shaving grace

i got up almost as early as i'd intended this morning, ate a quick breakfast and walked all the way to centre du rasoir. it's a good thing i took my time, because i arrived ten minutes early so i wandered back to the starbucks for a cup of coffee.

it was an incredible morning. [a bit soppy, perhaps, but it's the truth]

i was in the store for all of five minutes, and walked out with a battery operated wahl beard trimmer. aside from being the cheapest, i won't need to worry about which country's plugs i need.

i walked home, still appreciating the day, and then sat myself down to get productive. i can't say as i did too much of that at all... the pleasant surprise of the day was a phone call from a headhunter who'd seen my profile online and was interested in posting me for another cool job just down the road. i'm not sure that we'll be able to work anything out, but i'm glad to know i'm on the radar.

i trimmed my beard, and it improved my confidence. too bad that confidence was all spent indoors. i processed and uploaded a few more photos, tried to figure out if it's worth applying to jobs that want j2ee developers (it's not), and eventually called the ceo to find out what's happening. when i didn't get through to him, i fired off an email letting him know why i was looking for him and that (after discovering that the dev head has been sick) i'm willing to take the opportunity to write another code sample.

good thing i did that, apparently. a short while later he called me back and said that they'd obviously been too vague before. he set me a fairly specific task and told me to be in touch with their guru if i get stuck. all in all things sound pretty positive. and aside from being a challenge this stuff is actually fun!

we walked all the way to the museum of fine arts for the tom wesselmann exhibit. that dude is just incredible.

the plan was to continue to the climbing wall - we had our gear and everything - but after the museum we were both too tired. we settled down at the first of the chinese restaurants i've been wanting to visit since we arrived. the place had that indefinably authentic feel to it, and the waitrons were pretty good. feeling adventurous, i took a stab at general tau's tofu.

i haven't had good tofu since japan. it's delicious, with a soft-cheese texture. i'd have eaten even more if i hadn't thought i'd explode... we took doggy bags. [stops to visit the fridge to grab another couple - why does it taste so good?!?!]

we then walked home, which makes two days in a row of at least 10km. at least we're getting *some* exercise. it's now fairly early, but i'm exhausted. i have a rough idea of what needs to be done with the new code sample, and i guess the smartest course of action is to study and scheme, sleep on it, and get cracking in the morning.