journal for 2002-07-10
work
Work’s gotten better as the week’s gone on. Today I managed to finish the two big tasks for the latest milestone (twelve) of MASH, so once they’re tested I can move on to new code. In celebration, I started a little work on my documentation audit, which isn’t really scheduled until m14, but I think it’s long overdue. A little gun-jumping will be a good thing, I think.
Tomorrow I have to fill in for my boss at a management meeting, which will probably be highly unpleasant. Or, at least, it will probably suck the life out of me. Why are the programmers non-productive? Because their time is wasted in meetings. This is not the Tao of Programming.
the cuckoo’s nest
I finished One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest today just as I started my shift. It was good, but it didn’t really make a huge impression. Or, at least, it didn’t seem to make a statement. Maybe I just don’t know how to recognize it, or maybe its time has passed. Anyway, it was a good read, but I think I’m ready for some more Palahniuk. I’ll pick up Choke later this week, probably. We rented the movie of Cuckoo’s Nest, and we’ll probably watch it tomorrow. I don’t remember what I thought of it the first time I saw it, but it can’t be all bad if it won all the top Oscars – especially since this was before Gladiator and Gwyneth were winning them.
sleep
I’m having trouble getting to sleep at my normal bedtime, probably because I’ve been taking naps after work, sometimes. I should try and determine whether this is actually a good thing. I suppose that I’ll have some idea around 0700 tomorrow when I’m at or approaching work. If I can’t keep my eyes open, I’ll need to stop napping.
My normal remedy for sleeplessness is a little rum or bourbon, or sometimes vermouth. Unfortunately, we are out of all three. (Well, we have Bacardi, but that’s a mixin’ rum, IMHO.) If I remember, I’ll pick something up at the liquor store near work, tomorrow.
darkness
I beat Eternal Darkness a second time, so I’ve now defeated Xel’lotath and Ulyoth. I’m going to hold off on the third and final battle. I don’t want to burn myself out on ED, and I have other things to do, too, like work on the new vim.org, which I’m hoping to mostly complete (at least for R1) over my birthday week.