freefall
Today was my last day of work for CFS, and I spent most of last night up finishing off the last features I really wanted to see in this first cut of the web management tool, so I had a bit of a slack day. Turned off the bugzilla notifications, deleted my ssh keys from the company server, removed some autoconnect entries from my IRC config, sent the requisite “thanks+bye” mail, all the usual stuff.
I am in a ridiculously good mood.
At some point, Coop will really have a great manager, and this will clear up some of his misconceptions. I had a great time working with him, as I always do, and always knew I would. I hope, too, that he can continue to enjoy his time with CFS, and that they’ll take good care of him.
To celebrate, I suppose, my new unemployment, I sat on the couch reading fiction (link has spoilers), of all things, and drinking girl drinks — the kind with real vodka and sugar, though; you can keep your corn-syrup-malt-beverage nonsense down south, thanks. That led, of course, to a nap, and upon waking I watched some quality playoff hockey. If you were at the Calgary/Vancouver game, I will confess mortal, all-consuming jealousy. It was one of the finest hockey games I have seen in years, non-call on the Vancouver shove-and-shoot goal and everything.
And because I’m a geek, I did a little bit of hacking on a Mono/XPCOM bridge, which I’ve been meaning to do for some time:
: xpcom.net; mono --debug typeinfo.exe nsIComponentManager 4
nsIComponentManager#4:[0] UInt32 getClassObjectByContractID([In] [Pointer]String,[In] [Reference, Pointer]NSIdPtr,[RetVal, Out] [Pointer]InterfaceIs)
Relaxing is my business, and business is good.
The amount of attention Ottawans are paying to the Western conference is disappointing. We sat ourselves down in front of the (new and very fine) plasma screens at the Lt.’s Pump to watch the ‘Nucks vs. Flames, and were constantly interrupted by people standing in front of the screen.
What, were these people raised in a barn without decent televised hockey, or something? Sheesh.
Congratulations on your (hopefully short) unemployment. Enjoy the relaxation period before the (if all goes well) newfound zaniness starts.
I wish I’d had the sense to enjoy my unemployment last year, as you are now.
And see! I told you the Smirnoff twists were too yummy to be real. It’s interesting that after I had two of those on Thursday I too took a nap, which I thought was impressive considering all the hockey and scrabble going on in the room. I will have to bring more of them tonight and remember to nap in advance.