what day is it?

thursday:

i can't believe i haven't posted since the shift. SO: i went home, slept four hours, went back to work, was exhausted all day, had hassles with working remotely all day, and my stomache was still giving me trouble.

actually, my stomache kept giving me trouble until today, only in the opposite way to how it was in the beginning of last week - i constantly felt the need to relieve myself, and nothing happened. it wasn't fun.

the biggest deal of thursday was the first live testing of the biggest project we've had until now, and although it didn't work exactly as it should have we at least figured out the solution. it must be said: my boss is incredible with code, but he's not focused on user experience. this leads to a bit of tension when i know what mmf wants but can't implement it until i've already implemented the boss' instructions against my advice and mmf tells me that it needs to be done the way i originally suggested :S

thursday night's plans were crazy, eventually decided by pg as she was already dressed and ready to go to lihi sagi's performance. it was a fantastic performance! much better with the band.

on the way back, we went past the ilka bar to say hi and wish happy birthday to my co-worker, but when we finally found the secret VIP room he was nowhere to be found.

we played crash bandicoot and then passed out. i don't think pg enjoyed it that much :(

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friday:

i woke up with a talk with one of my cousins - dinner was supposed to be at her place and she called to tell me they'd pushed the date back a day. that didn't mesh with our plans at all, so i agreed to join pg and her family at their house down south.

pg and i had breakfast with nystire and then headed to training, doing some quick shopping on the way. the mall on a friday is usually horrible. this time - it was horrible too.

the lesson was particularly tough, and not a few times did i feel sure i was going to pass out. i think i fought everyone except the one dude who's done me damage the last few weeks, and i was amazed each time that i actually had enough fight in me to kick some ass. even scrapper, who surprised us halfway through, had a tough time with me.

a couple of us stopped for ice cream on the way out, and then i went home. the chat with scrapper was upsetting, because during the morning's conversation i'd forgotten completely that i'd made plans with him and botchman to play last night :S

the drive down south was unremarkable. so was a lot of the scenery. we were going right by gaza (their house is next to rafiach, and it was amusing to discover that we both did basic training on the same base :P

i passed out for a little nap before dinner, and managed to stay awake through a few after-dinner games of table tennis. i didn't have the energy to go out, though, which meant missing a doof desert party. that was right disappointing... i was certain that the party was on the saturday night because i'd gotten the dates confused after my night-shift, and had *known* that i'd get a night's sleep before :P

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saturday:

i didn't have the energy to go swimming. we watched babylon a.d. because we couldn't get bladerunner to play, and it's a surprisingly good movie. it's a brilliant showcase of today's technology - it gave me goosebumps every time i recognized something that we have that's so well adapted to cyberpunk. i enjoyed it a lot more until pg's mother made a comment about its hollywood values, and then i realized that she was right and it kinda made me like it less. still worth watching, though.

her father lives on another planet, though. from me, i mean. i shouldn't expect much global-tech worldliness from a farmer, no matter how connected he may be (relatively speaking), but i keep finding myself pointing out flaws in his claims and arguments and then i feel bad about it :/
at least he's a nice guy.

3D photos: still annoyingly out-of-reach. i started to get one eventually, but then it blurred and went :S

we watched the hours, which i would have enjoyed a lot more if it didn't have julianne moore in it. i'm not sure if it's her roles or her acting that bother me, but aside from her i thought it was a great adaptation of mrs dalloway.

the theme for the evening bus was my little vampire. (really? really. nah, just kidding :P)

no lights on the bus meant very little reading. the central bus station was an awful experience. made weirder by discovering that there's an ethiopian dance club in the middle of it. while waiting in line at the entrance to the station, my ankle started hurting. i don't know why.

i will discuss the aggravating march of stupidity another time. i got home, shortly followed by scrapper and botchman, and we played vtm until 2.30am. good session.

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sunday:

i woke up late so i didn't have time to shower... whoops... even worse was discovering that i'd missed the bus anyway, so i could have...

it wasn't a bad day at work. quite comfortable, really. the frozen yoghurt i had after lunch did sit well though. and some of the work was so frustrating that even my boss began to lose patience.

i waited almost an hour in the heat (tomorrow's supposed to be a scorcher) for a bus back to tel aviv. s'not fair to just not pitch!

in the old office, one of my managers took me aside to propose a very exciting new project. i agreed to join him when i get back in september - i'll take it on as one of my own. if we succeed: i'll fund my others with it ;)

another manager kept hitting me politically, but at the end of the day we're of very similar minds. i'm beginning to believe that the two of us need to begin a political party together :P

work: not bad. not bad at all.

i finally left on time to catch the bus, and have spent most of the rest of the evening eating sushi and cereal with pg in front of the telly. not quite productive, but amusing (friends, still).

now it's time for? bed? political arguments? games involving zombies and werewolves?