I just need to mention (re: Gunnerkrigg Court) and then also here's how my day was

That Tom Siddell is a huge tease, and I fully expect Coyote not to tell us anything at all on Friday, because he is COYOTE after all.

Work today was pretty awesome. And I had lunch with a coworker unexpectedly! I have been going out on my lunch break so I could talk to Danny since he's home Mondays and Tuesdays and sometimes Wednesdays. Today he was at work, so I took the notebook I bought to draw in on breaks at work to the cafeteria and ate the food I'd brought to work off by myself. Only after I'd started did I notice that a large group of my fellows (the people with the same job as me, as opposed to people who are in my team, necessarily) were eating at a table nearby, laughing and talking. There was some classic high-schoolish feeling to it, where I thought 'man, I hope they don't think I'm being standoffish or anything, I just wanted to draw on my lunch break', and then one of my other fellows passed by and asked if she could sit with me.

She is adorable and I really do like her (to be honest, I like everyone I've met so far for the most part, with small, notable exceptions-- like, my competitive streak with guy across from me, and then guy behind me was calling some absent woman a "3" a few days back, which made me extremely annoyed for the rest of the day; other than that, things have been okay), but I had been a little too shy to really get friendly with her before that. I'm pretty focused on the job because I actually really like it, but that means that as a result, I haven't talked much to the people around me outside of a work capacity. The upside? People who transferred in this week mistook me for an old pro because I seem confident when I'm being studious. The downside? I worry people will think I'm not friendly or whatever. So-- random invite to share a table? Totally rad.

We talked about whatever-- she seemed to like my sketches, which was super nice of her! It was a fun lunch. She told me about how she eats with her eyes: tries new foods based on how appealing they look instead of reading what they contain (which can backfire spectacularly!), and at one point interrupted herself to say, "Am I talking too much? You let me know, I don't want to be a bad date!"

She is the cutest! I like her a lot. Anyway, it made lunch very nice.

I'm starting to feel a little more like I know what I'm doing, and I finally have my student body assigned to me properly in the system, which meant I finally got to see the numbers on how well I'm doing with handling calls and my overall calltime. Being excluded from the list was totally freaking me out!

Old logs are best logs

THE SCENE: Squall approaches Seifer to ask him for romantic advice re: Rinoa. Seifer is completely baffled that Squall would ever ask him anything of the sort.

"I'm tryin' to tell you to think about what /you/ want. What is it you see in her? What is it that makes her important to you like the rest of us aren't?" He cocked his head to the side. "Whatever that is...you want to give her a gift 'cause of that, right? Not because you think you should. That's never a good reason to do something for a person you l...care about."

(OOC) Squall says, "Yeah. c\c I dare you to say that 'l' word."
(OOC) Seifer says, "I like my teeth right where they are, thanks."

Squall doesn't turn around, but he does listen to what Seifer says. He will admit the man has a point, but in doing that, Squall wonders just what he should do for her even more now. He's not sure what makes him care about her, he just knows that he does. He'll have to give it more thought, but at least he has a place to start in concern to his gift. He turns and looks over his shoulder, giving him a long, hard look. Oh yes, he heard the near-slip of your tongue Seifer. But he doesn't say anything, much as he would like to. Instead he nods and goes on his way.

/END SCENE/

In other news, I am crazy tired.

EDIT: OH YEAH AND! Check out Zero Libertad! It's a comic project on Kickstarter about a Nicaraguan badass undead heroine. It's funded and has a few hours to go before it's done, but what an excellent story concept!