Pro re nata.

Went through Harry Potter, followed by a brief respite with Wild Cards, but then completely caught up in and consumed by The Hunger Games. I liked it. A lot. Reminds me of Ender's Game, which I should probably read next. But those three books, and I treat the septology and trilogy as single books, but not including Wild Cards, but the protagonist, always a child, too good for the world they live in, and are thrust into leadership and greatness, unasked for, unbidden. Childhood lost. In 2, love, too young, but a source of fear. And melancholy. And I lap it up. Consumes me. I embrace it, the heavy heart, the mindfulness, the musings. The epilogues, seemingly so happy, yet I can think of nothing but what was lost to get there, to that point. What these kids did, what they had to do, so young. So capable. Is it hope? Hope for the children? That there still is opportunity of greatness? That a child shall lead them? That we, the adults, can no longer save ourselves? And still I hold it close, the quiet, the thoughtfulness, the melancholy. Always the melancholy.

It's actually been kind of nice getting my hands dirty and moving desks and stuff around the office while the new conference room gets finished up. Less thinking, more movement, and sometimes, more immediate feeling of accomplishment. But now it's pretty much done, and I've got to figure out how to wire up the table and room to make it pretty and useful. Should be interesting. But there's a chance I'll have to come in this weekend, and with Tracy working as well, my parents were nice enough to take Lucy for the weekend. So while we'll miss our 1 year old walker, we're planning on going out to dinner, at a reasonable hour. LIke when we were younger. Yay. Date night. Oh, also for work, which is apparently where I bring my old Mac hardware to die, or get used for testing purposes. Going to try and repurpose the old Mac mini as a conference room machine, since it's small, hopefully powerful enough, and fits behind the wall mounted TV. Just have to get Boot Camp installed, which is actually my first time. Ended up doing a complete repartition and reinstall. Hoping it goes smoothly after that. Also, USB extenders over Cat5 don't seem to work for webcams. Might have to run around to find a VGA-HDMI adapter this weekend. That's the only thing that's left. I think. Wait and see. Going to try and go to Gilt Bar tonight without a reservation. That should be interesting. Otherwise, I'm planning on coming in to the office this weekend, maybe both days, to make sure everything's all set and perfect. Besides work, found out Sports Night is available from Netflix Watch Instantly. Watched 2 episodes already. And that laugh track is annoying. But the show is awesome. I wish you could 1) get it without the laugh track, and 2) from iTunes Store. Started reading Ender's Game. And reading some comics too. Irredeemable is pretty good. Global Frequency is actually available officially through Comixology, so I've been buying those as they get released.