almost on the money

at least i know where to begin this post: this evening i called up the ceo for a quick status, and it turns out that the amount i requested is not unrealistic. that means that the only thing standing in the way of a job with these guys is my code sample. it's submitted, and if it's not good enough then that's just the way it is. but i really hope it's enough; i mean it should be obvious that i *get* what they've done.

so now pg's decided on the minimum requirements for an apartment, and i'm in dire need of a beard trimmer.

---i was utterly exhausted yesterday afternoon, so i rested. i began reading anna karenina, which was very bad timing considering that david wong - this book is full of spiders: seriously, dude, don't touch it was just pushed to my kindle this morning. decisions, decisions...

my cousin introduced me to left 4 dead on his xbox 360; awesome game, but i really, really don't get the controls. i'm a pc gamer, counterstrike (and quake and so on) is my thing. half the time i found myself deliberating over which buttons needed pressing and feeling awkwardly disconnected from the directional sticks, the other half squinting into the darkness trying to discern friend from foe.

i sent off a lot of friendly fire.

somehow, i made it through the level with the rest of the crew, eventually surviving in spite of amusing moments spent running around in circles like a headless chicken as hordes rushed me while the squad took care of business. apparently i function well enough as a decoy :P

my cousin and i then went for a very long walk, some of which was a discussion and some of which an argument. at the end, though, we arrived at a conclusion. he's very ambiguously minded, and i'm very uncomfortable with that. i guess that that's the sound of me facing my own contradictions because it's impossible not to be ambiguous as a human being; however, his desire to keep it that way places him firmly in the irrational camp. which is fine, i guess, whatever.

---it was hard to get out of bed this morning. i started the day on windows 7 forums trying to figure out how to re-enable an accidentally disabled microphone: it's totally not intuitive and i was totally let down when i discovered the solution (you have to right-click in the area that your microphone isn't showing up). what a waste of time.

i spent the day firing off job applications, with a short break for a rather large leftover lunch. at the approach of the end of the workday, i called the ceo and then sat down with my aunt to discuss how fortunate i would be if this all pans out. it's very exciting.

it was in this frame of mind that pg and i walked downtown to see dredd 3D. pete travis and karl urban are my heroes! seriously, as a huge gushing fan of the comics, the stallone film just irritated me. this? this is a work of art. it's true to form, it's dark, gritty and ultraviolent, it's outrageously fun and its use of 3D was clever and unobtrusive.

we walked all the way home; i don't feel bad about finishing the skittles now.

---a bit earlier i had a spider crawl over my abdomen as i was seated on the can. not cool. i squealed.