easy like sunday... yeah, right :(

i decided this morning to sleep in. technically, i can arrive late on a sunday, and the scout is usually around in case of emergency.

usually. i forgot he was guarding. and to spite me - thank you, o' lord - our systems failed BADLY over the weekend. bastards on the induction base are responsible, but ultimately i'm the one who has to deal with the shit.

so i got a call at 8am, asking me if i was in the office yet... immediate panic, and i tried contacting the dba's to get started on the problem, but they weren't answering the phone. so i had to make a really kak decision - and i called my NEC. and shave and hurry to get to the base. unfortunately, he knew i wasn't up north this weekend, so i was in big trouble. lots of shouting and nastiness - but i'm ultimately very grateful that he didn't have me court-martialled... it was purely my bad, but i admitted as such and explained myself well enough that he understood that i was coming clean.

but damn that sucked. and it took bloody AGES to get the systems working again.

the rest of the day was pretty boring.

it's so easy to forget that sunday isn't a working day. spot called his mom to tell her that he'd decided against officer's course (making said decision while filling in the form to get started, very well done), and woke her up at 8am on sunday morning. that sucked for her :P

i spent an hour or so in the clinic, trying to get organized with my exemption - the discipline officer is looking for my signature because i've been put down as guarding on the 8th. i bleeding WARNED the moron.

i am WELL impressed with the posters i did on wednesday - renewed enthusiasm each time i see them. they look professional, and SO pretty. i, in my amateur fashion, managed to get the shading from the spraypaint *just* right, and they look airbrushed ^_^

we're making another unit film, and i got my part back as jay. only problem: i need to organize the wig this time. buggrit.

i finally gave a guy from decentralization the gift i promised him - a polystyrene aeroplane that not only flies true, but the propeller spins and everything! i should have bought myself one, it cost me R4!!

from the base i went with a friend to his place, right next to the base, to smoke nargila, drink beer, and talk crap. spot joined us, and after much amusement we bussed through to tel aviv, and then i bussed home... stopping to buy terry pratchett - diggers, which i've been eyeing for a while (i had my coupons on me this time).

had a long chat with the boss, everything's in the clear at the moment. i'm all good. here're some interesting slashdot stories from today:

whiskey pc
paintball success story
time physics
jet racing
real-life zombies
a shameful way for a king to die