rewind and pause

so i've been facing backwards with my eyes closed for the last very long time. i've been rewinding and watching everything in slow-motion and i haven't really learned anything new, as i already possessed all the data available - i suppose i've been wallowing. so a short while ago, spot and i were sitting outside having a cigarette, and i had the genius idea that made me laugh out loud: at myself.

it's time to get smart again.

now it's time to see how much i can live in the moment.

in honour of this wonderful breakthrough, i'm going through the last 48 hours backwards:

1) watched two good movies, back-to-back: the covenant (fun film, great cinematography, just didn't like the fight scene), and the departed (sheer brilliance and a great soundtrack to match).

2) had iced-coffee at movieing, met a girl who recognized me from university days, after a long and pleasant walk from the basketball courts.

3) got some exercise on the basketball courts for a couple of hours, after a serious walk from home.

4) lost an hour of my life to web-comics (sam and fuzzy (not so much, not my style), questionable content (cute), staccato (cute), megatokyo (what?! how have i not been reading this, you ask?)).

oh, yeah, and these are from a whole bunch of responses:
this
and this (i leave it to the watcher to follow the chain further)

5) slept a good ten hours, after showering after coming home after drinking rather a lot during a fun run at the cocktail room. i actually brought myself to flirt with a girl and it went badly.

6) the passover dinner was great, as usual. too much food. and then dessert with chocolate mousse and pavlova.
i haven't seen her in a while, and i think i've missed out on quite a bit. at some point she just out and said (and i had no idea!) "yeah, i got a tattoo."
and when everyone freaked out she said "what? totalwaste's got one!"

YOU CAN'T DO THAT!!

aside from it being a really cute tattoo, i've had her on my mind since :S [i really would like to get back together with her, and i really won't be able to broach the subject]

7) walking to the pick-up point took me way less than i anticipated, so i waited for way longer. at least the weather's been good :)

8) i discovered that instead of wrapping paper, i'd bought special sticky laminate for drawers and things. i wrapped the chocolates with that because it's all i had and i was in a hurry.

9) siesta with pink floyd in the background.

10) a great hour or so sitting alone, reading a book at the cafeneto, having a roast-beef sandwich and coffee and generally enjoying a really nice early afternoon.

11) leaving the base a bit early, after spending most of the morning sitting and talking crap with nystire and another guy in the group. at least i'd arrived first, and actually got an hour of work in :)

and now, back to the future! i get just over four hours of sleep. starting... NOW.