Bored at work on a Friday post

So most of Borg is at the company meeting today, except for us contractors. I've been asked to go ahead and try to do our regular testing today, but the problem with this is that I am extremely dubious that we're going to see an actual build. Given that I was told to assume that no FTE's are going to be around, if the build process breaks at all, I will have no way to actually get anything to test. Guess we'll just have to see; I was also told that if we don't have anything to test by 2pm, scram.

I suspect I will be scramming at 2pm. And I suspect I'll be poking at Lament up until then.

The Martian Death Flu has almost blown over. I still have periodic sneezes and coughs, but they are slowly decreasing in intensity, and my ability to sleep is slowly coming back as well. I am relieved. It's good to start feeling normal again.

I am now completely caught up on season 1 of Lost, though I need to watch the season 2 premiere still; it's waiting on our Tivo. I hope to watch that, along with the Battlestar Galactica summer finale and the next episode of Bones, this weekend with mamishka. She's come down sick too, though, so here's hoping that she'll actually be up for that.

Latest read: the Serenity novelization. Spoiler-free mini-review: very good job for what it is, i.e., a media novelization. There are bits in it that aren't in the movie, which were interesting additions, and the author did a good job of changing points of view between various characters. He nicely captured the "voices" of the members of the crew, and once or twice got in some thoughts with a couple of them that were actively funny (especially with Jayne). I especially liked the bits from River's point of view, because I liked how he portrayed her thought processes and how her mind works.

Also, I read the last of the Serenity three-part comics, and my overall impression of them has not changed. Nice little story bits, but there's just not enough! They feel like five-or-ten-minute glimpses of what really ought to have been a much longer story. The art's nice, and the feel is right, but there's just not enough there.

I have an unexpectedly good Nethack game going on my laptop at home. Level 12 Rogue with gauntlets of power, a shield of reflection, and the potential to get gray dragon scale mail if I can just find or make another scroll of enchant armor. Made it through Sokoban and the Gnomish Mines, explored all the way down to the Medusa level (and promptly fled back upstairs from the titan by the stairs), and am now in search of Fort Ludios.

Tonight, we gather at the Burning Hand to celebrate the birthday of kathrynt's mother. There will be tasty smoked meats to consume and alcholic beverages and general camaraderie and fun.

Tomorrow, I go with mamishka to meet up with jessicac and kingchiron for a viewing of Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation. This ought to be fun. For those of you who don't know what that is, it's a pretty much frame-by-frame recreation of Raiders of the Lost Ark done by a bunch of kids, over the course of about six years. You can see the cast visibly growing up. Hee.

Still no word from Luna yet.

Thursday miles: 2.45 (walking)
Friday morning miles: 0.5 (walking)
Miles out of Hobbiton: 342.9
Miles to Rivendell: 115.1

And here, have a quiz!

( What Cute Animal Are You? )