bearing the grudge

half pint. i can't get away with calling him anything else. he's quite the dick - the idiot with the eating disorder.

he made organizing joining the birthright festivities a real bitch yesterday, and i've been disliking him more the more i've noticed how much crap he talks. this afternoon, while i was busy having a hefty bag of bad news laid on me by the professor, he came and stood right behind my elbow.

i made the national sign for "give me a moment" with the hand that wasn't holding the cellphone, and he promptly drew out the twenty he owed me and began rustling it in my ear. i was trying desperately to concentrate on what i was being told, and i really didn't want to interrupt the professor as everything he's done for me has been a huge favour - i angrily shoved half pint away and picked up the thread as best i could.

a bit later i received an email from his commander demanding that i apologize for using violence on his soldier when he was "only trying to do me a kindness by returning my money". i angrily and impolitely explained to him that his soldier leaving me alone was totally worth that money before firing an email back to both of them letting them know that his behaviour was unacceptable. i'm still pissed off about it, though. he's really been getting under my skin... like scabies. [it ties in, sort of]

as for the bad news: in the same way that my unit commander made it abundantly clear that my experience wasn't worth anything, the professor regretfully informed me that the degree i have actually decreases the chances of my being accepted to engineering. so it looks like i'm going to have to do the israeli high school diploma and the israeli equivalent of the SATs. fantastic.

that all kinda puts a damper on my day. speaking of damp, the kinder and i missed the first bus to base this morning from jerusalem, and arrived at the beginning of the twenty minute walk to base exactly as the downpour began. stopping for sNv chips didn't give us enough of a breather (or a dryer, or whatever), and by the time i got into the office i was so incredibly glad that i just happened to have a change of clothing available...

it was a nice walk and all, but my bag's still soaked and i ruined my notebook with a bunch of sketches and poetry. i managed to rescue most of it, and had to set the pages individually all around my workspace until they dried :P

work was awesome today - i had one of those moments of glory that i'm extremely happy my TL was around to witness ^_^
just remembering it makes me feel better: a while ago i theorized something and i finally put it into action, working smooooothly :)

the army hostel we stayed in last night in jerusalem is excellent compared to those i stayed in at the start of my service. hot water, air-conditioning, and our group didn't have to share a room with anyone... the only thing that sucked was the paranoia of acquiring scabies from the blankets... [told you]

jerusalem is COLD.

the mega event:
a) going to a mega event when not part of a birthright group just isn't the same.
b) jason from mtv still stinks.
c) gaia just isn't in the same league as shotei ha'nevu'a (fools of the prophecy)
d) no alcohol served this time.
e) the music was painful. the last one i was at was great, fun israeli music and trance and it was outdoors. this was bad hip-hop that you can find anywhere in the world, and it was confined indoors.

i can't really recall much of yesterday, aside from a long, uninteresting meeting and a really funny conversation that i had with someone while trying to explain to them that the information bar in internet explorer needs to be removed.

i've had alter bridge - coming home in my head for two days now, that alone makes it worth the planned purchase.

linkage:

15 - 20 years waiting isn't great, but being able to recycle CO₂ is! by then they could attach it to the airships that are coming back into fashion.

just another tease?
just another possible birthday present?

transfer complete - this is nice tech with tons of potential uses.

at least it shouldn't be possible to accidentally fry the ground crew... theoretically.