How To Lose Friends and Alienate People

yesterday morning i went into katie's room looking for my ibook and discovered it halfway under her sleeping face. now my left shift key doesn't work. i think she drooled on it. it's no loss to her; all she does on my computer is chat, which doesn't require capital letters. for me, however - well, as you see. i do obviously have another shift key, but i hit the hard return by mistake almost every time i use the damn thing. interesting that i type 80wpm and yet apparently never use the right shift key, which i'm sure isn't how they teach you to do it in typing class.

another one bit the dust yesterday. one of the mapping guys shuffled off this government-agency coil and is on to bigger and better things; a happy development for him - and at least, unlike silhavy, he'll still be in town and close enough to stop by twice a day for break.

but it's very depressing to see friends leave; more so when you know that the reason they're going applies to you as well. yet i have been happier at this job than at any other - but just because of the friends.

i seem to have lost an awful lot of friends lately, and more are on the way out, i think. the problem with having people close to you is that then they know what's wrong with you.

not happy thoughts, but then, look at the time. here's a happy picture to make us all smile. tony on the right is our departing sweetie; and as for robbie - damn he's a nasty boy!