explosively intelligent

i think it's about time i admit to myself that either i'm suffering a chronic illness (would a brain tumor explain the headaches?), or i'm just terribly depressed... i just can't concentrate on anything especially work.

i contacted the lawyer and the bank this morning, and it turns out that the girl from the mortgage bank has now proved herself more hindrance than help - not only did she confuse the transfer issue, but i just discovered that i won't get the fix-up money until a month or two after i've moved in.

what a complete moron.

instead, i've now taken out a short-term army loan so that i can get sorted out before then. it's on better terms than the mortgage, and with the money i'll get back from my current apartment's deposit i can actually make do without them altogether.

the painter is also a bit of an idiot, but i think we may be able to work something out anyway. i find it incredible that israeli's don't understand that people who work for a living find it difficult to make themselves available during working hours because, traditionally, they're WORKING.

that, and this weird phenomenon that the customer needs to know more than the professional so that he can help him do his job right. it's absolutely ridiculous how much better life would be for all of us if everything was properly automated.

i took a good, ten minute long video of one of the guys being "initiated" into his new rank, so now i've got to learn about editing videos. i'm impressed with the quality and even more so with the fact that my battery could handle it!

apropos not understanding the working man's day, i received a call from a hidden number which pulled me out from what i was busy with - only to discover that it was some prick from my old internet service provider advertising an updated anti-virus package.

i let him have it - stupid sods.

speaking of which, according to our online hebrew-english dictionary, the word for "man" in hebrew is defined as, amongst the more traditional meanings, "sod", "stripling", "sprout" and "dick". interesting.

my ride was stuck in traffic this morning, so i had ample opportunity to chat with the beautiful american girl again. i think it went well, i'm going to have to see about inviting her around for the / some house-warming :P
and to continue in that vein ("vain" works just as well), i went to get my acknowledgement for the shooting range and i had an extremely flirtatious chat with the cute girl in charge.

oh! speaking of ducks (we weren't, but the aforementioned girl seemed quite interested in the duck conversation i was having with nystire), one of the squeaky ducklings caused no end of amusement this morning, and one of the guys managed to figure out a way to incorporate it into our work environment }:)

we finally got most of the organizing for the section paintball done, and tomorrow we'll go acquire tickets. i'm surprised it's gotten this far - and there's a chance we might all be playing a team of strangers which would be a total bonus!

a paralysing snowboard could-have-jumped vision hit my consciousness like a truck earlier, i seem to be back in the fantasizing stage...

i called up my cousin from the kibbutz, and we talked for too long (i was supposed to be working) about all sorts of stuff - and i'm finally going to get a chance to chill with them for a few days ^_^

the drive home was vindicating, my ride confirmed that i'm sane and the rest of the country isn't. he also gave me some good advice, some of it too late and some of it just in time :)
it's comforting to know that i'm not the only person who suffers from the israeli stupidities.

like, for instance, the unbelievably aggravating way that israelis manage to position themselves exactly in the way wherever they may be. that was another thing that irked me while shopping this evening, in addition to the realization that it's passover soon and good food will be impossible to acquire.

last shared purchase! i was informed (i'm suspicious) that it was, once again, my turn to buy toilet paper. from now on - i'll be buying just for me! excellent!

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hot water on my newly shaved scalp did me good, and while in the shower i was hit suddenly by a spark of inspiration: i'm going to deck my apartment out in natural, earthy style, with lots of ancient looking wooden stuff.

yeah, it'll be dark, but i'll offset it with hippie colours :)