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Posted by Joel Fri, 25 Aug 2006 07:23:24 GMT
The last few days were oddly stressful at work, I guess because I'm spending most of my time right now experimenting with various methods of speeding up some new features. I've already learned a lot about database optimization. I've never really worked on data sets this large, or on a site this popular, so it is an excellent learning experience, and thus far I've been pulling my weight pretty well. At this point, I've expanded my skillset to the point I could probably land system administrator or database administrator jobs with a big company if I wanted to, in addition to software engineer. I like this job in particular, though, because it lets me exercise all of them.
Wednesday after work I worked out for an hour. I pushed myself to burn more calories on the bike than I was before, but I can tell I'm a bit tired lately, probably because I've been somewhat sick all week. I continued to read Snow Crash, which has more action than before, but I tire of waiting for the mysteries to be solved. Maybe I'm just impatient.
Then I played some Warcraft. We did some Battlegrounds and lost every game, it was pretty miserable.
Today I attempted to watch my diet more strictly and did a good job of it. After work, I played on my warlock, and Will and I brutalized the same three people over and over. Then we played some more Battlegrounds on our main characters, and this time we did much better. I love when the battles are intense, and I know that my heals landing properly can really make or break a territory we control; it's really a lot of fun. We love to trap unsuspecting intruders, as our characters can turn invisible.
And about an hour ago I stopped playing, because I refuse to let myself stay up too late. I admit already I'm playing more than I thought -- 2 or 3 hours a night the last three nights. Time I would have previously spent chatting with people online, flipping through channels, reading news. Is it so bad if I spend that time doing something fun?
And still I feel like I should push myself to do something else with that time, to pursue an art or something. But I am already focused on two things for the time being: my work and my fitness. Should I really feel guilty for trying to relax every evening and just have some geeky fun? I don't know.
