sunday bleargh *frothing*

i was supposed to get up at 6.30, but there was no way in hell that that was happening. so i arose, after much altercation with my alarm, around 9. much better.

i sped out, and i made the bus. i met up with spot and the mongoose at the cafeteria, and after a hearty breakfast (of hot chocolate. that was all.) spot and i returned to the office. we found actual (and rather irritating) work waiting for us.

sbelle visited, i eventually chucked her out of the office (on the pretext of getting back to aforementioned work). apparently she's on the rag, which would explain the weirdness... but doesn't make me feel much better about the whole thing. i'm so childish sometimes. or am i?

we broke for lunch, which wasn't too bad. afterwards we played some gta, then went to the courts for some basketball. that wasn't bad at all. we were all rather dirty and smelly afterwards, but that didn't bother me too much. it bothered spot quite a bit, though - he's guarding tonight. he's seriously lucky that i had a spare shirt for him. the consequences of sports before a guard shift is one lesson that i learned a long time ago, the hard way.

the kid and i returned to the office... to discover that spot had left his computer unlocked. he's only got a couple of weeks to go, and he still hasn't learned. i created black icons and mouse cursors (he has a black background), renamed his recycle bin in the registry (to be blank, like everything else), copied all his desktop shortcuts to a random location, and blacked out EVERYTHING. hell, i had a hard time getting his system open, and i KNOW what i did.

my boss called me, with an interesting proposition. and apparently there's a chance i'll get some cash soon. there was another job we were going to do, but it appears that the client is only really looking for the definition, and is planning on getting someone else to do the implementation. bastard. that's most of the work.

we met up with spot a bit later at the cafeteria (yeah, we do that a lot), and then all returned to play some gta. spot and i teamed up against the kid, and spent a lot of time just racing each other through the streets. that was a lot of fun. we seriously pissed the kid off, though.

spot can't play on his pc, so he still has no idea what's in store for him :D

i bussed home, finally finishing web site story. i've decided that i'm not that fond of robert rankin's style, but his stories are definitely amusing, and somewhat insightful. definitely interesting reads, and kind of enriching, too.

i got home, and did some 'netting while waiting for the shower (that was an excellent shower). sammy sent me this (click to enlarge, sorry if it's a bit on the big side):


that's from the new york times. too damn right, that is. i also happened upon some rather disturbing news. normally something of this nature trickles down through the army, but until now i haven't heard a word. just goes to show.

this is kinda cool. apparently the EU are adopting the use of some forward-thinking. i'm surprised there's a form of government that takes robotics seriously.

i've just watched the first episode of the 4400. goddamn exhilarating (i was SURE that was spelled with two i's). i was wow'ed. now i gotta get the rest. i also watched a good fight. now it's bedtime.