I forgot to write last night, so I’ll try and recall it now : I worked for about 5 hours yesterday – for the most part it was good productive work and I felt good about it; then Susie came online and I screwed around a bit. Nontheless, I left work right after 5, which I planned on doing. Got some yummy Tup Tim Thai and ate that along with a beer. Laundry! Then I did 5 loads of laundry, stretched out over about a 2.5 hour period. I watched the first third of Scarface on David’s computer while this was occuring, and recompiled my kernel. 2.6 has some strange quirks, it seems a little less responsive for me. Then I watched the international version of The Professional, entitle Leon – it definitely had more of a lolita flair but it gave more meaning to the story. I am still not satisified with my computer setup, I want it to be a nice hobby area where I can just hack and play. I might be on the right track because I’ve decided that there is no point in trying to have a dual-pu! rpose desk, I cannot study there with the computer, it is too distracting. I’m thinking I should either study at the kitchen table or start going to the library. I want to learn to study. Well.

I am spending my Friday night relaxing with some mind-numbing entertainment. After work I had dinner with Kaya, my co-worker. I like Kaya. We went to McMennaminns and each had the Captain Nemo burger and a Ruby (beer). Then I came home and while watching Mystery Men I organized some papers, receipts, etc. that had long been overdue. My main purpose was to find the receipt for my UW class so Isilon can reimburse me. I finally got snoopy back online after replacing his power supply with one that my co-worker, Skye, didn’t want. Now I am upgrading to kernel version 2.6-test1 and updating all my Debian packages. Well, the computer is doing that, I am in David’s room watching About Schmidt and writing this.. ;P

It was a pretty entertaining movie that David rented. Lots of action, with some heros and political stuff thrown in too. It wore me out! I elected to relax this evening rather than stay late at work. Soon, bedtime.

I’ve been at work way too long tonight, but I got some shit accomplished. About time! I hope the productivity streak can continue. I had my last swimming class tonight, we learned the elementary backstroke, or chicken-airplane-soldier. It was cool. I feel more and more natural in the water everytime I get in, now I just need practice, practice, practice! I secured vacation today at work for going to visit Eriko in December. I’ll be gone Dec 4th - 14th.. and I’ll get to see Eriko perform in a drama while I’m there! I’m excited. I also grabbed some vacation time to visit the fam; I need to buy a ticket 20th - 28th. And! Susie agreed to be my date for the Real Dave’s wedding. Just my way of surrouunding myself with all the people I love at one time. Tae will be there, I haven’t seen that fucker for a while… I hear he is doing well and I’m glad. Time to leave work, go home, eat some pretzels, read some of Politika, take a shower and ZZZZzzzz…. (of course, I should insert attend to Bailey’s needs in between each item.. ;P

Got to work about 9 today; I was up late making sure that a build finished, and I was worried it would break so I had to set my alarm for a couple hours into it to check; sure enough, broke again. Finally I fixed it but I didn’t particularly enjoy losing sleep. ;P I worked pretty well today, got quite a few things accomplished and I am almost feature complete. Tomorrow will be the day. I was happily sitting at my cubicle, watching some spew on the screen when Aaron and Lisa invited me for drinks. We went to Floyds, had some BBQ and beer, and then went to 10 mercer. I had a total of three beers over the course of about 3 hours or so, but I’m sleepy. Eriko asked if I could visit her sooner and so I got permission to take some time off in November – I will buy my ticket if/when she agrees on the dates. I’m really looking forward to her visit.

So I realized today that I don’t hate my job; I have simply been pushing the threshold on burning out. I made some pretty big mistakes, many due to my false assumptions about what my co-workers would do for me and what I was expected to do. I realized that the most important goal I have is to make sure that I’m doing well on a day to day basis – of course, I know this, but can’t seem to remember it. My boss approved my request for an additiona week off, so I can go see my good buddy Miyamuktuk get married. Who would have thought. I can remember like yesterday the days of Patrick, Yuji, Brandon, Bird. I still see Brian often, or at least often enough to know what he’s up too, how h. Every one else is pretty much a mystery. My friendship with Yuji will probably never be repaired; he’s prideful and I’m impatient. Patrick is probably off spreading his seed in foriegn lands.. God only knows how many children he has now. Brandon and Bird? Probably roommates. No need to talk about who is on top. I watched a comedy with Margaret Cho tonight, by David’s invitation. Gotta put the TV to some use. It was good stuff. 3 more weeks until I see Eriko.