valentine's headache

shortly after handing over my pc, i took my netbook to cafeneto and ordered myself a cup of coffee, only to discover that my battery had discharged completely during the last few days. how embarrassing to have to cancel my order and walk back home...
i messed about while charging it a bit, *just* enough (with an approximated eight minutes to spare) to return to cafeneto and guiltily order another coffee and some apple pie.

i got a fair amount done, then returned home to pack and mission off to gn1's new apartment. i walked slowly because of the heat and because i didn't want to shake the cava too much. she arrived a couple of minutes after me, and we went upstairs to meet her new neighbour and open the wine.

she really outdid herself on the valentine's day gift - she went out of her way to organize the six things that i cannot live without: ice-cream, meringue, chocolate, liquorice, watermelon and mango. finding pavlova in this country is a nightmare, and she was particularly creative about the out-of-season stuff, too ^_^

i lit some incense, and we had designs on the jacuzzi - unfortunately nobody had used it in a very long time, and after we went through the ordeal of heating enough water all sorts of things were ejected from the jet nozzles - including cockroaches. aaaaaaaaaand guess who had to deal with those :P

i now know what kind of incense not to use with her - the nag champa sticks gave her a headache. we passed out on the very comfortable couch, and around 2am walked slowly back to my place, picking up excellent pastries on the way.

after a quick shower we both went to bed, absolutely exhausted. at least my hot water cylinder was at the ready, and i was surprised to discover that i had headache tablets in one of my drawers :)

she set her alarm a bit later than was required, and we had to get up and head out really fast to grab a taxi and get back to her apartment in time to meet with her landlord and the painter. they arrived a bit before we did, and i have to say that that level of shouting is never comfortable and even less so in the morning. her landlord's a bit of an idiot - the kind of french woman to give french people a bad name - and it took a while to convince her husband to calm her down and try talk some sense into her. gn1 could hold her own, but i'm glad she didn't have to do it alone.

*sigh* the sacrifices people make to live in awesome tel aviv apartments.

we had coffee at azrieli, and i spoke with my commanders on my way back home. i performed a couple of random acts of kindness on my way, and i have to say that i'm constantly fascinated by just how good it feels to make random strangers smile - isn't that incentive enough for everyone to be unnecessarily friendly?

there appears to be some progress made with my release, but it's now in the hands of an external body and in a couple of days i'm going to start squeaking. also [cue threatening drum sounds] the arbitrary unit who wants me to perform random duties for the rest of my service got in touch with me this morning, and we're supposed to meet next week. knowing how the army works, if that meeting takes place then i'm pretty much screwed :/

i've convinced the city council to install recycling cages on ibn gvirol - apparently nobody noticed that the entire stretch from kaplan to rabin square is empty of them. as i told them - normal people, unlike myself, wouldn't have carried the damn plastic bottle all that way.

i took my netbook to cafeneto, intending to be productive but sticking with basic browsing before yogi called. he picked me up, and we went for lunch on dizengoff. about a week ago i mentioned my aggressive attitude, and the two of us ended up having an argument about supporting someone's belief in himself that drove me demented. we argued all sorts of angles, and eventually got to an agreeable state. unfortunately, there're a couple of moments that i'm really uncomfortable with even though yogi didn't seem to care. i really need to pay more attention.

he gave me a ride home, and i started organizing this evening's taekwondo in the park before napping for a bit. i was woken with the news that my pc was ready, so i hopped off to pick it up and am using it to post before i begin to install ubuntu on it.

wow - i have to thank nystire for introducing me to william blake - auguries of innocence. i've never felt so connected before ^_^