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Tuesday, May 10, 2005

 
10:06 PM: do the hustle [#] [0]

michael, sven & i went to watch kung fu hustle and i was surprisingly charmed by it. i certainly liked it better than the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, which ought to have been that ludicrous but wasn't. and the hurly burly at the end was way better than the matrix. even with its odd propensity to show people's half-covered asses, kung fu hustle managed to mix engaging characters and outrageous cliches.

which makes up a little for the cold sinking further into my chest and having an odd team meeting at work. i spent some time in pioneer plaza after work just to clear my head a little. i may not know about hive for another week or two, but when i do it's likely to be the most tedious way possible. that's okay; i can do tedium. it's perpetual ambiguity that drives me nuts. in the meantime, i might do something crazy and try to re-learn a bit of php to create an web-based version of the instructional design checklist just to prove i can. in an unexpected move, maggie asked me to come to a meeting friday because of my "analytical mind," but i can't because it conflicts with my calligraphy class. is there room for an analytical mind without a master's degree on her team? apparently not after june, as maggie told the team "we won't be renewing her contract" in july, which, while implied previously, was a little harsh to hear out loud and in front of everyone. keep smiling and nodding. the bigger issue is that there's just not enough time between now & the end of june to do anything she wants to do with hive or alternate courseware, and i want to know how to end this contract with the softest landing possible, one where all the frustration and disappointment about hive doesn't rub off on me, where i still have an option to be used again.