grinding... teeth?

it's sunday morning, and i'm on my way to the dentist. my back still hurts, even though there were a few glorious minutes this morning wherein i was sure i was finally good. workwise, the systems i need to finish the current job are still down, so this afternoon's going to be busy when i get in...

we woke up really late yesterday, and i spent a fair amount of time applying for work with a couple of big companies in canada. i have this to say: they make it really, really hard to send them a simple cv. one company's process got so ridiculous, and they wanted information that i'm sure i shouldn't give them, that i stopped and began hunting for an email address to complain to. i couldn't find one. what professionals!

aside from a shopping run to fill our depleted stores*, and a couple of episodes of community (we're into the second season), i made some time to study a bit. i'm almost done with stephen booth - the man shares some remarkable insights, but knowing what i know, the only thing that amazes me is just how close this guy came, even using the right words but not realizing what their proper context is.

i need to get started on my papers already, and i'm wasting time, but it must be done in order for my work to be considered satisfactorily researched.

* my financial situation is a bit odd, so pg got this one. i might go negative this month if i'm not careful, but at least by the end of next month i'll be comfortably in the green again. hopefully i'll be able to arrange my next billing to be before the end of the current month, in which case i'll be less delayed... being paid up to two months after the work is done is just weird.