Alls Quiet on the Western Front but the Dying.

Wednesday and again the temperature is summery again, not too excessively hot when we entered the week.

No word as of yet about the contact and so we continue on. We have been down this road before, but hopefully it ends in a better place than previously.

Matt was sick yesterday, so it was just us three. Specc'ed out the jobs for Physical apps, which spill out to be far more than a month so we will see what we will be doing for them. Another temp hire could help shoulder that work. In my neck of the woods I think I have a better handle on how to get combat progressing faster. Adding in the first of the new systems I'm designing today and the goal is to get it working.

Saw Pacific Rim this past weekend and it was fantastic. A perfect film for that 13 year old we all still carry around. Its a huge spectacle that delivers exactly what you need, whether you were aware of it or not. The movie felt stream lined to a T, and as a result it ends up being a ridiculous amount of fun. The CG effects are amazingly overlaid with real props and they did a great job with creating the sheer sense of weight being thrown around. Enough said, go see it.

Finished LoveDeath, a novella collection created by Dan Simmons. Very interesting pieces for sure, but the two that really shined where Sleeping with Teeth Women, and The Great Lover. Sleeping with Teeth Women was a Sioux tale which I found familiar & exotic at the same time. I have read only a few books about native/first people culture and beliefs. They give a great contrast to what we supposedly learn in grade school and somehow feel far more faithful. The Great Lover on the other hand was a novella told from the perspective of a poet conscripted into the British Rifle Division during WW1. I am now convinced that being on the French front, in the Trenches, is probably one of the most horrible moments in all of human history. Hundreds of thousands told to die by an incompetent command structure, while thousands more died in the horrific conditions.

Watching: Hero's Season 1.

Playing: Civilization 5 BNW (darn you culture victory on Emperor difficulty).