this afternoon

jumped on the commuter train a stop earlier than usual; at university station a comp sci. professor i worked for is waiting and he manages to sit next to me.
since i worked for him he hasn't spoken to me and actively avoids me. i took marking a little too seriously and would write 1500-word responses, getting my marking in weeks late.
so he is still ignoring me, but he is doing sudoku puzzles and i'm sitting here thinking he's some freaky-genius because he looks at the puzzle, closes his eyes for about 2 minutes, then furiously fills in the squares. I'm watching this, knowing he's a clever guy - he's written a couple of books on algorithm programming - and am dealing with it until i notice he's at the 4th last square or thereabouts and stops. looks confused. of course he's fucked up. he even more furiously rubs out all the squares and he's been staring at it for the past 40 minutes.
fun trip!