Weekend of intensity
This weekend has been quite something... even that of it after my last post. Saturday night had a very civillised dinner with Dave and some of his family. They fed me, they gave me alcohol, it was all very generous and good fun :)
Sat night was spent drinking with Seb and his friends. He was rather critical of quite a number of things. Not sure where this has come from or if it's a big thing. He did tell me why my Neural Net for the stockmarket wouldn't work, and while he had a point, he was wrong. It will be unfortunate if I fail, because he's still wrong, regardless of my success or failure. I also mentioned the situation with discussing finances... but got a lecture on not understanding the value of money (which I deflected) and got told that the reason I find it difficult to discuss my actual finances with people is arrogance. I was confused for a long time. I've since realised that he thinks my arrogance about my intelligence is a problem.
Whether it is or not, it has nothing to do with the issue of having real finance discussions with people, so he's off the list, and I've realised I can add Phil. He's level headed, does not react over strongly, and knows he could be doing very very well if he could be bothered.
Had some deep conversation with someone there (cos that's the kind of thing I like to talk about), then went on to another bar to chat with Leah. She really does make a great friend. Most guys will never know, because they can't get past her stunning looks.
I got home eventually, and was mean to my mum. It might have had something to do with her asking me for how to fix her MS Word. It might have had something to do with it being 6AM after having been drinking. It might have had something to do with her trying to show me "helpful things" which were unhelpful and then her trying to show me the same thing again because obviously I hadn't paid attention the first time. And I hoped she'd get the hint and stop. But in any case, I must remember not to do that ever again.
Sunday I found out the results of the Requiem VST election. I lost. I was stunned. There were suggestions that I'd work well as in my current AVST role for the winner. That would suck. Nothing to do with the new VST, I'd probably have an easier time working with him than the two before. But the time, effort, stress, and continued failure were getting to me. They would be offset by a game that I'd try to make smooth and prestige. In VST, there'd be skills in leadership and management, and I could fix things so I would not fail.
I saw 300 with Jayce and Doug... and spent quite a bit of time with her. Over the course of the evening "after Con party", it became clear to the massive social circle that we were out drinking with that we have something. What that is and what it becomes we'll see, but I really like her :)
Sat night was spent drinking with Seb and his friends. He was rather critical of quite a number of things. Not sure where this has come from or if it's a big thing. He did tell me why my Neural Net for the stockmarket wouldn't work, and while he had a point, he was wrong. It will be unfortunate if I fail, because he's still wrong, regardless of my success or failure. I also mentioned the situation with discussing finances... but got a lecture on not understanding the value of money (which I deflected) and got told that the reason I find it difficult to discuss my actual finances with people is arrogance. I was confused for a long time. I've since realised that he thinks my arrogance about my intelligence is a problem.
Whether it is or not, it has nothing to do with the issue of having real finance discussions with people, so he's off the list, and I've realised I can add Phil. He's level headed, does not react over strongly, and knows he could be doing very very well if he could be bothered.
Had some deep conversation with someone there (cos that's the kind of thing I like to talk about), then went on to another bar to chat with Leah. She really does make a great friend. Most guys will never know, because they can't get past her stunning looks.
I got home eventually, and was mean to my mum. It might have had something to do with her asking me for how to fix her MS Word. It might have had something to do with it being 6AM after having been drinking. It might have had something to do with her trying to show me "helpful things" which were unhelpful and then her trying to show me the same thing again because obviously I hadn't paid attention the first time. And I hoped she'd get the hint and stop. But in any case, I must remember not to do that ever again.
Sunday I found out the results of the Requiem VST election. I lost. I was stunned. There were suggestions that I'd work well as in my current AVST role for the winner. That would suck. Nothing to do with the new VST, I'd probably have an easier time working with him than the two before. But the time, effort, stress, and continued failure were getting to me. They would be offset by a game that I'd try to make smooth and prestige. In VST, there'd be skills in leadership and management, and I could fix things so I would not fail.
I saw 300 with Jayce and Doug... and spent quite a bit of time with her. Over the course of the evening "after Con party", it became clear to the massive social circle that we were out drinking with that we have something. What that is and what it becomes we'll see, but I really like her :)