Selenay's Ramblings

*flop*

Haven't died yet, but am rather knackered. Should make it to the end of the week, though. I hope. The earlier start made a huge difference in the commute - I was there in half the time this morning, so arrived ridiculously early (7.30am is too early for anyone sane). I haven't got hold of when I can leave yet, so stayed until 4.45pm despite this early start and should probably get the hang of leaving at a sensible time when I have nothing to do so that I don't burn out too quickly.

However, I got my hands on some SQL today so that was cool. I'm feeling a little intimidated by the programming that they're hoping I can do, but also kinda relieved that they want me to do some and it won't all be stats and analysis. I've just got to make myself care about stock issues rather than looking at it all as one big programming problem.

I got ample demonstration of one of the wonderful sides of online communities and friendships yesterday - there was a Gmail invite sitting in my inbox within a couple of hours of enquiring (thanks to the wonderful catspaw_sgjd and another offer within minutes of that. You are all wonderful people :-) I just hope that I can offer the same kind of help when things come up that I can provide aid on! Offline people never seem to understand this side of the experience - the knowledge that someone out there will have the skills to help you with something and will actually offer those skills freely, with the tacit understanding that you'll pass on the favour at some stage. Online life can be insane, bitchy and weird, but I've found that in many ways the online community is more generous and supportive than many RL communities. Hmm.

I want to get philosophical about it and provide a good reasoned argument on the pros and cons of online versus RL communities, but my brain is mostly yelling "Trash TV! Sleep!" right now *g*