striking

it was tough getting up this morning. not entirely surprisingly. the day began with john donne - batter my heart; not only did it lead to me asking the professor at the end: "so he [john donne] is not the messiah, but a very naughty boy?", but also struck me with what i previously posted.

after class i had lunch with the same guy i'd sat with on monday, and the regular noodles were surprisingly tasty. the cats we ate with were highly amusing, too. we discussed operating systems and received an sms to alert us that our grades for the first paper were out... i scored two points less than i'd have liked - gosh, but my ego's become enlarged over the course of the last semester - and thirteen more than i needed to pass ^_^

we ran into a couple of the girls on our way out, and although the chat was fun i (was made to) feel bad about badmouthing the italian. i can't help it, really. and i have yet to begin on his seminar paper :S

the regular boss wanted to know when i would be available to participate in a meeting that requires tact (see yesterday's comment) and i think that my arguing my way out of it counts as keeping my part of the agreement not to get involved :P

i was on the bus with one of the girls from our class and her boyfriend, pushing the commanding heights during a discussion on the importance of basic economic literacy. that shit made me feel educated, man.

when i got home i made two appointments with laser clinics to check out whether fixing my eyes is a good idea or not - in spite of not having enough money to consider something like that: i'm pretty much broke :/
i then spoke to yogi's father, and have been put in touch with a new participant. it looks like *crosses fingers* i might be switching primary jobs soon. that would be cool. having a partial salary would be awesome. which reminds me, one of my classmates told me today that it's strange that i'm complaining about being unable to find part-time hi-tech work as he has a friend who manages just fine with a far less impressive cv than mine.

i don't get it.

i proceeded to crash for a couple of hours, waking up with that weird post-deep-dreaming sensation although still a bit tired. i focused on my studies, then went with pg to see black swan. just before we went in, i saw one of my classmates who told me it was a crap film.
thanks for that.

i'm really glad that the information was completely, absurdly wrong! that movie kicked my ass, and pg was in tears. i couldn't stop thinking about *SPOILER ALERT* this *SPOILER ALERT* for most of the film.

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it seems a bit insensitive to use a break-up vulture app.

democracy and totalitarian majority-minorities don't mix.