what a pain! my brain hurts... a lot.
i was up until about 1/2am, trying to get the computer to behave nicely. a bit silly. i finished all the work i had to do... and mailed my boss previous versions of it :$ :$ :$
all a bit, umm, not good.
i have no clue how i got out of bed this morning. i missed the bus, and then missed breakfast. i had a splitting headache, but fortunately our commander wasn't in today, so we didn't really do much work.
just after noon, we all missioned to jerusalem, for an enormous braai... not only was the food excellent, but i drank about 3 glasses of chivas regal, and the rest of the afternoon was extremely chilled (as in, it would have been anyway ^_^).
aside: our section secretary has an amazing sword collection.
i just got home, and am about to jump in the shower before crashing... i'm exHAUSted.
Sunday, February 27, 2005
Saturday, February 26, 2005
whatta weekend!
thursday was nice. we did have some fun, although not as serious as expected... got back to his place around 2/3, woke up about 7, had breakfast, and then went our separate ways.
friday was totally chilled, i did nothing but backup tons of stuff on my personal pc, and mess around on the net.
around midnight, i made my way to the lizard. i watched the aftermath of the terror attack on the way, which put a damper on the evening. it's not very surprising, but it seriously sucks nonetheless... un-fscking-believable what these bastards get up to.
the beginning of the night was kinda weird. the dj was a bit crap, the mood was a bit dark (obvious following an attack), and i got into a fight with the bouncer 'cause he made a REALLY stupid comment - about the part i played during the apartheid - when he found out i was south african.
i wanted to smack the shit out of his stupid mouth. the mongoose held me back, and it took a while to calm down.
then two girl-friends of a guy who works there (and studies linguistics) came, and the evening picked up (along with the dj's music). we all danced (all respect, the gorgeous girl is on crutches, so she danced on her knees on a seat) until the club closed, and then we took turns carrying her as the four of us headed off to the -relatively- nearby coffee shop.
we had a great time, and left around 6am when the sun came up. the mongoose came back with me to my place, and we crashed for a couple of hours before going to his place. where we ate like pigs, i started reading jhonan vasquez's squee.
we went off to the beach, in bat-yam, walked for a bit, got excellent ice-creams, and met up with some of the mongoose's friends.
i told the story of japman's boss offering me his brand new porsche carreira if i'd be his boyfriend. every one of the guys was horrified that i didn't take the car! it was hysterical, hearing them describe the lengths they'd go to... haven't laughed that much in ages.
i was actually almost embarrassed about my decision :$
we returned to the mongoose's place, where the lack of sleep caught up with me. on my return home, i stopped by the local coffee shop, tanked up, and am now finishing some work before possibly going off to the lizard again.
thing is, i've been searching for a girl like the one we met last night since i broke up with her, and it turns out that she's apparently interested in me. the only thing is i've gotten so used to disappointment, that my expectations are rock bottom. i can't pray enough that this will work out.
*sigh* back to work. i've just figured out some cool shit with transact sql, hopefully i'm almost done.
friday was totally chilled, i did nothing but backup tons of stuff on my personal pc, and mess around on the net.
around midnight, i made my way to the lizard. i watched the aftermath of the terror attack on the way, which put a damper on the evening. it's not very surprising, but it seriously sucks nonetheless... un-fscking-believable what these bastards get up to.
the beginning of the night was kinda weird. the dj was a bit crap, the mood was a bit dark (obvious following an attack), and i got into a fight with the bouncer 'cause he made a REALLY stupid comment - about the part i played during the apartheid - when he found out i was south african.
i wanted to smack the shit out of his stupid mouth. the mongoose held me back, and it took a while to calm down.
then two girl-friends of a guy who works there (and studies linguistics) came, and the evening picked up (along with the dj's music). we all danced (all respect, the gorgeous girl is on crutches, so she danced on her knees on a seat) until the club closed, and then we took turns carrying her as the four of us headed off to the -relatively- nearby coffee shop.
we had a great time, and left around 6am when the sun came up. the mongoose came back with me to my place, and we crashed for a couple of hours before going to his place. where we ate like pigs, i started reading jhonan vasquez's squee.
we went off to the beach, in bat-yam, walked for a bit, got excellent ice-creams, and met up with some of the mongoose's friends.
i told the story of japman's boss offering me his brand new porsche carreira if i'd be his boyfriend. every one of the guys was horrified that i didn't take the car! it was hysterical, hearing them describe the lengths they'd go to... haven't laughed that much in ages.
i was actually almost embarrassed about my decision :$
we returned to the mongoose's place, where the lack of sleep caught up with me. on my return home, i stopped by the local coffee shop, tanked up, and am now finishing some work before possibly going off to the lizard again.
thing is, i've been searching for a girl like the one we met last night since i broke up with her, and it turns out that she's apparently interested in me. the only thing is i've gotten so used to disappointment, that my expectations are rock bottom. i can't pray enough that this will work out.
*sigh* back to work. i've just figured out some cool shit with transact sql, hopefully i'm almost done.
Thursday, February 24, 2005
HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY
i'm so excited the weekend's here, it's pathetic.
a) had ac/dc's thunderstruck in my head the whole day - always good.
b) i took my computer in to the workshop this morning, and gave them explicit instructions on how to deal with it. they had it ready before lunch. it works now.
it only took two weeks.
c) the mongoose and i had humus "ful" for lunch, and it was brilliant.
d) got my computer set up, and finished the game i've been working on - i think it's a copy of something i saw as a child, called "math blaster" or some such rot. it's addictive. and i figured out a neat way of sharing high scores over the army network.
^_^
e) left the base for the weekend, got home in time to take my laundry in
f) did some work - my subconscious came up with a brilliant solution to a problem i was refusing to spend brain cycles on. amazing. so i got my work plan sorted out, and now...
after a long, long walk across tel aviv...
i'm at the dog's place, and we're soon off to do some serious fun-having!
a) had ac/dc's thunderstruck in my head the whole day - always good.
b) i took my computer in to the workshop this morning, and gave them explicit instructions on how to deal with it. they had it ready before lunch. it works now.
it only took two weeks.
c) the mongoose and i had humus "ful" for lunch, and it was brilliant.
d) got my computer set up, and finished the game i've been working on - i think it's a copy of something i saw as a child, called "math blaster" or some such rot. it's addictive. and i figured out a neat way of sharing high scores over the army network.
^_^
e) left the base for the weekend, got home in time to take my laundry in
f) did some work - my subconscious came up with a brilliant solution to a problem i was refusing to spend brain cycles on. amazing. so i got my work plan sorted out, and now...
after a long, long walk across tel aviv...
i'm at the dog's place, and we're soon off to do some serious fun-having!
Wednesday, February 23, 2005
better
i don't know why, but definitely better today. all our systems went down this morning, and subsequently killed my "personal" machine - it didn't get better alongside everything else... all i could access was visual basic, so i built myself a small and cute math game. it's fun, and pretty, but i'll be damned if i can get a decent score.
one of the guys in our section just finished the officers' course, so we all went to the training base to watch the ceremony. killed the rest of the day, and now that i'm home i'm contemplating whether to eat, get exercise, sleep, or perform some combination thereof. not at the same time.
on my way home, i had my third cigarette for the day - i'm slowing down - and in the mood i was in, walking against the rush-hour traffic jam, i hit upon the brilliantly silly idea of carrying a sign that says something cute to get people smiling. now to find something that's funny and not too corny.
yep, that about sums up the day. uh, huh.
one of the guys in our section just finished the officers' course, so we all went to the training base to watch the ceremony. killed the rest of the day, and now that i'm home i'm contemplating whether to eat, get exercise, sleep, or perform some combination thereof. not at the same time.
on my way home, i had my third cigarette for the day - i'm slowing down - and in the mood i was in, walking against the rush-hour traffic jam, i hit upon the brilliantly silly idea of carrying a sign that says something cute to get people smiling. now to find something that's funny and not too corny.
yep, that about sums up the day. uh, huh.
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
-blank-
what a long, horrible day. i had difficulty getting out of bed this morning, and missed my bus by about a minute... i watched as it drove off, and had to discover a new route to the base. fortunately, it only took me fifteen minutes more, so that's a little less pressure each morning.
the combination of exercising last night, and trying not to smoke (unsuccessfully, btw) made today rather uncomfortable to begin with. couple that with our systems going down for 5 hours, 2/3 hours of "instruction" (in hebrew, dehydration included), and the rest of the day spent moving our new system to a different server...
we worked until about 20.30 - every single thing we did showed us a few more that we'd forgotten. i can't say i didn't learn a lot, but i - am - broken.
'nite.
the combination of exercising last night, and trying not to smoke (unsuccessfully, btw) made today rather uncomfortable to begin with. couple that with our systems going down for 5 hours, 2/3 hours of "instruction" (in hebrew, dehydration included), and the rest of the day spent moving our new system to a different server...
we worked until about 20.30 - every single thing we did showed us a few more that we'd forgotten. i can't say i didn't learn a lot, but i - am - broken.
'nite.
Monday, February 21, 2005
A-*HEM*
good lord. i've been smoking again for about three weeks, and am now quitting again. not that i don't enjoy it.
what i'm most impressed about is that i just came back from a run, and i ran fairly quickly for about 40 minutes straight. and stretched when i got back... i'm so close to the splits that i can feel the ground beneath me - 10cm left to go!!
i was under a lot of pressure today, and of course TODAY i had major problems with the network - i was totally frustrated for the first 5 hours. and then, suddenly, with no reasonable explanation, everything started working again.
amazing.
i finished with plenty of time to spare. the new guy's having problems adjusting, so i tried to give him a helpful talk. unfortunately, we have a communication barrier, and i don't think he got the right message.
i did my best.
i've come to an important, and in my opinion mature decision:
it's a serious addiction that i REALLY don't need. even less than smoking.
and that's about it for the day. i've had a shower, i'm about to work for an hour (just because i read that it's not smart to sleep right after training), and hopefully i'll be able to sleep tonight. after the last few weeks, i have low expectations :(
but all in all, FEELING GOOD!
what i'm most impressed about is that i just came back from a run, and i ran fairly quickly for about 40 minutes straight. and stretched when i got back... i'm so close to the splits that i can feel the ground beneath me - 10cm left to go!!
i was under a lot of pressure today, and of course TODAY i had major problems with the network - i was totally frustrated for the first 5 hours. and then, suddenly, with no reasonable explanation, everything started working again.
amazing.
i finished with plenty of time to spare. the new guy's having problems adjusting, so i tried to give him a helpful talk. unfortunately, we have a communication barrier, and i don't think he got the right message.
i did my best.
i've come to an important, and in my opinion mature decision:
FUCK KoL
it's a serious addiction that i REALLY don't need. even less than smoking.
and that's about it for the day. i've had a shower, i'm about to work for an hour (just because i read that it's not smart to sleep right after training), and hopefully i'll be able to sleep tonight. after the last few weeks, i have low expectations :(
but all in all, FEELING GOOD!
0_0
groaaaaaaaaan...
waking up was hell, i was sleeping SO well. i had to run to catch the bus, i tore one of my pockets. not a great start.
the morning was frustrating, the early afternoon was taken up with lunch at a fancy restaurant (expensive, not excellent). i ran into a couple of old friends in the area, which was interesting, and almost walked into ehud barak: he gave me a funny look, i said "hello" and carried on walking.
i got back to a ton of work, all high pressure, and some really daft bugs got the better of me. by the time i left the base, it was figuratively at a dead run... i was exhausted and crazy.
i planned to sleep a couple of hours, but it's now 2.35am. because of my back i can't continue to sleep - it's driving me nuts, so it's as good an excuse as any to get some work done.
i've been warned that if i can't finish a certain task tomorrow in time, that i'm staying on the base until i do. that sucks ASS.
waking up was hell, i was sleeping SO well. i had to run to catch the bus, i tore one of my pockets. not a great start.
the morning was frustrating, the early afternoon was taken up with lunch at a fancy restaurant (expensive, not excellent). i ran into a couple of old friends in the area, which was interesting, and almost walked into ehud barak: he gave me a funny look, i said "hello" and carried on walking.
i got back to a ton of work, all high pressure, and some really daft bugs got the better of me. by the time i left the base, it was figuratively at a dead run... i was exhausted and crazy.
i planned to sleep a couple of hours, but it's now 2.35am. because of my back i can't continue to sleep - it's driving me nuts, so it's as good an excuse as any to get some work done.
i've been warned that if i can't finish a certain task tomorrow in time, that i'm staying on the base until i do. that sucks ASS.
Sunday, February 20, 2005
noooooo! bring back my piggy!!!! i love you piggy!!!
what a wonderful weekend ^_^
the sun disappeared pretty early on, so no more beach weather for us. BUT - i *did* finish most of the work i had to, and learned SO much about online .NET in the process...
i met up with the dog at azrieli center, had some coffee, and then got picked up by sammy. pool at the lincoln was AWESOME. great company, great pool, great music, and the waitresses were ab-so-lute-ly fan-friggin-tastic. my superlatives do them no justice, they were truly mindblowing.
and very distracting :P
i then met up with the mongoose at the lizard, which was filled with fine women, and excellent music. it was REALLY difficult to leave.
i'm now all smelly and disgusting (but not tired!), so i'm KoLing (from home!) while waiting for hot water.
good night, good weekend!
the sun disappeared pretty early on, so no more beach weather for us. BUT - i *did* finish most of the work i had to, and learned SO much about online .NET in the process...
i met up with the dog at azrieli center, had some coffee, and then got picked up by sammy. pool at the lincoln was AWESOME. great company, great pool, great music, and the waitresses were ab-so-lute-ly fan-friggin-tastic. my superlatives do them no justice, they were truly mindblowing.
and very distracting :P
i then met up with the mongoose at the lizard, which was filled with fine women, and excellent music. it was REALLY difficult to leave.
i'm now all smelly and disgusting (but not tired!), so i'm KoLing (from home!) while waiting for hot water.
good night, good weekend!
Saturday, February 19, 2005
first home post
this is my first post from my new apartment. it would have been a thrilled one, but i've been having so much trouble getting up and running (bad firewalls, random crashes, and my right speaker just REFUSES to work).
i have SO much work to do today. please, gods, let me finish in time to enjoy some beach weather.
i have SO much work to do today. please, gods, let me finish in time to enjoy some beach weather.
Friday, February 18, 2005
sleepy good happy fun
i didn't sleep enough this morning... but i did clean my apartment, and i did do enough shopping, and i did go the promenade for a serious walk, and i did meet up with the dog for a guinness, and i did just have supper at the mongoose's place, and we're about to either go do stuff, or not...
*groaaaaaaaannnnnnn*
lack of sleep is catching up with me. i've been sleeping so badly, and working straight through (with my back aching as usual) isn't helping. thank you, coffee and cigarette.
umm. i had something else to say, but i've forgotten already. i REALLY need acupuncture. and a massage.
work earlier was actually quite fun - we had a british event for once, and doing helpdesk for england is SO much more pleasant. from the point of view of the level of customer intelligence as well as the accent :P
umm. i had something else to say, but i've forgotten already. i REALLY need acupuncture. and a massage.
work earlier was actually quite fun - we had a british event for once, and doing helpdesk for england is SO much more pleasant. from the point of view of the level of customer intelligence as well as the accent :P
Thursday, February 17, 2005
*phew*
i don't know where to begin, it's been a crazy, crazy week.
i got internet installed at home today. the last two days have
been intense: someone screwed up my computer in the army, and i had a
mini-holiday (the weather has been BRILLIANT) while getting it fixed.
it's set me back quite a bit workwise, and that's been a bit
frustrating... but nevermind.
i went on a blind double date last night, and i got stuck with the not-so-good-looking girl. nice enough, and the evening was fun, but it was totally weird.
the other thing about this week is that the guy who's been riding my
case has finally left. and the mood in the office has shot through the
roof - in addition, we have a new guy, and it's been fun sorting him
out and showing him the ropes.
i've remembered, because i actually forgot, that i'm manic depressive
- i'm attributing that as a factor to the past month's general
depression, and especially to the outrageously good mood i've been in
the last two days.
as far as work is concerned, it's rather tough, and i'm going to have
to spend most of my weekend on it... the guy whose code i'm fixing
left it in a complete mess.
very professional.
my back is completely wrecked. it's killing me. i'm using deep heat,
i'm working the muscles as much as possible (mainly by correcting my
posture, but it's not habitual so i keep relaxing).
i'm totally amused by the building organization. they miscalculated, and i owe them NIS 300. i received a check in the post for NIS 150, with a letter attached saying it's to assist with the cleaning expenses incurred during the move. it's really sweet, but couldn't they just have deducted it from the amount owed?
i went to a comic book convention on the weekend, that was totally lousy. and that's all i have to say about that.
ummm. the army's good, the work's good, the other work's alright, the
apartment's good... all i need to deal with is (training/requitting
smoking) and sleep deprivation, and everything'll be great!
i got internet installed at home today. the last two days have
been intense: someone screwed up my computer in the army, and i had a
mini-holiday (the weather has been BRILLIANT) while getting it fixed.
it's set me back quite a bit workwise, and that's been a bit
frustrating... but nevermind.
i went on a blind double date last night, and i got stuck with the not-so-good-looking girl. nice enough, and the evening was fun, but it was totally weird.
the other thing about this week is that the guy who's been riding my
case has finally left. and the mood in the office has shot through the
roof - in addition, we have a new guy, and it's been fun sorting him
out and showing him the ropes.
i've remembered, because i actually forgot, that i'm manic depressive
- i'm attributing that as a factor to the past month's general
depression, and especially to the outrageously good mood i've been in
the last two days.
as far as work is concerned, it's rather tough, and i'm going to have
to spend most of my weekend on it... the guy whose code i'm fixing
left it in a complete mess.
very professional.
my back is completely wrecked. it's killing me. i'm using deep heat,
i'm working the muscles as much as possible (mainly by correcting my
posture, but it's not habitual so i keep relaxing).
i'm totally amused by the building organization. they miscalculated, and i owe them NIS 300. i received a check in the post for NIS 150, with a letter attached saying it's to assist with the cleaning expenses incurred during the move. it's really sweet, but couldn't they just have deducted it from the amount owed?
i went to a comic book convention on the weekend, that was totally lousy. and that's all i have to say about that.
ummm. the army's good, the work's good, the other work's alright, the
apartment's good... all i need to deal with is (training/requitting
smoking) and sleep deprivation, and everything'll be great!
Friday, February 11, 2005
as friday rolls around
the workload last night was quite alright, and i managed to catch up on almost all the news i've been missing... but the atmosphere at work sucked, and i was on edge and aggro until i left. i was bombed by the time the last event began, and just before we left my stomache began to HURT. i got a ride most of the way home, but i still had to walk half an hour, tired, in pain, and carrying an open cardboard box containing all my media and a dvd drive. the clouds were dripping, but i received a favour from the gods - it only started to rain AS i got home! i'm still incredibly grateful.
i went straight to bed, and woke up a few hours later to go pick up my laundry - it was raining, and i as i made my rounds i got progressively more soaked. but it was worth it - i had a great shower afterwards. i installed the dvd drive in my pc - i kept forgetting all sorts of stupid things... it's been a while... now everything works except the cd that i REALLY need to work.
figures.
i'm at a friend's, reading comics and watching zim. life could be worse.
i went straight to bed, and woke up a few hours later to go pick up my laundry - it was raining, and i as i made my rounds i got progressively more soaked. but it was worth it - i had a great shower afterwards. i installed the dvd drive in my pc - i kept forgetting all sorts of stupid things... it's been a while... now everything works except the cd that i REALLY need to work.
figures.
i'm at a friend's, reading comics and watching zim. life could be worse.
Thursday, February 10, 2005
*flip* *flop* week gone *flop* *flip*
dammit. i lost another one :D
last weekend:
parties - the tone was set by a rather crap one early friday night. the second party was alright, but i'd lost the mood already. if i'd had it to begin with.
on saturday i had lunch at her parents, and it was REALLY nice. surprisingly so, hence the CAPS.
sun:
we had to work late, until just after midnight. that about covers the entire day. i think.
mon:
i met up with a friend of a friend for a business-type startup-thingy meeting. it was educational. i love the idea, i don't think i'll be able to dedicate myself enough. got to arrive late to the base, just in time for lunch - i'm getting good at that :)
tues:
spent the morning at the clinic, for blood tests. it was kinda scary, they needed rather a lot of blood, and she kept wiggling the needle around to get more. it kinda hurt.
in the evening, unless i'm very much mistaken, my old / new bosses gave me a ride home, bringing a pc for me to use. i started working on the project, which is basically a resurrection effort - not so simple as i've never worked in these environments before... but i'm learning.
yesterday was just another day. lots of arb work, and a lesson at the end from the prick who's been riding my case the last while. it was a bit irritating, but we learned a lot, and he's almost gone.
YEAH.
finished off the day at the dance bar; drank a little too much...
today was quite alright. i still had to get up early... but i dropped off my laundry, and got sorted out at the bank (deposited a cheque - i can eat this month!). i had a tiny, tiny croissant, with an average cup of coffee, and then my new / old boss picked me up, and we went to the tax office.
which was SO much simpler with someone there to explain. got everything sorted out super-quick, and then sat down for coffee (with real croissants), to talk about the work. turns out i'm now getting a base-salary, with extra depending on the size of the projects... so basically contracts, but better.
YEAH.
the rest of the day was spent doing QA... it kind of sucked, but i did get moments of figuring cool shit out. i *WILL* learn to play with the oracle demon.
i've been at work since 6ish, and it's now 23.45, or thereabouts... there's a lot of us working, hopefully it won't be too interesting.
and i feel the weekend.
last weekend:
parties - the tone was set by a rather crap one early friday night. the second party was alright, but i'd lost the mood already. if i'd had it to begin with.
on saturday i had lunch at her parents, and it was REALLY nice. surprisingly so, hence the CAPS.
sun:
we had to work late, until just after midnight. that about covers the entire day. i think.
mon:
i met up with a friend of a friend for a business-type startup-thingy meeting. it was educational. i love the idea, i don't think i'll be able to dedicate myself enough. got to arrive late to the base, just in time for lunch - i'm getting good at that :)
tues:
spent the morning at the clinic, for blood tests. it was kinda scary, they needed rather a lot of blood, and she kept wiggling the needle around to get more. it kinda hurt.
in the evening, unless i'm very much mistaken, my old / new bosses gave me a ride home, bringing a pc for me to use. i started working on the project, which is basically a resurrection effort - not so simple as i've never worked in these environments before... but i'm learning.
yesterday was just another day. lots of arb work, and a lesson at the end from the prick who's been riding my case the last while. it was a bit irritating, but we learned a lot, and he's almost gone.
YEAH.
finished off the day at the dance bar; drank a little too much...
today was quite alright. i still had to get up early... but i dropped off my laundry, and got sorted out at the bank (deposited a cheque - i can eat this month!). i had a tiny, tiny croissant, with an average cup of coffee, and then my new / old boss picked me up, and we went to the tax office.
which was SO much simpler with someone there to explain. got everything sorted out super-quick, and then sat down for coffee (with real croissants), to talk about the work. turns out i'm now getting a base-salary, with extra depending on the size of the projects... so basically contracts, but better.
YEAH.
the rest of the day was spent doing QA... it kind of sucked, but i did get moments of figuring cool shit out. i *WILL* learn to play with the oracle demon.
i've been at work since 6ish, and it's now 23.45, or thereabouts... there's a lot of us working, hopefully it won't be too interesting.
and i feel the weekend.
Thursday, February 03, 2005
wheeeeee! kend
*HUGE SIGH OF RELIEF*
i can't decide whether to go backwards or forwards with my blog...
today:
got up late this morning (6.30 / 7am), met up with the other south african from my base, and went to herzliya. i sorted out my rent and deposit (i hope, only able to verify it on sunday), had a great breakfast, and then we joined a whole bunch of other lonely soldiers at the cinema, to watch closer. great movie (although i hate jude law's acting), and natalie portman is SO sexy.
we got back to the base in time for an INCREDIBLY average lunch, and i spent the rest of the day doing the most horrible job - comparing database scripts to the database to see if they'd run. it's the most menial pc task i think i've ever done.
yesterday:
it was a pretty crap day. mostly average. learned a lot, though. when i got home, i went for a jog, and turned back almost immediately. i got "rained out". by a slight drizzle. i did get very far in my attempts to do the splits, so i'm rather chuffed.
1st feb:
getting up in the morning was hell. real hell. my bed is SO comfortable (i'd forgotten), and i was feeling SO sick. i don't actually know how i did it.
i went straight to the clinic when i got to the base, and if i wasn't sick before, i should've been dying by the time i left. sitting there amidst the hacks and coughs of many squished people in a waiting room sans air-circulation.
i had great difficulty communicating with the medic who saw to me. and the less i understood, the LOUDER - SHE - TALKED. like an american tourist. after five minutes she was screaming at me, and i was seriously unimpressed with having everyone in a 100m radius knowing all my personal details.
we spent the morning moving some of the guys into the new room that's been assigned to our section. i was volunteered to help move, and clean. it's great being the lowest rank. on the plus side, during a period of arsing-around, i discovered the picture that i fell in love with many years ago (the one that inspired the "i've come for your daughter" shirt), and hopefully it'll be printed out soon - cause that baby's going on my wall.
i had to do 5 hours of guard duty - guarding the main gate. right next to the guard-commander and there're tons of people passing all the time. i managed to smoke, and drink a large hot-chocolate, without anyone seeing ^_^ so cocky. almost got caught by my section commander, but i'm sneaky enough :P
after the shift (accidentally forgetting to return a full uzzi ammo clip), went off with a couple of guys to a comic book store - great store, and i've ordered myself a TPB of rogue trooper!! w00tness in the extreme!
i also discovered that pvponline is also a real comic (and i've read them all, so nyeh), and that sandman comics are NOT what i read. so i don't know what i was reading...
31st:
spent most of the day cleaning / moving / learning... had a fight with my seargent, who might just become my team leader - not a wise move.
the preparation for guard duty was the longest ever - the guy took more than an hour to tell us all about the stuff we learned in basics. i guess he's a counterstrike enthusiast - he was coming up with all sorts of possible scenarios for attacks, and explaining how we should deal with them.
honestly.
my guard duty was boring, and i had a newspaper in hebrew. it's the first one i've ever read.
on my way home, i picked up a hotdog, and finished with a cigarette on my balcony. and remembered why i like smoking so much - it gives you a good reason to just stand and appreciate the view. i find that as a non-smoker, i look, say "wow", and then get bored.
i can't decide whether to go backwards or forwards with my blog...
today:
got up late this morning (6.30 / 7am), met up with the other south african from my base, and went to herzliya. i sorted out my rent and deposit (i hope, only able to verify it on sunday), had a great breakfast, and then we joined a whole bunch of other lonely soldiers at the cinema, to watch closer. great movie (although i hate jude law's acting), and natalie portman is SO sexy.
we got back to the base in time for an INCREDIBLY average lunch, and i spent the rest of the day doing the most horrible job - comparing database scripts to the database to see if they'd run. it's the most menial pc task i think i've ever done.
yesterday:
it was a pretty crap day. mostly average. learned a lot, though. when i got home, i went for a jog, and turned back almost immediately. i got "rained out". by a slight drizzle. i did get very far in my attempts to do the splits, so i'm rather chuffed.
1st feb:
getting up in the morning was hell. real hell. my bed is SO comfortable (i'd forgotten), and i was feeling SO sick. i don't actually know how i did it.
i went straight to the clinic when i got to the base, and if i wasn't sick before, i should've been dying by the time i left. sitting there amidst the hacks and coughs of many squished people in a waiting room sans air-circulation.
i had great difficulty communicating with the medic who saw to me. and the less i understood, the LOUDER - SHE - TALKED. like an american tourist. after five minutes she was screaming at me, and i was seriously unimpressed with having everyone in a 100m radius knowing all my personal details.
we spent the morning moving some of the guys into the new room that's been assigned to our section. i was volunteered to help move, and clean. it's great being the lowest rank. on the plus side, during a period of arsing-around, i discovered the picture that i fell in love with many years ago (the one that inspired the "i've come for your daughter" shirt), and hopefully it'll be printed out soon - cause that baby's going on my wall.
i had to do 5 hours of guard duty - guarding the main gate. right next to the guard-commander and there're tons of people passing all the time. i managed to smoke, and drink a large hot-chocolate, without anyone seeing ^_^ so cocky. almost got caught by my section commander, but i'm sneaky enough :P
after the shift (accidentally forgetting to return a full uzzi ammo clip), went off with a couple of guys to a comic book store - great store, and i've ordered myself a TPB of rogue trooper!! w00tness in the extreme!
i also discovered that pvponline is also a real comic (and i've read them all, so nyeh), and that sandman comics are NOT what i read. so i don't know what i was reading...
31st:
spent most of the day cleaning / moving / learning... had a fight with my seargent, who might just become my team leader - not a wise move.
the preparation for guard duty was the longest ever - the guy took more than an hour to tell us all about the stuff we learned in basics. i guess he's a counterstrike enthusiast - he was coming up with all sorts of possible scenarios for attacks, and explaining how we should deal with them.
honestly.
my guard duty was boring, and i had a newspaper in hebrew. it's the first one i've ever read.
on my way home, i picked up a hotdog, and finished with a cigarette on my balcony. and remembered why i like smoking so much - it gives you a good reason to just stand and appreciate the view. i find that as a non-smoker, i look, say "wow", and then get bored.
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