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the saddest item is that there was a horrible road accident in our neighbourhood earlier that claimed at least one life.

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i'm feeling wiped out. we're dog-sitting for my now ex-teammate (he's one of the people in the department hit by the layoffs) in preparation for our week looking after this wonderful animal while he goes on honeymoon (it was his wedding i went to recently). i just* got back from walking him, after walking home from a farewell event for a few others from the office, after an hour long lecture by mr smear's teacher (she's prepping all of us for the coming year), after a long and somewhat stressful day at work.

* probably half an hour ago, before i showered and couldn't decide if i was hungry or not.

we're in the middle of an "innovation", and i've teamed up with a couple of guys for a simple but interesting project, but i pushed code this morning that Broke Stuff and it took quite a few hours to put our fingers on what went wrong... otherwise, it was nice to receive public acknowledgement from the head of r&d, not least because i've been worried that i've pissed him off or something as he really hasn't had any time for me.

yesterday was wildly successful. surprisingly so. and then i capped it off by picking up tinker racers for the playstation - not only is it a really fun little game, but it was a great vehicle to get mr smear to practice "grit" and i convinced him to keep trying until he got the hang of it, after which point we both thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.

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i'm really struggling with all the bureaucracy and bills and admin.

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i've had fall out boy's this ain't a scene, it's an arms race stuck in my head since yesterday evening, i don't remember if i used to enjoy it back in the day but i'm totally appreciating it now.