Category Archives: Ramblings
Still in Japan.
Back to Japan for the second time; exactly one year after the last time and feeling much better physically than the last time. (I got sick just before leaving Singapore then.) My visit this time around was not planned as … Continue reading
Fuck Russia.
The New York Times reports that Ikea is putting a hold on all new investment in the country as a result of ongoing problems with corruption. Unfortunately, the Russians are probably too fucking stupid to understand why this is important. … Continue reading
Weekend
Sitting down for some pizza. Going to watch some hockey. Maybe watch some Ulysses on Jaman and rank up on Call of Duty. Throw in some income tax returns and whipping freeto.be in to shape and you have yourself a … Continue reading
Vacation.
Last day of vacation on tap today. WHile the first 14 days were about relaxing both at home and at my mah’s (with a Brad Pitt’s gypsy accent in Snatch, I have spent the last three days volunteering at the … Continue reading
Without a paddle.
In a moment of distraction, or was it resignation?, I let my extended guarantee pon my PowerBook lapse. Somewhere in there, the video chip on my motherboard went haywire, rendering everything pretty much unreadable. No data lost, just unable to … Continue reading
From strike to strike.
Whereas the current job action at work appears to be drawing to a close, as far as official reports go, bringing the promise of modicum of relaxation and a dollop of focus, the professors at the university on the hill have been staging punctual strikes over the last few weeks…. Would have missed a mid-term exam were it not for the fact that a chargé de cours was able to monitor the exam for us. My last school term, the Spring one, ended up going more than a month late due to fellow students going on strike.
Massive.
Read the newspaper, The Economist, watched some Chappelle’s Show and rented the remake of The Longest Yard…. Last week was particularly difficult on the morale, though the prospective of a first scalp was motivating.
Culture.
Just finished watching the French version of Enter the Dragon, the classic Bruce Lee flick, with HCW™. It was good for her, though the finale in the room full of mirrors freaked her a bit. She now understands a number … Continue reading
Missive from the front.
Spent a nice quiet weekend with HCW™, which in lieu of spending time together on the evening of our anniversary due to a mid-term exam (how classy of me!… :-/ Watched Batman Begins on the weekend, as well as the movie SAW, which I thought was actually quite well done.
Missive from the front.
Memorable swims include making jokes with my Mah about Shamu the whale from SeaWorld, and my bestfriend Shannon and the two Ashleys and a denommé Bubbaloo…. Figure 6 hours class plus 6 hours study per week plus the 58.5 hours work (w/ strike pay) plus 12.5 hours combined commute and that doesn’t leave much time for anything else.