Today was not a great day at work, I am still struggling with the firewall project there. It has become the bane of my existence, in the most proverbial way. At lunch, however, I received a bit of exceptional news: my presentation on clustering in distributed systems won the award for Best Paper Presentation for Research in Physical Science. It comes with a fifty dollar reward, which is nice, but I'm more excited about the new shiny golden bullet I can put on my CV.
Also in the news today, my best friend Minor Gordon has passed his German test, and so it looks like he will be spending quite a bit more time in Berlin *grin* Congrats Minor, best of luck.
Now back to my rotten day. There was another good thing that happened tonight. I was sitting and having some coffee with Maryna at Starbuck's. I was drinking a very pleasant hot chai, and she had a rich cup of mocha. I was completely worn out when I arrived, I had spent the last hour and a half napping. Being near her gives me strength; I feel revitalized.
Music for the night: Coco de Mer
Plans for the night: ALIS (Agent Lab Indexing Spider) version .01.
