jetpacks and chrome

and clumsy fingers playing recognizable diddies.

jetpack dude:
a previous, awesome run
and in today's news:
crap quality youtube feed
high quality slow feed

this guy is my hero!

chrome is out and about - now to wait for the linux version :P

my day:
juno reactor in the morning is nice. when i got to work, i really got straight to work - my TL had left me some bits in my inbox to deal with. i ran straight from that into trouble with measurements, we were all talking at cross-purposes and by the time i figured it out and explained it to everyone it was afternoon already. at least we'll know for next time, but it was a bit of a head-fuck.

we're going backwards with the holiday permissions. the authority called me up to ask me what was going through my mind when i filled out the form without her. the last time i spoke to her i was told that she can't help me until i've filled out the form and gotten it signed. then i discovered that the system and i disagree as to how much leave i have left... and by the time we were all satisfied on our side the authority had left for the day.

i spoke to a fellow oddity in need this morning, she's going through a similar ordeal to what i went through when moving units. i hope that what i told her can be of assistance.

on short notice - too short to grab some coffee or an energy bar - we were all whisked away to a lecture on holocaust deniers. that's the explanation for my being in a desperate "hold eyes open with fingers" mode.
one of the videos we watched made me think of a musical interlude with a neo-nazi giving a speech in german, fuhrer style, along the lines of "i'm very angry and i don't know why".

these are all very angry / bored people. and you can't argue with them, because they dismiss all the proof as forged. let's just shut down all educational institutions now, shall we? because obviously we can't prove anything.

when we got back from lunch i was suffering from extreme exhaustion - i could barely stand, let alone concentrate. as soon as i finished a cup of super-strong coffee i had to mission off to the other side of base again with awkward equipment, one of the guys was really nice and helped us out with a hand and a car - he saved the afternoon.

i got some good work done in the evening, although not enough (this is kind of a trend), and then it was home-time again. i've paid the caretaker and played around with my strings, now i'm off to see eatliz again :)