update

Sunday night I am tryiing to get ready for a "mock thesis defense" that I am supposed to do on Monday. And suddenly matlab will neither read nor make pcolor plots. A type of plot essential to my project.

Shit. So I got to go in to work way early to use the computer there before my talk. I was nervous enough that if I got 6 hours sunday night I was lucky.

So my mock thesis defense went as I expected. I had made some mistakes in the work I did and now I am starting over again. This time it is really my fault although it still frustrates me that I have to redo things.

My advisor then lectured me for a while about stuff.. as usual.

I then went and did physical therapy that I usually do Monday mornings. It took 2.5 hours. I was pretty exhausted by the end.

Then I had a great night. The SO and I went to a pretty good italian place and I had lobster ravioli in a tomato crab cream sauce. For dessert we went to Mike's Pastry... the place to get cannoli in Boston. We bought the cannoli but were not hungry enough to eat them. Then this morning the boy said that he can't eat sweets in the morning so I should have them both. Which was nice but I was sad that he didn't get one. And he didn't sleep well last night either. I have a feeling he will need extra kindness tonight after work. So I got him a surprise. Lilt soda which he loves.

So all in all things are kinda good and kinda frustrating. But I am doing much beter than over the summer.

ha ha

so i stole this from the somethingpositive.net site I figured the dm's, gm's and st's reading this might enjoy it:

The GMing Song
by Seanan McGuire (as inspired by the Story Arc, "PeeJee and Dragons")

Your characters are stupid --
Oh, wait, they're just like you!
You make these plans you think are grand,
But never think them through.
Kill the King, annoy the orcs,
Insult the druid's trees...
When you get disemboweled,
Don't you dare whine to me.

You think that it's inspired
To play the other sex;
You roll your dice but don't think twice
About what's coming next.
What part of 'consequences'
Can't burrow through your brain?
Well, after you've been slaughtered,
I'll just sing this refrain:

Rocks fall, everybody dies;
Death comes raining from the skies.
Whine whine whine, well, thank you all for sharing.
You say I'm not being fair --
Hey, wait, am I supposed to care?
Whine whine whine, look at me not caring!

Your motivation's lacking;
Your concept's uninspired.
Please go away, you shouldn't play
Once your brain's been retired.
Hack and slash and politics
Are bad things to combine.
You want to play things your way?
Well, tough, we're playing mine.

I want my players thinking.
I want your brain engaged.
You whine and cry then wonder why
I'm getting so enraged.
You're telling me I need you;
Well, moron, here's the thing.
The smart folks have umbrellas,
And all of us can sing:

Rocks fall, everybody dies;
Death comes raining from the skies.
Whine whine whine, well, thank you all for sharing.
You say I'm not being fair --
Hey, wait, am I supposed to care?
Whine whine whine, look at me not caring!

Yes, rocks fall, everybody dies,
I don't care how much you cry,
Whine whine whine, hey, moron, what's the matter?
Yes, I guess you'd better run --
Hey, I'm finally having fun!
Whine whine whine, watch the morons splatter!

oceans eleven

yeah so who was the brilliant bastard who put all those men in that movie. MMMMM mmmm mmm. Just wish we could have seen Brad Pitt a little less clothed.