the gauntlet

 this whole interviewing thing feels just a bit ridiculous at this point. i received an email today informing me that the people i spoke to on thursday morning aren't interested - to be fair, i wasn't interested either. it was a weird conversation. the other company i thought i was progressing with still hasn't gotten back to me. the interview this evening seemed to go well - kind of? and it's not the last. that's the... fourth one, so far. holy shit.

apparently mr smear had another good day at school today, i'm nervously hopeful this is a new trend. at least he seems to like the teacher...

today's work was a huge last-push effort, i hit a few snags and ended up so personally invested that it was only around 11.30pm when i finally pushed what i believe is ready to go. intellectually, i know that i need to move on; but for the first time since i signed on i'm actually enjoying what i'm doing.

i watched dan cummins: trying to get better while i worked (well, while waiting for tests to run) - refreshingly intelligent and funny!

and then i dived in to a long session of crying suns. i'm really enjoying it. i love the mechanics and i love the story so far (i don't actually know how far i am right now, somewhere between the middle and the end of chapter 2).