a long, bright and sunny night

work.

(me) "thank you for calling..."
(whiny deep southern accent) "i can't understand a word you're saying."
(me, slowly - enunciating every syllable) "thank you for calling..."
(wdsa) "i still can't understand a word that's coming out of your mouth. it's all garbage! i'm going to hang up now. bye."

ten seconds pass...

(me) "thank you for calling..."
(wdsa) "wow! i can understand you now!"

that, and some woman who was practically crying on the phone because she felt she'd let everyone down by not showing up.

i left work at 5.20, bussed through to the base, and got in the gate at 5.55. i chatted with the army tech-support girls. one of them was second-in-command, and got me to help her pack up a really odd sleeping bag. i think she was flirting with me once we finally got it done.

i was brushing my teeth, or shaving (it's all a bit of a blur), when my phone began beeping - i'd completely forgotten that i had a dentist appointment at 8am! i was completely wasted, but i scarfed down some porridge and then bussed through to the city officer.

where i was politely informed that they'd cancelled my appointment again. luckily, a really cute (and so tiny!) girl (named dew-light) remembered them doing the same thing last week, and managed to sort me out. i saw the dentist before the first shift began :)

he was fast, and so far it seems that he did a great job. that was, without any doubt in my mind, the scariest dental treatment i've ever received. it felt (and sounded, you know how up-close and personal it is) like he was just gouging out the entire tooth, and the neighbouring ones as well. he didn't really seem to be paying much attention at all, really.

and the suction missed a tiny piece of previous-filling, that threatened to choke me most of the procedure. it took me a full minute to work it out from behind my tongue.

i bussed back to my base, and played gta with the guys. i crashed, and was woken up for lunch. crappy lunch. spot and i went to the cafeteria to chill. began a most entertaining series of encounters with some cute girls. they kept finding ways to harrass us because i had the only lighter in the area. they went so far as to take my wallet and cellphone too, at one stage. got them back practically untouched, but it was slightly unnerving.

our SC rocked up, so we talked and joked with him for a bit (and made fun of him for a bit more). then we went to pay a little visit to our secretariat. i managed to score a special card for sign-ins... now my team-members can sign me in when i don't make it to the base on time. w00t!

i crashed for a few hours - interrupted by that crazy religious dude, i'm still annoyed that my teammates didn't stop him. i woke up in time for 15 minutes of gta, and then we left.

i did some basic shopping, showered, and watched the remainder (most of) lock, stock and two smoking barrels. i have one thing to quote:

"look, you wanna knock him out, YOU knock him out!"
...
"i fuckin' HATE traffic wardens."

i'm now off to bed. enough is enough.

bastards
soybeans good for something after all
i'd hate for the battery to die on me :/
erm. yay?
terra incognita