north of tired

i'm still exhausted, but i'm on the kibbutz so at least it's not as hot. i'll be hitting the hay soon, though.

*yawn*

i woke up this morning for the breakfast antibiotic, cleaned most of my apartment and then headed to the hardware store to pick up a fluorescent light for the patio. on the way i bumped into ze british german just back from south africa: i'm *so* glad to have someone else around who knows that i'm not exaggerating the wonders of cape town!
we also talked shop (the current month's frustration notwithstanding, it would still be fine to work with them after i get back) and home (he's considering housesitting for me, which would be a swell deal).

i sat with the hardware dude for a while - it's funny, but he was actually concerned that i hadn't come around in so long :P
we chatted for a while, and then i had to get to work.

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i was hungry, and giraffe's "afghan meal" looked good. i knew i should've backed off when i was told there was a NIS 60 minimum for delivery, but i just went with it and was totally satisfied :)

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after a week of frustration with flex builder, i re-installed today so that i could have a working copy to compare against. once the ultra-long installation was complete, i created a new project and had it up and running in no time; in retrospect, i didn't need to re-install to do that :$

so my start to the solution was a good one, i'd just missed one of the files (it's a really badly documented property)... i'll post the explanation when i get back to work. i'm so glad it's done, though!
i was beginning to worry that i was wasting my time :P

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around 5.30pm i went home, showered, packed, and went north. i managed to get a decent seat on the shuttle, so i could read and nap without being under anyone's smelly armpit. it wasn't the cleanest mode of transport - i caught something small crawling up my arm at one stage - but we got to afula really quickly.

dinner was excellent (although it reminded me that tonight's a fast night, and that i spoke to nystire this morning and he was being weirder than usual), we talked a lot and now i'm definitely ready to crash. more than an hour online? i have books to read! and dreams to dream!

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what a bummer - the flatulence death never happened. it does link on to some interesting ideas about socially acceptable responses to public gassing.

the trippiest qc ever! dave shabet rocks.

in serious news: just in case anyone was wondering... naaah, you probably weren't. but this is good to know, anyway.