guess which one's nql

nothing annoys me more than people judging me by my company, and my company making an ass out of himself. i tried, but he just didn't get any hints and he kept interrupting the guy during his sale's pitch... TO HELP HIM. whatever, i wasn't too impressed anyway, so i'm advising my manager a) not to go with their system and b) not to send nql with me again.

we had trouble with the guys who handle our army servers today - it all began when the kid and i were harrassed on the bus because our systems were down. the kid just informed me that in the evening, he was informed that the state of the backup tapes (shredded, we hear) is not considered their responsibility, rather ours. that's just... wonderful.

the kid underwent a code review this morning: i left halfway 'cause i was totally uninterested. i already know what he's done, and i'm happy with all the bits that he's in control of (other people's apis notwithstanding). i went to organize myself another set of dog-tags; i like the american-style with two hanging around the neck instead of one :P

[in the IDF, one of our dog tags is split into two halves, one half inserted into each boot so that if a leg gets blown off it's easy to identify]

aided by a first sergeant, i confronted the kitchen boss this afternoon about the quantities of food. he wasn't even embarrassed to tell us that 50g of meat was more than enough for anyone. and he's the fattest bastard i've ever seen this side of florida.

the kid was upset about my lack of usefulness today: i spent a large part of the afternoon trying to organize my data: what to keep for myself, what to pass on to piles, and what to discard. considering the headache reading all the subjects caused me, and the difficulty i personally have with the discarding bit (*such* a packrat), that was more than enough work for me.

a friend of mine came to visit our base for a short while, and it was fun to watch somebody unused to our desk-jockey style behaving like a soldier :P

i bussed and trained through to herzeliya - it's been a while since i've been there, and i sorta miss it a bit. not relative to tel aviv, mind, but it was my home for four years.

after the meeting, i took nql to the best shuwarma place in the centre of the country, we had a good meal, and then bussed back to tel aviv; all the while nql brain-raping me. i sorta blanked out most of the discussion, but every now and again i was expected to respond :(

work itself was annoying: i can't believe i'm writing a wrapper class for doubles because java handles them so friggin' badly. spot left half an hour earlier than me, claiming to be exhausted. when i got home, i discovered he hadn't arrived yet: he was visiting that waitress who was here last weekend - good for him! he's got his own little cheering squad back here *evil grin* *cheering in the background*

when he got back, disappointingly (he didn't stay there, he didn't bring her back... what gives?!), he agreed to be my wingman, and we went to cafeneto for coffee... sunshine was workin', so that worked out :)