recycled

my room's tidier and i'm exhausted. it was a long, long day, and i promised myself that i wouldn't connect my pc until the havoc surrounding my bed had been reduced to piles of distinguishables.

i began the day at the bank, where i didn't actually get much done, then got into uniform to go buy my new one. quite a mission, that. it's far away on the induction base. i wondered if vision would meet me for coffee (she serves there), but i didn't get a response.

i eventually found the shop i was looking for, and it's a crap store. they go out of their way to make one feel as uncomfortable as possible, and then take forever to handle each purchase.

after going through all the motions, quite patiently, i reached my turn.

first order of business: the store's system hasn't been updated with my recent promotion, so i can't buy anything until that's dealt with. superb.

second order of business: there's no way to return a damaged item even if it was bought damaged. wonderful.

so i was sorta upset when i left, although i calmed down really fast when i decided that my base secretariat can deal with it next week... their fault, their clean-up.

on the way back i dealt with a crazy who was hunting for a political conversation with anyone he could - when we began ignoring him he starting singing at the top of his lungs until we got to his stop.

i saw a sign today, that went something along the following lines: guys! are you having trouble with your health or finances?
it's caused by your lack of respect for your sperm. avoid masturbation and sex out of wedlock and your luck will change!

on the way to meet my mum i picked up my pc - the guy had had difficulty with the aging video card so he simply slotted a new one in on his own account - i'm quite satisfied. so i'm now running 1gb of memory on a quadcore. sweet. gimp runs smoothly -

- but i haven't noticed any difference in sudoku performance. how disappointing.

a woman on a bicycle wearing stretchy pants that had hooked over the seat should have been pulled over for indecent exposure. yes, i know she's not a shemale but the effect is the same.

i have an issue with book shopping. i must own everything! i managed to not buy hans belting - hieronymus bosch: garden of earthly delights, but stephen and lucy hawking - george's secret key to the universe found its way out the door with me.

my mother now understands why i like the may apartment, and we were disappointed by an apartment that's in a perfect position but requires way too much work.

i finally know who to vote for in the municipals!

i spoke to the kid about the current apartment situation: he's been living with the new guy for a month or two and instead of being flatmates they're like two people who just happen to be in the same space. i'm now on a mission to fix that, and i've begun with example-setting (like doing all the dishes and folding his laundry). if he doesn't get the hint quickly then we're going to have a chat.

speaking of chats, i didn't speak to my SC today :/