first rains

... and a heart of darkness. i went to the lizard last night, sat chatting and dirnking with the mongoose and ta2 for a while, and then mpe came to pick me up. we searched for a while, and found a parking spot on rothschild, so we took a long walk all the way to bograshov and back, discussing all sorts of arbitrary things.

we then spent a long time looking for a parking in our area, which was slightly more complicated. eventually we found space in a lot i'm familiar with, and just had to hope that it wouldn't cost too much. mpe slept over, but considering the amount of hours slept and the time we woke up i don't know if the words "slept over" is correct.

we got out of bed when we heard rain pouring down; just in time to see two little kids across the road rushing towards the windows, in their pajamas, as excited about the weather as we were. i woke up the kid, and we got ready for the army (and had time for breakfast, even), and we all walked to the parking lot, where it turned out that we only had to pay for the hour that it'd been open.

awesome.

mpe gave us a ride to base. we met up with private pile on the way upstairs, and i began the day by dragging my pc off to be formatted. most of the day was spent being pissed off with my replacement because he's a moron. he simply refuses to do any thinking if he can find a way out of it. i really need to find a way to get him to pull finger and make an effort.

during the afternoon, i learned all sorts of horrifically uninteresting things about oracle's report builder. it helps, but it's not exactly satisfying fixing problems that shouldn't have been possible in the first place. shouldn't have been? i don't think anyone can ever really anticipate the depths to which shite programmers can sink.

i had a long chat with my welfare officers, and just talking about some of the things that have been going on the last two years always puts me in a weird state of mind. it's all too crazy.

i met the kid's brother today (my age, captain) just before leaving the base, and the two of them are incredibly similar. and were confused when i mentioned it. that always amuses me.

by the time i left the base, it was dark. winter sucks. and the weather today was hot and muggy between thunderstorms and downpours. i have to buy an umbrella, and not lose it this year.

mp3 players for xmas
history of the world part i in the making
let's feel good about ourselves

i'm trying to slow down on the smoking, but as spot pointed out, now is not the time. i'm irritable anyway, i don't need to get aggressively unhappy at the moment.