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so here's the post for yesterday:

first thing: i informed the guy in charge of the shift that i couldn't carry anything today... he told me that it's fine, i just have to get back to him when i'm feeling better. that just goes to show how much they need me to do this.

i went to the welfare officers to apologize for yesterday, and got what i consider to be a fair punishment. i had to sit through a lecture on why i should be nice to people. i gritted my teeth and nodded in all the right places.

i actually worked quite a lot today. and enjoyed some of it, too. funny, my back felt better the worse i sat. i'm going to end up a pretzel.

we had a team talk with the branch commander - he asked how i felt, and i told him straight out how disappointed i am with the decision, and my service in general. that scored me a private meeting afterwards, where he shat on me for having such a bad attitude.

in and amongst that, he reminded me of what it looks like from a superior point of view, and the bottom line is that he's right, and i really don't have anything to complain about as far as the actual work i'm doing is concerned.

he told me i'm egotistical. i told him "damn right". at least i got a laugh. i don't know how much it's worth, but now all three officers above me have agreed to push for more flexibility time-wise with the new commanders. i suppose i'll get by if i don't get it, but it would vastly improve my quality of life both as a soldier, and as a human being. pray for me.

so i felt better after that. much better. the only real problem we had was with one of our clients (our commander's girlfriend), who's on the rag. we know this because he was whining about it. the guy who called us on her behalf, after office hours, was in a flat panic, and quite upset. at least we're not left wondering.

i went past spot's, then we came here to mmf's, played some tekken, and then walked to the balcony. it was quite fun, with the scout joining us around midnight, very pub-like. great music. i've decided i'm completing my tattoo this week. and we made a pact to go snowboarding once we're all out the army.

quote of the day:

it's like a snow-capped mountain in my mouth - me, slightly drunk and holding an ice-cream

had coffee - got hit on by a waitress who i REALLY couldn't decide on, and have just returned home. four hours to wake-up.

very cool: multi-touch monitor

and for today:

i went to bed feeling more or less okay. i woke up into a nightmare. it took me about 10 minutes just to get out of bed. i eventually had to hold my head in place with my hands as i squirmed onto the floor, because anything else became extreme agony, frighteningly fast.

hell, even going to the toilet was a mission and a half. i haven't been in that much pain in ages.

in spite of that, i was only late by about 15 minutes. okay, so i walked funny - not much worse than usual, and tilted at a strange angle.

i got in to the office to find spot on the bed. i couldn't get him up, and sitting wasn't doing me any good. eventually i managed to rouse him, and found a good position to lie in that stretched my neck... unfortunately, i passed out, and moved into a terrible position. i woke up with my arm in PAIN. not pins and needles, but electric fire flickering through my fingers.

during the rest of the day it wasn't good, but it did get better.

i got some work done today. a little bit of socializing too, but nothing that put something on the cards for valentine's day. nothing that made me want to put something on those cards.

i learned something about spraypainting today. i got lucky last time. i learned today about stencil size and resolution, more about environment effects, and not to let anyone touch my friggin' spraycan.

i bussed home, showered, started downloading fights from hido (thanks, btw), and got ready and bussed into tel aviv. on the way here, i ran into spot's mom - she's offered to house me and my mom when we're in new york, and i then had to put up with a guy working the corner cafe who was totally smitten with her - and then a cute girl from the army, and then came inside. yogi's here, brought pizza and we're about to begin workin'.