I was quite happy to load Apple’s web page today and see that Tiger has been given a release date. I showed unusual restraint (…I was running late to a meeting I had to attend…) by putting my purchase off until this evening.

Other than that, I Am Tired. In Soul Calibur terminology, you would say that my soul no longer burns. I am reminded of what I told Jon at the dance last Saturday, as rationale for why he should try a viennese waltz without knowing how to viennese waltz: he could truly shine, for one brief moment in time. (It would actually be closer to going out in a blaze… though I didn’t elaborate.)

I was channeling Tomo’s (from Azumanga Daioh) logic about long-distance races in that argument: declare “it’s the final stretch!” from the starting line—and then sprint. You won’t win, but (she reasons) at least you’ll be in the lead for a little while.

Now I channel Chiyo-chan, after she decided to emulate Tomo and made a mad dash towards the (still quite far-away) finish line: “that’s no way to live!”

I tried playing Tomo in getting these work databases done quickly (the idea: free myself from distractions to better study for this upcoming actuarial exam). Now I suffer as Chiyo-chan did.