Back again

So I thought I should blog again, after reading others’ blogs and feeling bad about it. I’m a horrible blogger and generally a bad person-to-regularly-update-things. I would say a lot of things have been going on and I’ve been really busy, but that’s pretty much a lie. There were some random adventures (last night for example), but nothing too note-worthy.

Work is going pretty well, minus the stress of noobs (for lack of a safer word) who don’t know what they want or what they’re talking about. As a software developer, it’s generally hard to take direction from… not much. It’s similar to: I want an apple pie. But then I want to have cherries instead of apples in this pie, and I want the crust to do flips in the oven. That’s probably a really vague and horrible example. :\ Other than that, work is better than it was last term imo. Testing Blackberries was interesting, but a tad mundane and repetitive at times. Doing what I do at home (sometimes) at work is pretty sweet.

Last night, probably the most interesting thing recently, I went to the casino in Hull and didn’t spend any money. This was the first time I had been in a casino. I must say that the entrance was much more impressive with its fountains and pretty lights than the actual casino with rows of blinking lights and whirly sounds. The restaurants and assets on the floor (tables, roulettes) were fancy though. The two people I were with toyed with the idea of putting shampoo in the fountain as we were leaving to leave a huge sudsy mess. :D

Sticky&Sweet

Not-so-recently: Madonna. I went to Boston to see Madonna’s Sticky&Sweet tour. It was awesome! We planned somewhat last-minute, so we had $350 tickets. Well worth it though - we were damn close. Traveling by Greyhound for 10hrs overnight was not awesome, however. Miles and I spent less time in Boston than on the bus. I found it was okay until 3-4am rolled around. Those hours are the ones where I start needing sleep desperately.

We checked into a hostel at 6:30am, then got coffees and shopped until noon. The hostel happened to be pretty full, so our beds weren’t ready until then. Miles was dying and I was somehow hyped up enough to want to go shopping. Strange…

It was also the first time I stayed in a hostel, so that was pretty neat. I didn’t imagine Boston when I was thinking of the first time I’d be staying in one - I always imagined somewhere in Europe. We’re somewhat planning our next trip down to New York to see Equus avec Daniel Radcliffe sometime in November. :D Another overnight Greyhound, hostel and cheap food. We planned the Madonna trip last minute, so hopefully we can plan a bit more this time.

Now what?

I r co0l and usingz linux now. Well, debian. It’s really nice. I’m also thinking about getting an EEE PC (1000 series.) Either the HA or the SSD one. I think I want an SSD, but I know a HDD won’t be that sensitive to minor shocks. I had a nice email chat with Rachael and she really convinced me (as if I needed much more for a cute little lappie) to get one. She just got one herself.

My task list grows yet, and I rarely check anything off. Sometimes I cheat and make a task that I know I will complete within 10 minutes just to make myself feel good when I check it off. :)

I have been prescribed glasses. Really minor myopia - but enough for a prescription. University blackboards and textbooks are evil. My eyes were perfect before all that :(

And I think that’s it for now…

Posted at 21:15 on Sunday October 26, 2008 in Boring, Work.