pc, working on his project. my brain is JELLIFRIED. i was beginning to hallucinate at one point, but i was in a zone and had to continue...
it was about to be mmf's birthday, so a couple of friends came over, and we all chilled. played card games for money (i lost about NIS 15),
*** today ***
and SxS just dropped me off at home. i'm finishing my malt, taking a shower, and crashing.
*** later ***
i kinda slept late this morning - i was only interrupted by a couple of phone calls. i went to our final finance class of the semester, which scared the crap outta me (and everyone else who went - it was an exam review), and promptly made photocopies of all the relevant chapters after class.
i got a ride home, with a cute girl who told me she'd call me... we shall see :P
i went for an introduction meeting with the parents of a new kid i'm teaching - and they don't speak any english. that was a REALLY difficult 45 minutes... and when i'm under pressure i sweat profusely, which doesn't make life any easier.
good practice, though.
i've just discovered that i'm able to go to england for about a week in september - w00t! i'm totally seeing everyone, including that *ahem* really sweet israeli girl...
i've called another parent, who'll apparently call me back: between three kids, i should be able to do fifty hours of community service in the next month...
i've watched some invader zim, and played some counterstrike, and SxS and water and someone else and i are off to play pool ^v^
so later, then ;)
OMG. i spent the whole freakin' day in front of yogi's pc, working on his project. my brain is JELLIFRIED. i was beginning to hallucinate at one point, but i was in a zone and had to continue...
it was about to be mmf's birthday, so a couple of friends came over, and we all chilled. played card games for money (i lost about NIS 15),
*** today ***
and SxS just dropped me off at home. i'm finishing my malt, taking a shower, and crashing.
*** later ***
i kinda slept late this morning - i was only interrupted by a couple of phone calls. i went to our final finance class of the semester, which scared the crap outta me (and everyone else who went - it was an exam review), and promptly made photocopies of all the relevant chapters after class.
i got a ride home, with a cute girl who told me she'd call me... we shall see :P
i went for an introduction meeting with the parents of a new kid i'm teaching - and they don't speak any english. that was a REALLY difficult 45 minutes... and when i'm under pressure i sweat profusely, which doesn't make life any easier.
good practice, though.
i've just discovered that i'm able to go to england for about a week in september - w00t! i'm totally seeing everyone, including that *ahem* really sweet israeli girl...
i've called another parent, who'll apparently call me back: between three kids, i should be able to do fifty hours of community service in the next month...
i've watched some invader zim, and played some counterstrike, and SxS and water and someone else and i are off to play pool ^v^
so later, then ;)
Monday, June 14, 2004
14/06/04
*** yesterday ***
i really felt the power of the shower yesterday morning, and had a GREAT sleep until 12.30 or so.
our last math class was fun - i spent the entire lesson having good laughs with the class and the lecturer.
yogi picked me up, handed me a shuwarma (which was pretty good), we paid a quick visit to SxS, picked up some sushi (which was a little, umm, not good), and went to his place.
i got picked up by a friend of a friend of a friend, who took me through to his company's office. we spent a goodly hour or two going through their traumatized (and most interesting) project, and i've agreed to help them (it's a REAL programming job - WHOO HOO!!). haven't settled on the money yet... soon, i hope.
i got dropped off at yogi's, and we spent the evening working on his project - i've never written a program that actually needed vast quantities of calculation time... it's kind of worrying. but it's pretty, and it works.
*** today ***
i just got home, and am hitting the shower in two seconds...
*** later ***
i woke up at 06.30 to start a washing cycle, and then went back to sleep. i had a really weird lucid dream before waking:
our university was an enormous gothic palace, filled with mazes of corridors, and huge chambers for classrooms, boarding rooms, cafeterias...
and lots of secret passageways and sections "under the stairs".
enclosed within the grounds were beautifully landscaped gardens, forests, and even swimming pools.
our argentinian flatmate and i decided to steal the keys to the secret passageways from the committee. the committee was having a meeting - for some reason one of the members held up the keys (how convenient!) and said something triumphant - our argentinian flatmate rushed in, ripped the keys from his hand, and threw it to me, as i waited by the door. nobody could identify me from the shadows, and the two of us fled immediately.
i can't remember why i had removed my shoes, but i moved around the palace looking for a place to put them on in a hurry. i sat in the gardens barefoot, dreading the impending approach of enraged professors. but none came - it was a pleasant afternoon, with a handful of students ambling around.
there were two keys, oddly shaped - kind of like tiny, shiny, smooth, one-sided allen keys - attached to a small, flat, rectangular keyring.
throughout the dream i kept hiding them in various pockets - i once attempted to hide them in my underwear, but that proved impossible. not only uncomfortable, but audible too.
i went back to the dorms, but it was approaching suppertime, and all the students were on their way to the mess hall. i tried to attract the attention of a friend of mine, and he refused to wait for me - there were plenty of respectable people sitting in the coffee shop as we walked past, and the two of us were having this rediculous argument very loudly, and a lot of them were staring at us.
this made me a little uncomfortable.
i gave up on him, and this was followed by a blur of doing stuff. my next clear moment is after dinner, with the committee trying a clever ploy to catch the thief. i didn't realize the glaring lack of logic while dreaming: they were calling all the students' cellphones, and playing really loud classical music. this was apparently so that if they called a phone, and heard the music through the phone as well, they would have a suspect - this doesn't make any sense. i guess it was an infiltration into my dream from some external source. i woke up when i realized that it was impossible to catch me like that, but in the dream i was terrified! i'd been fumbling with my phone, trying to figure out an excuse for it not working...
i really felt the power of the shower yesterday morning, and had a GREAT sleep until 12.30 or so.
our last math class was fun - i spent the entire lesson having good laughs with the class and the lecturer.
yogi picked me up, handed me a shuwarma (which was pretty good), we paid a quick visit to SxS, picked up some sushi (which was a little, umm, not good), and went to his place.
i got picked up by a friend of a friend of a friend, who took me through to his company's office. we spent a goodly hour or two going through their traumatized (and most interesting) project, and i've agreed to help them (it's a REAL programming job - WHOO HOO!!). haven't settled on the money yet... soon, i hope.
i got dropped off at yogi's, and we spent the evening working on his project - i've never written a program that actually needed vast quantities of calculation time... it's kind of worrying. but it's pretty, and it works.
*** today ***
i just got home, and am hitting the shower in two seconds...
*** later ***
i woke up at 06.30 to start a washing cycle, and then went back to sleep. i had a really weird lucid dream before waking:
our university was an enormous gothic palace, filled with mazes of corridors, and huge chambers for classrooms, boarding rooms, cafeterias...
and lots of secret passageways and sections "under the stairs".
enclosed within the grounds were beautifully landscaped gardens, forests, and even swimming pools.
our argentinian flatmate and i decided to steal the keys to the secret passageways from the committee. the committee was having a meeting - for some reason one of the members held up the keys (how convenient!) and said something triumphant - our argentinian flatmate rushed in, ripped the keys from his hand, and threw it to me, as i waited by the door. nobody could identify me from the shadows, and the two of us fled immediately.
i can't remember why i had removed my shoes, but i moved around the palace looking for a place to put them on in a hurry. i sat in the gardens barefoot, dreading the impending approach of enraged professors. but none came - it was a pleasant afternoon, with a handful of students ambling around.
there were two keys, oddly shaped - kind of like tiny, shiny, smooth, one-sided allen keys - attached to a small, flat, rectangular keyring.
throughout the dream i kept hiding them in various pockets - i once attempted to hide them in my underwear, but that proved impossible. not only uncomfortable, but audible too.
i went back to the dorms, but it was approaching suppertime, and all the students were on their way to the mess hall. i tried to attract the attention of a friend of mine, and he refused to wait for me - there were plenty of respectable people sitting in the coffee shop as we walked past, and the two of us were having this rediculous argument very loudly, and a lot of them were staring at us.
this made me a little uncomfortable.
i gave up on him, and this was followed by a blur of doing stuff. my next clear moment is after dinner, with the committee trying a clever ploy to catch the thief. i didn't realize the glaring lack of logic while dreaming: they were calling all the students' cellphones, and playing really loud classical music. this was apparently so that if they called a phone, and heard the music through the phone as well, they would have a suspect - this doesn't make any sense. i guess it was an infiltration into my dream from some external source. i woke up when i realized that it was impossible to catch me like that, but in the dream i was terrified! i'd been fumbling with my phone, trying to figure out an excuse for it not working...
Sunday, June 13, 2004
13/06/04
*** yesterday ***
yesterday was great! water and i met up at the central bus station, and took the bus to the lincoln. we got a table as soon as we walked in (and i forgot to reserve one), and played some serious pool (he's really good).
it was MOST enjoyable.
*** today ***
we walked to practically the other side of tel aviv, to a bar called "ice" - for 70's night. it took a bit of talking, but we got in for free: the music was pretty good disco, which is what we were looking for, and there was some great eye-candy.
after a few songs, however, the dj lost it, and played totally not-for-dancing 70's songs... and all the girls left...
i'm not sure i should be writing about the rest - we've been thinking that maybe it's better to forget...
we walked down allenby, to allenby 40, and had an interesting chat with the doorman. who gave us a tip that it was good inside.
ohmygod.
it's not a big place, but it was packed with unfortunate-looking singles, all desperately (and unsuccessfully) vying for each others' attention. the music was godaweful, and everyone was greasily, grimily sliding past one another in an attempt to escape the evils of their little sections.
and we stayed in there a while - we had had to SPEND MONEY to get inside! damn BASTARDS.
oh, and NIS 25 (close to R40) of beer got tossed by some big ugly f*cker, who refused outright to get us another one.
after finally escaping the clutches of club hell, we took a quick walk to noga, where the atmosphere was clean and metallica - nothing else matters was good for the brain. we spent some time there, listening to the barkeep telling his sad stories (he'd had a few too many himself), and focusing our stares between the big screen extreme tv, and the styling womenfolk.
we managed to con a taxi into bringing us back to herzliya for half price - SWEET. i just got home, am about to hit the shower, and then hopefully get some sleep before class at 10.00.
yesterday was great! water and i met up at the central bus station, and took the bus to the lincoln. we got a table as soon as we walked in (and i forgot to reserve one), and played some serious pool (he's really good).
it was MOST enjoyable.
*** today ***
we walked to practically the other side of tel aviv, to a bar called "ice" - for 70's night. it took a bit of talking, but we got in for free: the music was pretty good disco, which is what we were looking for, and there was some great eye-candy.
after a few songs, however, the dj lost it, and played totally not-for-dancing 70's songs... and all the girls left...
i'm not sure i should be writing about the rest - we've been thinking that maybe it's better to forget...
we walked down allenby, to allenby 40, and had an interesting chat with the doorman. who gave us a tip that it was good inside.
ohmygod.
it's not a big place, but it was packed with unfortunate-looking singles, all desperately (and unsuccessfully) vying for each others' attention. the music was godaweful, and everyone was greasily, grimily sliding past one another in an attempt to escape the evils of their little sections.
and we stayed in there a while - we had had to SPEND MONEY to get inside! damn BASTARDS.
oh, and NIS 25 (close to R40) of beer got tossed by some big ugly f*cker, who refused outright to get us another one.
after finally escaping the clutches of club hell, we took a quick walk to noga, where the atmosphere was clean and metallica - nothing else matters was good for the brain. we spent some time there, listening to the barkeep telling his sad stories (he'd had a few too many himself), and focusing our stares between the big screen extreme tv, and the styling womenfolk.
we managed to con a taxi into bringing us back to herzliya for half price - SWEET. i just got home, am about to hit the shower, and then hopefully get some sleep before class at 10.00.
Saturday, June 12, 2004
12/06/04
*** yesterday ***
i spent the remainder of the afternoon reading the da vinci code. downright inspiring (on the assumption, phycon, that you haven't heard all this before). got me thinking about what it really means to be jewish, and how much judaism has changed to preserve / hide its origins.
*** today ***
i read until about 00.30 or so, and decided that a shower was in order. but i had to wait for the hot-water cylinder, so i put on my freshly-downloaded crouching tiger, hidden dragon (which i'd never seen before).
crouching tiger, hidden dragon was goooood. i hated the running over the rooftops bits, i feel they were a little TOO extreme, but otherwise i enjoyed it all immensely.
i've just gotten up, with a bout of mental masturbation - a dream inspired some of it, i have to admit. check it out.
*** later ***
i'm bored. so i'm updating. i'm updating because i'm really, really bored.
let's see - i just finished reading the da vinci code, which is simply SUPERB. and it makes me more proud than ever of the magen david. although i still have a long way to go before figuring out exactly how to deal with all this information, in terms of my religious tradition, heritage, and spiritual beliefs.
i have done practically NOTHING of value today, i've been a total layabout. i've watched a few more episodes of invader zim, which were mildy amusing ("WHOOOO! anyone think that was cool?! please respond!" - the tiny, floaty member of the resisty)... oh, and i had an outing to the store... bleargh.
i have no idea what i'm gonna do until later - i'm so hoping our plans won't fall apart to go play pool...
i spent the remainder of the afternoon reading the da vinci code. downright inspiring (on the assumption, phycon, that you haven't heard all this before). got me thinking about what it really means to be jewish, and how much judaism has changed to preserve / hide its origins.
*** today ***
i read until about 00.30 or so, and decided that a shower was in order. but i had to wait for the hot-water cylinder, so i put on my freshly-downloaded crouching tiger, hidden dragon (which i'd never seen before).
crouching tiger, hidden dragon was goooood. i hated the running over the rooftops bits, i feel they were a little TOO extreme, but otherwise i enjoyed it all immensely.
i've just gotten up, with a bout of mental masturbation - a dream inspired some of it, i have to admit. check it out.
*** later ***
i'm bored. so i'm updating. i'm updating because i'm really, really bored.
let's see - i just finished reading the da vinci code, which is simply SUPERB. and it makes me more proud than ever of the magen david. although i still have a long way to go before figuring out exactly how to deal with all this information, in terms of my religious tradition, heritage, and spiritual beliefs.
i have done practically NOTHING of value today, i've been a total layabout. i've watched a few more episodes of invader zim, which were mildy amusing ("WHOOOO! anyone think that was cool?! please respond!" - the tiny, floaty member of the resisty)... oh, and i had an outing to the store... bleargh.
i have no idea what i'm gonna do until later - i'm so hoping our plans won't fall apart to go play pool...
Friday, June 11, 2004
11/06/04
the last week, i've been consuming as little sugar as possible: first effect - reduced munchies. second effect - feeling generally healthier. although these could both be in my head, i'm feeling really good about it!
*** yesterday ***
after posting last night, i watched terminator 3. now, the quality wasn't very good, and there were some rather crap drawbacks (like a really crap john conner), but it WAS a terminator film, and i quite liked the story - and even some of the "cool" stuff.
i woked up, had a relaxed morning, and went to waste time on campus - the classes were okay, the timewasting was quite fun!
i got some good news from a friend of mine - although it's only an indication of what might happen: someone Very Important from the army took a look at my cv and references yesterday, and he was enthusiastic about me.
please, oh please, oh please, oh please... * prays fervently *
i didn't get much chance to relax when i got home last night, as an hour later i had to leave for work. and i was pretty tired.
i enjoyed a memorable shuwarma (in a HUGE pita) on my way to the bus station (and now that i'm single, i can put on as much "amba" as i like - it's the atomic / radioactive spice-sauce that retains it's breath-effect for a day or so ^v^), and was on the bus with a girl from class, and two kids from taekwondo, which made me feel a little uncomfortable about reading my book :P (puck of pook's hill).
*** today ***
work last night was BOOOOORING as hell, all though there were some highlights - watching MK 22, the israeli version of southpark (similar style, about some idiots in the israeli army), and there was little enough work that most of us spent the morning playing flash / java games online.
i got home at roughly 06.00 - 06.30, and tried to watch donnie darko before bed. i don't think i made it past five minutes...
i woke up around 15.30, and had a grapefruit-sans-sugar breakfast, with cheesecake yoghurt (my favourite), and i think i'm going to spend my afternoon watching donnie darko, which looks pretty good, or reading the da vinci code, which is simply amazing.
*** later ***
#$@%ing UNBELIEVABLE. donnie darko has just joined my list of favourite movies of all time.
WOW.
i enjoyed every single second of that movie.
*** yesterday ***
after posting last night, i watched terminator 3. now, the quality wasn't very good, and there were some rather crap drawbacks (like a really crap john conner), but it WAS a terminator film, and i quite liked the story - and even some of the "cool" stuff.
i woked up, had a relaxed morning, and went to waste time on campus - the classes were okay, the timewasting was quite fun!
i got some good news from a friend of mine - although it's only an indication of what might happen: someone Very Important from the army took a look at my cv and references yesterday, and he was enthusiastic about me.
please, oh please, oh please, oh please... * prays fervently *
i didn't get much chance to relax when i got home last night, as an hour later i had to leave for work. and i was pretty tired.
i enjoyed a memorable shuwarma (in a HUGE pita) on my way to the bus station (and now that i'm single, i can put on as much "amba" as i like - it's the atomic / radioactive spice-sauce that retains it's breath-effect for a day or so ^v^), and was on the bus with a girl from class, and two kids from taekwondo, which made me feel a little uncomfortable about reading my book :P (puck of pook's hill).
*** today ***
work last night was BOOOOORING as hell, all though there were some highlights - watching MK 22, the israeli version of southpark (similar style, about some idiots in the israeli army), and there was little enough work that most of us spent the morning playing flash / java games online.
i got home at roughly 06.00 - 06.30, and tried to watch donnie darko before bed. i don't think i made it past five minutes...
i woke up around 15.30, and had a grapefruit-sans-sugar breakfast, with cheesecake yoghurt (my favourite), and i think i'm going to spend my afternoon watching donnie darko, which looks pretty good, or reading the da vinci code, which is simply amazing.
*** later ***
#$@%ing UNBELIEVABLE. donnie darko has just joined my list of favourite movies of all time.
WOW.
i enjoyed every single second of that movie.
Thursday, June 10, 2004
10/06/04
hmmm - nice day. the morning was a bit difficult - getting up was the first real mission, and then discovering that it was all for nought (the supposed "lecture" was a badly disguised sales pitch from SAP), wasn't the most ideal start for any day.
the second class was much better, and the social bits between the two almost made up for getting out of bed that early.
i spent the afternoon napping, reading, chatting, and generally being a layabout.
ooh - and i bought six bottles of tuborg non-alcoholic malt beer. tasty.
in the evening, my argentinian flatmate and i went to a meeting, where they praised our compulsory (not compulsive - thanks synkronos, sorry freud) volunteer work, and told us how important it is.
wow.
since i got home, i've been reading at a furious pace - the da vinci code is most enjoyable! i just played a bit of counterstrike, as i was feeling a bit of withdrawal: i got my ass KICKED. so badly.
i'm either about to fall asleep, or watch a movie.
no matter.
the second class was much better, and the social bits between the two almost made up for getting out of bed that early.
i spent the afternoon napping, reading, chatting, and generally being a layabout.
ooh - and i bought six bottles of tuborg non-alcoholic malt beer. tasty.
in the evening, my argentinian flatmate and i went to a meeting, where they praised our compulsory (not compulsive - thanks synkronos, sorry freud) volunteer work, and told us how important it is.
wow.
since i got home, i've been reading at a furious pace - the da vinci code is most enjoyable! i just played a bit of counterstrike, as i was feeling a bit of withdrawal: i got my ass KICKED. so badly.
i'm either about to fall asleep, or watch a movie.
no matter.
Wednesday, June 09, 2004
09/06/04
NOW i remember why my body was in much better shape four years ago!
i forgot just how much exercise one gets when rollerblading - i'm DYING right now... also, i spent the last half hour on my blades in SEVERE pain - i have (a) HUGE blister(s) on the sole of my right foot (i'm too scared to look before i get in the shower).
it got so bad that i blindly informed the really cute girl who was blading near me, although i wasn't too surprised when she began avoiding me :D
i haven't bladed like that in YEARS.
we did the length of tel aviv a couple of times, it was crazy -
the downhills were amazing
the park in the dark was amazing
the people: SO - MANY - PEOPLE
but -
good lord, the uphills almost killed me. i obviously need to do this more often (and get back into shape).
oh yeah - and two important things:
1) i was VERY lucky, there was someone from my area there who could give me a lift home, as i didn't want to pay NIS 60 (R90) for the taxi
2) i learned NOT to help the n00bs (<Phycon> helping n00b=ass on ground):
two very cute girls, who couldn't go faster than walking pace, almost got me left behind, and the only reason i went all the way to tel aviv in the first place was to travel with the group. so i had to be a bastard, which sucked, but i will NOT miss all the fun for two idiots trying to run before they can crawl.
highly shaggable, though - bit of a miss.
i hope there's hot water by now - i DESPERATELY need a shower, and some sleep. the sleep of kings, i tell you. kings.
i forgot just how much exercise one gets when rollerblading - i'm DYING right now... also, i spent the last half hour on my blades in SEVERE pain - i have (a) HUGE blister(s) on the sole of my right foot (i'm too scared to look before i get in the shower).
it got so bad that i blindly informed the really cute girl who was blading near me, although i wasn't too surprised when she began avoiding me :D
i haven't bladed like that in YEARS.
we did the length of tel aviv a couple of times, it was crazy -
the downhills were amazing
the park in the dark was amazing
the people: SO - MANY - PEOPLE
but -
good lord, the uphills almost killed me. i obviously need to do this more often (and get back into shape).
oh yeah - and two important things:
1) i was VERY lucky, there was someone from my area there who could give me a lift home, as i didn't want to pay NIS 60 (R90) for the taxi
2) i learned NOT to help the n00bs (<Phycon> helping n00b=ass on ground):
two very cute girls, who couldn't go faster than walking pace, almost got me left behind, and the only reason i went all the way to tel aviv in the first place was to travel with the group. so i had to be a bastard, which sucked, but i will NOT miss all the fun for two idiots trying to run before they can crawl.
highly shaggable, though - bit of a miss.
i hope there's hot water by now - i DESPERATELY need a shower, and some sleep. the sleep of kings, i tell you. kings.
Tuesday, June 08, 2004
08/06/04
* deep sigh *
what a long, long, dreary day.
i was up early, and spent my morning working on the presentation. the presentation was "okay", really not reflective of the amount of effort we put in.
i taught my new charge all about math, and why we need it, so that i could get him to stop using the calculator for simple quadratic equations...
that took two and a half hours.
i went home for two minutes, to change pants and put on rollerblades, and made it just in time for our final project's closing lecture.
it was all in hebrew, with lots of bitching and complaining - and then the students started doing it too.
* deep sigh *
i've just eaten for the first time since 10am, and it was a bowl of cereal (the food now), and after writing this i'm off to tel aviv, to rollerblade.
a bit silly, as i've no way of getting back to herzliyah, and nowhere to stay. if it looks hopeless, i'm going to have to pull out early, which really bites.
* deep sigh*
now to do my only truly selfish thing of the day (the blading, dumbass).
what a long, long, dreary day.
i was up early, and spent my morning working on the presentation. the presentation was "okay", really not reflective of the amount of effort we put in.
i taught my new charge all about math, and why we need it, so that i could get him to stop using the calculator for simple quadratic equations...
that took two and a half hours.
i went home for two minutes, to change pants and put on rollerblades, and made it just in time for our final project's closing lecture.
it was all in hebrew, with lots of bitching and complaining - and then the students started doing it too.
* deep sigh *
i've just eaten for the first time since 10am, and it was a bowl of cereal (the food now), and after writing this i'm off to tel aviv, to rollerblade.
a bit silly, as i've no way of getting back to herzliyah, and nowhere to stay. if it looks hopeless, i'm going to have to pull out early, which really bites.
* deep sigh*
now to do my only truly selfish thing of the day (the blading, dumbass).
Monday, June 07, 2004
07/06/04
WTF?! today just disappeared!
last night, i really got into reading the da vinci code. a great read, so far, but i HATE it when authors have a chapter heading every couple of pages. it's just silly.
i woke up at 07.30, and went off to the army base - nothing much interesting happened, the highlight of the trip was burning my tongue on scalding hot decaf coffee - i didn't even get a wake-up from it.
* harrumph *
i went from the base to work, where i more or less officially resigned - i'm staying on till the end of july, and have already found a replacement.
weird.
so, after clearing my email for an hour, and hopefully getting paid for it too, i went home. my afternoon just flew by, as i chatted online, and - oh YEEEES - i watched the last samurai. good heavens! tom cruise ACTING! i scarcely believed my own eyes!
it is an AMAZING film, now in my top five movies of all time.
played a bit of KoL (i added the link under the games section), had spaghetti supper, watched a really funny episode of that 70's show (the one where eric buggers up kelso's van), and am now about to do some work on our finance presentation, which is for tomorrow.
good grief.
last night, i really got into reading the da vinci code. a great read, so far, but i HATE it when authors have a chapter heading every couple of pages. it's just silly.
i woke up at 07.30, and went off to the army base - nothing much interesting happened, the highlight of the trip was burning my tongue on scalding hot decaf coffee - i didn't even get a wake-up from it.
* harrumph *
i went from the base to work, where i more or less officially resigned - i'm staying on till the end of july, and have already found a replacement.
weird.
so, after clearing my email for an hour, and hopefully getting paid for it too, i went home. my afternoon just flew by, as i chatted online, and - oh YEEEES - i watched the last samurai. good heavens! tom cruise ACTING! i scarcely believed my own eyes!
it is an AMAZING film, now in my top five movies of all time.
played a bit of KoL (i added the link under the games section), had spaghetti supper, watched a really funny episode of that 70's show (the one where eric buggers up kelso's van), and am now about to do some work on our finance presentation, which is for tomorrow.
good grief.
Sunday, June 06, 2004
06/06/04
wow - great pool, great atmosphere - it's been a looooong time. that was the best-spent cash (and it cost a lot) in a while.
*** later ***
hrm - i pretty much spent my day on campus. a little bit of socializing, and some homework done, but otherwise a rather boring and unproductive day.
i went past psychotic american's place, sorted out our presentation for tuesday, and then ambled home.
where i've been sitting online, talking and KoLing (kingdom of loathing - alright, i'll post a link). i've just had "supper", and am more or less on my way to bed.
*** later ***
hrm - i pretty much spent my day on campus. a little bit of socializing, and some homework done, but otherwise a rather boring and unproductive day.
i went past psychotic american's place, sorted out our presentation for tuesday, and then ambled home.
where i've been sitting online, talking and KoLing (kingdom of loathing - alright, i'll post a link). i've just had "supper", and am more or less on my way to bed.
Saturday, June 05, 2004
05/06/04
^v^ (my favourite emoticon)
today was a beeeyootiful day. aside from getting loads of work done, we had an enormous lunch at yogi's grandparents, and i'm on my way with sammy to play pool at the lincoln.
so i'm quite excited.
the only unhappy part of today was that dirk diggler's msn messenger account got hijacked (he forgot to log out in an internet cafe on picadilly circus - i can't spell that name), but fortunately these kids messed with me, and were dumb enough to use a webcam (so i knew he wasn't there). i managed to log him out, but it was unfortunately too late :(
there's a lesson to be learned from this...
today was a beeeyootiful day. aside from getting loads of work done, we had an enormous lunch at yogi's grandparents, and i'm on my way with sammy to play pool at the lincoln.
so i'm quite excited.
the only unhappy part of today was that dirk diggler's msn messenger account got hijacked (he forgot to log out in an internet cafe on picadilly circus - i can't spell that name), but fortunately these kids messed with me, and were dumb enough to use a webcam (so i knew he wasn't there). i managed to log him out, but it was unfortunately too late :(
there's a lesson to be learned from this...
Friday, June 04, 2004
04/06/04
*** yesterday ***
a fairly relaxed morning, i went to campus early, and stretched a bit with a friend of mine. class with santa claus (aka pappa smurf) was as usual, fortunately it ended particularly early.
i came home, and began playing world war ii - frontline command (WWIIFC).
what a great game!
in the evening, i went with our argentinian to the student day - meir banai was good, and infected mushroom played some amazing stuff, although they really weren't consistent.
i'm seriously planning on skydiving soon. i just got a huge discount, so it's finally affordable ^v^.
after the student day stuff, we went to tel aviv, to a really nice (but totally not my style) bar. fortunately, i knew a few of the people there, so it wasn't completely weird and unpleasant.
*** today ***
we got home around 3am, and i was totally exhausted. TGIF. i woke up around 11am, have had a decent breakfast, and am doing some washing. i played wwiifc a couple of times - the same first mission. and everytime i do it, it goes worse for me! i have to keep changing strategies... but the AI seems sooo good.
*** later ***
i had lunch with her, which was, erm, interesting.
i reinstalled my computer, again.
i read more rudyard kipling - puck of pook's hill.
i played counterstrike. because i could.
that's just about it.
a fairly relaxed morning, i went to campus early, and stretched a bit with a friend of mine. class with santa claus (aka pappa smurf) was as usual, fortunately it ended particularly early.
i came home, and began playing world war ii - frontline command (WWIIFC).
what a great game!
in the evening, i went with our argentinian to the student day - meir banai was good, and infected mushroom played some amazing stuff, although they really weren't consistent.
i'm seriously planning on skydiving soon. i just got a huge discount, so it's finally affordable ^v^.
after the student day stuff, we went to tel aviv, to a really nice (but totally not my style) bar. fortunately, i knew a few of the people there, so it wasn't completely weird and unpleasant.
*** today ***
we got home around 3am, and i was totally exhausted. TGIF. i woke up around 11am, have had a decent breakfast, and am doing some washing. i played wwiifc a couple of times - the same first mission. and everytime i do it, it goes worse for me! i have to keep changing strategies... but the AI seems sooo good.
*** later ***
i had lunch with her, which was, erm, interesting.
i reinstalled my computer, again.
i read more rudyard kipling - puck of pook's hill.
i played counterstrike. because i could.
that's just about it.
Wednesday, June 02, 2004
02/06/04
hmmm - things are being suspiciously okay. i'm now waiting for them to catch up to me.
i had a major fight with my flatmates this morning - they keep hassling me over the hot-water cylinder. as if *i'm* the one using it all the time. and i ended up having a luke-warm shower.
bastards.
our first class was interesting, although the guy spent two and a half hours explaining something fairly uncomplicated, that could probably have been squeezed into a short paragraph.
i still don't really have a business mentality.
i had a good lunch, and our next class was fairly arbitrary, so i broke out the puzzle book on his ass :) (like i'd let him see it...)
i fell asleep when i got home, and woke up totally groggy and dehydrated... i called my new charge, and walked over to his place, which turned out to be far further away than i expected. next time i'll rollerblade.
i just got back from spending about five hours with him - aside from doing a little bit of english, and speaking to him almost completely in hebrew, i've borrowed a book on tcp/ip from him, and he had a copy of world war ii - frontline command, which i've been searching for for months - i have a new game to play!!!
i'm off to bed in a short while, but i'm sure i'll install and play a bit first. it's been a good day ^v^
i had a major fight with my flatmates this morning - they keep hassling me over the hot-water cylinder. as if *i'm* the one using it all the time. and i ended up having a luke-warm shower.
bastards.
our first class was interesting, although the guy spent two and a half hours explaining something fairly uncomplicated, that could probably have been squeezed into a short paragraph.
i still don't really have a business mentality.
i had a good lunch, and our next class was fairly arbitrary, so i broke out the puzzle book on his ass :) (like i'd let him see it...)
i fell asleep when i got home, and woke up totally groggy and dehydrated... i called my new charge, and walked over to his place, which turned out to be far further away than i expected. next time i'll rollerblade.
i just got back from spending about five hours with him - aside from doing a little bit of english, and speaking to him almost completely in hebrew, i've borrowed a book on tcp/ip from him, and he had a copy of world war ii - frontline command, which i've been searching for for months - i have a new game to play!!!
i'm off to bed in a short while, but i'm sure i'll install and play a bit first. it's been a good day ^v^
Tuesday, June 01, 2004
01/06/04
so far, today has been another relaxed day! i got up at 7am, played some counterstrike, showered, and met with the social worker. we talked for about an hour, and i've been assigned to teach a fifteen-year-old maths and english. i understand he's exhausted the school's programming teaching, so it might be interesting.
at least we have something in common.
our applied project team (minus SxS, who's immobile), had to meet with the lecturer at 13.00. mmf and i finally got in his office at 13.20, at which he was most unimpressed.
having said that, he's been REALLY easy on us, and we have much less pressure now.
* DEEP SIGH *
finance class was boring as hell. fortunately, i have just bought a hebrew crossword / wordsearch book, which already has proved both entertaining, and educational.
SCORE!
after class, i came home - beat grootbek in tekken, and have just finished playing counterstrike.
some days are good days.
^v^
*** later ***
i did some work on our applied project - i actually learned stuffTM... i watched the talented mr. ripley. good lord, what a disturbing and unhappy movie.
* shudder *
shudder. i keep forgetting that word. like articulate.
at least we have something in common.
our applied project team (minus SxS, who's immobile), had to meet with the lecturer at 13.00. mmf and i finally got in his office at 13.20, at which he was most unimpressed.
having said that, he's been REALLY easy on us, and we have much less pressure now.
* DEEP SIGH *
finance class was boring as hell. fortunately, i have just bought a hebrew crossword / wordsearch book, which already has proved both entertaining, and educational.
SCORE!
after class, i came home - beat grootbek in tekken, and have just finished playing counterstrike.
some days are good days.
^v^
*** later ***
i did some work on our applied project - i actually learned stuffTM... i watched the talented mr. ripley. good lord, what a disturbing and unhappy movie.
* shudder *
shudder. i keep forgetting that word. like articulate.
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