I'm at work, testing and listening to Roll the Bones. Getting to know a new CD is so interesting... listening to it several times, letting the songs sink in, being caught by particular phrases or themes. Right now I'm very much liking the title track, and also "Heresy". Do we have to say goodbye to the past? Yes, I guess we do. Nice.

Testing today is less boring, as I've moved to a new feature which requires less set-up to effectively test. Thus I zoom through the test plan, drinking copious quantities of Coke. Perhaps at some point I should have lunch; Vivek and I were going to go to Kabul today, but I ended up begging off due to wanting to get substantial work done. There are meetings in the afternoon, and it being Friday I need to leave around 1630 to get home before sundown. Thus I work through lunch even as I type.

It's now much later. I'm home, with Jinian on my lap and one of my favourite Brian Eno albums playing. The afternoon got eaten entirely by meetings; I made it home by five, but this was too late to light candles. Grouse, grouse. Jim was already home, wanting a nap, so I let him take one and focused on the computer. Now, an hour of puttering later, I feel more like a functional person and less like a seething ball of frustration.

It was actually a pretty good meeting. Just long, and people said a lot of repetitive stuff, and there were a few people who felt a need to explain their opinions in great detail over and over, despite our orderly process of going around the room. Plus I felt like my input was incoherent and unintelligent, which never helps. I usually feel pretty good about what I say at meetings... but not this time.

Tonight Jim and I plan to watch movies -- maybe Twelve Monkeys, although I'm under the impression it's pretty depressing, and I don't know if depressing is the best idea for me right now.