TL;DR - "I did math all day. The end."

August 29: Werk, werk

Today's blog will be pretty short, as there's really not much to write about at all. O_O  I pretty much did math all day trying to get the CGS equations for my new model sorted out.  One batch of equations (the largest) is done, and there are two more batches to go (the harder ones).

Dorm breakfast was a harusame mixture (tasty), and some soybeans stewed in a black mess (may have been seaweed, not so tasty) with a couple of siu mai, miso soup and rice.  I didn't much like the black mess, but it and the breakfast as a whole was huuuuge. O_O  I would not like to try to make breakfast mass predictions, as the sample variance is at present rather high.

At work, well I've actually pretty much gone over that.  There were no changes in research direction today, which I suppose is somehow actually notable. >_<  The day flew by, or at least it did until 4pm, when I hit a brick wall and ended up with a paper to read when I went to Kabutoya-san for some insight.

At lunch I ate wasabi-lemon-shoyu chicken, which was REALLY GOOD (:D), but also KIND OF SMALL (D:), which is frustrating, because when I sat down to eat it, I noticed that Kurauchi-san, who was sitting beside me, had the same thing, and it was of a more meal-appropriate size. D:<  Also, apparently full employees get 7000円 per month for cafeteria meals, which explains why the cafeteria can get away with being not-really-all-that-cheap, the costs are "subsidized" in a manner of speaking.  After eating I played handiball with the usual crew, and I was decent again today, which was nice.  I also got the opportunity to point out to Nishida-san that some other groups actually have a plan when they play, and that it might be nice for us to have one.  He agreed, and said that he and Matsubayashi-san have already started trying to get a basic set-spike plan going.  Nishida-san and I started our own set-spike thing today.  He's actually taller than me, so if we get it in any kind of working condition with him as the spiker, I have a feeling it will end up being completely broken. >_<

After work I walked home.  The weather is really pleasant at dusk now.  It's not too hot and it's not cold, and somehow it isn't even that muggy.  This morning the sun was actually dizzyingly strong (like it was at Comiket), so going and hiding in the office until dusk was perfect. :D  Dorm dinner was an odd kind of saucy beef thing over rice with a small leafless salad on the side.

After eating I talked for quite some time with Yasu-san, one of the new recruits who I have actually spoken with before.  He spent 8 months at Waterloo, and his English is quite good.  He wanted to know about tangible differences between the US and Canada other than poutine, and I was pretty much stuck.  It's easy to talk about how Canadians and Americans are different, or how our cultures are different, but how many foods, activities, musicians, etc do Canadians have that Americans don't?  I just now realize I should have mentioned hockey fanaticism, since one can actually go to a hockey game and experience it, rather than just spelling things with the proper number of 'u's.  We talked a bit about travel and stuff as well, and it turns out he's going on a 5-day whirlwind trip to Italy tomorrow hahaha.  His is for a conference though, so I don't know that he'll be sightseeing like Jiuna and I did on our whirlwind 5-day trip.  I warned him that after 24 hours in continuous transit, you start to lose all hope. D:

Anyways, it's 12 again somehow, so I'd best get to bed before I end up digging myself deeper into sleep deficit rather than getting myself out.  Night!