first of all, I am happy to report that my work concerns I mentioned last week aren’t really concerns; it looks like they got things locked down, and the fact that I made some noise about it during the dog and pony show Q&A was appreciated by the people that matter. One less thing to worry about…unrelated to the stupidity that comes up every weekend when I’m slightly unplugged because I’m on airplanes or on leave (I’ve dealt with a bit of that this morning already).

oh well. Trip was decent otherwise. Got to get some face time with people I rarely see in person, which always helps future interactions. The presentation was long and dull, but it included all the right things I needed to hear to indicate that the project, at least in these early stages, is heading in the right direction.

Airplane experience was thankfully shorter and relatively painless, other than the unfortunate pizza encountered in Newark airport while my plane was delayed, and the delay coming home when a previous passenger on the plane got their luggage stuck in the overhead on my connecting plane.

Par for the course, really, though on one leg of the homebound trip, I shared the plane with a cowboy in a tuxedo. I don’t get it either, but it was a novelty.

On my free afternoon while out of town, I did finally catch Batman vs. Superman, which wasn’t as terrible as I expected it to be; the real tragedy is that there’s a really *good* movie in there trying to come out, if only director/DC movie grand poo-bah Zack Snyder wasn’t constantly trying to suffocate it under shot after shot of spent cartridge casings falling to the ground in slow motion. Affleck wasn’t awful with what he was given, Henry Cavill is still a charisma vaccum. The real highlight is Wonder Woman, in the ten minutes of screen time she gets. Go see her movie next year, feel free to skip or rent this one.

The weekend was pretty full. Gaming with friends on Saturday (this was the session where I finally figured out 7th Sea‘s mechanics – now I just need to really digest the world), taking care of the usual business on Sunday – laundry and trying to deal with the sprain I got in my back from all the airplane seats.

Watched a couple of movies too – Moonwalkers, aka “Ron Perlman and Ron Weasley drop acid and fake the moon landing”, and Final Girl, which is an amazing inversion on horror movie cliches, and you should definitely watch it.

This week? paperwork, some music, and getting the girls ready for another dance competition. woo.