leaving the building

the expression for the day:
cockblocking by omission

it turns out that the girl from the bus did rock up at the party, and nystire didn't think to inform us.

i ate too much food for lunch, had a decent-ish half-day's work^*, then left for tel aviv with nystire. after a long and amusing conversation with the cute captain, i got to our fully charged zoo to change, had a cigarette break with our neighbour, and then we all went to harrass sunshine by using up eight of our free drinks at cafeneto - that was a considerable amount of cash.

after a long walk we arrived at zinc for dinner. israeli manners leave much to be desired, and everybody except the medic was happy to eat like polite, civilized human beings. not only did she argue with us (and make a bit of a scene, freaking out the manager), but just as we were done and getting ready to leave her friend arrived... and ordered food.

so we all got stuck there, steaming not-so-quietly until she was finally done and we could get the bus home. instead of home we decided on movie-ing, but either way we would have run into songbird and her friend, on their way to pick up her cellphone which she'd left in the previous bus.

movie-ing was movie-ing, just a little louder than usual, and i ran into an old friend just as we were leaving. she's convinced me to come to the alumni's get-together on the 3rd.

a slow walk home, i just shaved my beard, and i think i trimmed it too short - this could be problematic. we're now saying goodbye to our guests, before i learn how to operate facebook efficiently and then crash.

^* including printing out a poster saying "smoker's corner" and posting it on a door that leads to a three-storey drop.