weekend end

a strange weekend. and i'm having difficulty concentrating. on anything. it kinda reminds me of quitting smoking, for some reason. that doesn't make any sense.

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friday:

friday began with a slow wake-up, eventually getting out of bed to drag the shaking dog (we don't know why she shivers all the time) for a walk through the disconcertingly hot summery streets. i cleaned up and went for an interview for a job as a marketing officer of a start-up - i'm quite surprised at how much fun that sounds :P

after a lengthy interview, i had a quick discussion with one of the arab girls in our class concerning our exam: when she asked something that sounded non-technical, i stopped her because i hadn't started my paper yet and i didn't want her to contaminate my thoughts. protecting oneself from "ideas" is tough!

i spent an hour or two thoroughly cleaning my apartment. for the second time this whole semester :$
actually, i'm surprised at how clean everything was - although something feels... better. maybe that's my conscience.

i finished in time to join scrapper and botchman for a wicked frisbee session on the square - we played much longer than usual and i finished up with a half a sandwich and hot chocolate with rum at some joint down the road. then i walked home - already feeling the first proper workout i've had in a while - showered, and went to meet pg's for a walk to her sister's for dinner.

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i was reminded of two of my sefrican cousins walking hand-in-hand through the mall in toronto, the thought of which has not ceased to please me. it did make me realize, however, that i still have tons to publish from my trip, including most of the canadian bit.

oops :S

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after a pleasant dinner (although i'd been spaced out for most of it), i stopped at pg's place to get my head set and then walked to temptation, having completely forgotten that i'd been there before. i walked the whole way, because by the time a shuttle went past i was too close to waste the cash...

*sigh*

gasoline's party was alright - i actually didn't recognize the girl who's replaced my replacement's replacement, although to be fair i'd only met her once. we had a couple of drinks (i'll be damned, van gogh's double-espresso vodka is delicious) and then a few awkward goodbyes, and i got a ride to my neighbourhood for which i paid with some advice: "if you wanna move to the big city, but the apartment you find doesn't have what you need, do the math before you turn it down. it might be worth your while to install it yourself!"

i don't have a clue what time it was when i slid into bed.

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yesterday:

we woke up after noon, and had breakfast at our local abu lafya: we both read the menu item as "japanese sambusak" and not "jaffa sambusak" (it's the difference between "ו" and "ן" on a chalkboard), and the guy on the counter had a good laugh at us. regardless of how you say it, it's a great breakfast pastry :)

since i returned home, i've been working on my paper.

well.

not really.

i've been finding plenty of other ways to occupy myself, such as railroad shunting and script writing - at least the latter is grounded in the texts i'm reading from. every time i go over aristotle - poetics i'm inspired in a different direction.

in other news: the mosquitoes seem to be back. being jésus-christ des moustiques is tough.

pg and i broke for a good dinner, which revived thoughts of studying in canada and let me relive terrifying alpine moments careening down icy slopes and losing control... i can't wait to get back in the snow!!!

pg was overheating this evening, and just after she left i started burning up - i hope we're alright...

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this has been yet another motif unrelated to studying in the theme that's overrun today... dammit.