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Tuesday, December 28, 2004

It's 5:30 and I actually did some work today. Yippie! (semi-sarcasm)

Now, I have a new cRIO project that I can start, and it will be unlike any other project I have done before. I'm actually dorkily excited about it, since it will give me a chance to learn more about the products and the doc process before Liesl leaves. Plus, I'll get to test out how well the process works now, being new blood and all.

The problem is that it's 5:30. That's not the best time to start something completely new. Starting a project late in the day results in one of two things:

a) I'll get started and be on a roll, so I won't leave the office until I absolutely can't work on it any longer without someone else's input.

b) I'll half-ass it while waiting for Gus to finish what he's doing and not really give it the attention that I'd like to.

I don't like these options.

I have four boxes of leftovers from four different restaurants. Ever since I returned from Minnesota, I've been eating out because Gus and I aren't big on cooking or eating random stuff in our house.

But rather than eat a smorgasbord of a chuychanga, bacon burger, reuben the great, and queensland chicken salad, I'd like something ridiculously simple, like an entire can of corn or a cucumber.

Anyway, I'm going to Lake Charles to play poker for New Year's weekend, and I keep getting invited to NYE parties. A decent amount of stuff happening downtown has also been brought to my attention. I may have been able to make a case for staying in town if I knew I'd be going to half the NYE events in Austin.

But come to think of it, would I actually make it to all that stuff? Even the several must-go's are likely to turn into should-go's and well-I'm-having-fun-here-so-let's-not-go's. Getting me to travel anywhere that isn't less than 10 minutes away from my house is somewhat of a feat. If I've been drinking and hanging out with anyone that I like, it's even harder. So I'm probably better off sitting in one place all night and soberly winning money at the poker table.

posted by platkat @ 3:30 PM