It is
raining in Japan. They told me it would
be the
rainy season while I was here, but it was
sunny up until now. I even got a little
sunburn
on Sunday.
This is a working trip in Tsukuba. The whole
time I have been stuck on one single awful problem
with some code I wrote. I might as well be slamming
my forehead against American brick as Japanese
concrete. I haven't even begun to prepare for
tomorrow's dog-and-pony show, my seminar.
I am cranky. I was spoiled by 3 days of vacation
and sightseeing. Now I'm back staring dumbly at my
many emacs windows hoping some solution will jump
out from one of them, releasing me from this prison
of anxiety. I hate being stuck.