day 3 over.

time to go home – early for once – and have a soak. clean house. prepare for an invasion of sun people, tomorrow. cooking a barbecue for 20-odd people. wine! beer! yay!

i seem to be surrounded by motorcyclists. this is no bad thing. for the first time in my life i am in a position i can talked to massed ranks of people – not all of whom are geeks – and computers, computing, IT and security don’t even get mentioned for hours on end.

time to go home and worry about my friends. everyone at work seems pretty happy and healthy, but a lot of the people i know outside work seem to be suffering from complex relationships and pain. i sometimes wish i could wave a magic wand and make everyone happy, but i suspect in truth it is wisest for me to butt-out after offering support.

friends don’t generally seem like my type of helping, which typically involves bluntness, confrontation, and dealing with emotions in a straightforward way, sometimes theraputically beating the crap out of a server with a Nerf baseball bat.

straightforwardness does not travel well.

oh well.

time to go home.