listening to: office noise. stuck in my head: christian death - death in detroit

craving: the tangerine-orange juice i just bought, which i’ll drink in a minute, and some free time. no, make that LOTS of free time. i have so much i want to do and no time in which to do it.

last night: i rented american beauty from kozmo.com [they don't deliver to brooklyn, unfortunately, but i had them deliver it to my office and then just took it home], picked up some snapple and some terra blues, and had an emma’s-night-in. it was nice. then i cleaned my bathroom, finally. my tub was a wreck, but now it’s all shiny-bleach-clean. i talked to joblin for a while, also - he just made the move to new york on saturday, so i’m hoping i’ll get to see more of him now.

estimated hours of sleep: six or so. but i slept pretty well; i’m tired, and i know i could use another two or three hours of sleep, but i’m fairly rested.

so far today: my house smells faintly like bleach because i cleaned my bathroom last night. so i burned some fleur d’orange candles and left my windows open; by the time i go home tonight i’m hoping it will smell much nicer.

current plans for later today: i think i’m scheduled to kick spencer’s ass in star wars monopoly again tonight. or maybe it’s star wars trivial pursuit this time. we’ll see. either way, i’ll probably stay here till seven thirty or eight, when he’s done, and work on my own stuff for a while, yay. then it’s only a nine block walk to his new apartment.

what else:i doubt i’m going to end up going to long black veil tonight, much as i’d like to. i’m poor this week from all the stuff i’ve been buying for the apartment.

listening to: office noise. stuck in my head right now, though, are serveral of the songs from the nightmare before christmas

craving: a bagel. i’m poor this week… i didn’t have my three bucks for oj and a bagel this morning. it’s ok though. i get paid a week from tomorrow.

last night: after work, spencer and i went to his place and played star wars monopoly, and i would have thoroughly slaughtered him if we’d had time to finish the game. i got home a little after eleven and went to sleep around twelve. i’m tired now.

estimated hours of sleep: six, maybe? not enough.

so far today: the usual, only sleepier. i’m really looking forward to the weekend, and it’s only wednesday.

current plans for later today: i need to do some shopping on my way home after work… i need something with which to clean bathroom tiles, and i want to buy a bunch of snapples so i can have stuff to drink at my house. after that, sleep.

what else: i’m all groggy and cranky and not in the mood to be here. if i were a kid, this is the part where my parents would be exchanging glances and saying things like “i think somebody needs a nap.”

listening to: typing. i think i’m thoroughly fucking up my wrists and such with this current keyboard position… i’ll probably be a carpal tunnel typing-cripple by the time i’m twenty five, sitting on the sidewalk with a cardboard sign reading ‘crippled by corporate indifference! please help!’. or then again, maybe not.

craving: hmmmmm. let me think about that for just a moment.

ok. i want another couple of hours of sleep coupled with breakfast in bed served by jonathan rhys meyers. failing that, a nap in my chair and a bagel would do nicely.

last night: took a couple of new photos, one of which you can see below. i’ll have more soon, i promise.

estimated hours of sleep: i don’t know, but it wasn’t nearly sufficient.

so far today: took adam to penn station, then lounged in a starbucks for a while reading wired [good god, i've become a geek-yuppie. a guppie, if you will], since i’d told the office already that i wouldn’t be in till eleven.

current plans for later today: i’ll probably be working sleepily here until seven thirtyish, then maybe i’ll go play star wars monopoly at spencer’s, as i’ve been meaning to for the last week.

what else: bleh. the office kitchen now has these nasty beige-and-maroon patterned coffee cups. how noxious.

i think i should mention that i’m absurdly caffeinated right now, even by my standards. i had two penguin mints at the crack of dawn when i got up this morning to stave off the caffeine-withdrawl headache, then a large iced coffee from krispy kreme [you just have to love the name 'krispy kreme'], then an iced mocha at starbucks, and now a cup of standard-issue office coffee. my hands are shaking.

listening to: funker vogt: maschine zeit

craving: a lemon italian ice

last night: i went to see funker vogt play at the batcave. the show was really cool, but downtime is much too small a venue for a band as popular as funker vogt. the crowd was ridiculous, but the band is great live. after the show, it was albion as usual. krystal, naomi, bill, john, james, robert, dino, cindy, spencer… everyone was there. good stuff. i went home around three thirty rather than go to the afterparty, though, cause i was getting kind of sleepy.

estimated hours of sleep: i woke up around noon… so probably a little under eight.

so far today: adam and i went to manhattan and spent too much money again. i have new eyeliner and a new lunchbox. we saw james at hmv and went to maui tacos. i’m strangely fond of that place and its multicolored tortilla chips.

current plans for later today: we just watched the nightmare before christmas for the millionth time, and now we’re just hanging around. we have to get up really early tomorrow so adam can catch his train.

what else: i have to get the film from my disposable camera developed and scanned. there’s some cool stuff on it.

listening to: adam sleeping, & the noise the air conditioner makes.

craving: my breakfast… bagel, coffee, oj. i never thought i’d start eating breakfast every day.

last night: adam is here this weekend, so yesterday after work i went and picked him up at penn station. we went to hmv and visited james, and i bought a copy of covenant: europa so that i can finally give james back the copy he loaned me ages ago. then adam and i went to the village and spent lots of money. we both bought new boots at trash & vaudeville - mine are positively scary. i’ll have him take pictures. i also got a new skirt and a weird top thing which i’m not sure i like but it was cheap, at least. we had dinner at yaffa, then headed home with our many bags and boxes. at home i showed adam the new apartment, which he thinks is cool, and we tried on all our new stuff and listened to vnv nation and it was cool.

estimated hours of sleep: dunno… we went to sleep around twelve and it’s almost ten now, but i woke up around five and couldn’t get back to sleep for a while.

so far today: got up. checked mail. giggled at rex’s & grey’s gbook adventures last night. i’m waiting for adam to wake up.

current plans for later today: we’re going back into manhattan sometime today and then tonight i’m going to go see funker vogt at albion.

what else: terra blues are the best chips in the world.

listening to: background office noise. on the train, i was listening to funker vogt: execution tracks

craving: my oj. i never thought i’d be voluntarily drinking orange juice every morning. my mother would be proud.

last night: stayed at the office till a little after eight, working on one of my new projects. when i got home i did some cleaning… my bedroom is now pretty much done; the other room is still a disaster, though. le sigh. i still need to buy a new comforter.

estimated hours of sleep: fiveish

so far today: the usual. shower, subway, bagel, work.

current plans for later today: i might go to the re-opening of long black veil tonight; i’m exhuasted, though, so we’ll see how i feel. i want to check out the new space, but i might wait till next week.

what else: heh. i miss my summer vacation.

listening to: a few moments ago, i was listening to the buzzing death noises of the light above my desk. now it’s dead. muahahahahahaha.

craving: i just had my bagel from lexington market, and now i’m enjoying my orange-tangerine juice.

last night: i’m technically done with work at six, but spencer isn’t done until seven thirty so i sometimes hang around to keep him company, like i did last night. at seven thirty we headed over to radio shack to get me a serial cable so i could finally set up my modem. at home, i got it working and everything but earthlink is being a bitch… i can’t find a good dialup number. blah.

estimated hours of sleep: sixish

so far today: nothing special. i’ve got so much to think about and plan right now, though, that my brain feels overclocked.

current plans for later today: i need to go buy apartment stuff after work tonight and then go home and clean. i’m sick of my apartment being a wreck; i just want to get this over with. i thought of hiring a housecleaner, but it’s expensive and i think i’d rather just do it myself.

what else: there are quite simply not enough hours in the day. or maybe i just work too much.

listening to: office noise. in my head: peter murphy - deep

craving: i just had a starbucks orange mocha chip frappucino. fucking divine. yes, i’ve sold my soul to starbucks. luckily, i can’t afford to go there much.

last night: i stayed at the office with spencer till about nine. we ordered domino’s and i fucked around on the web for a bit while he finished up his work, then we went to his place. it’s a rather pleasant ten to twenty minute walk between the office and his apartment. once there, i royally kicked his ass at star wars monopoly. muahahahahaha. i am the monopoly queen. bow down to me, and fear my ownership of the utilities. admittedly, spencer kicked my ass about as royally at star wars trivial pursuit. but i will have my revenge. after the star wars boardgame frenzy, we watched ninja scroll again until we fell asleep.

estimated hours of sleep: not quite enough, but what i did get was very, very comfortable. spencer has this realy foofy soft black comforter - we’re talking expensive hotel bed comfy.

so far today: woke up a little before eight, luxuriously enough. i’m used to getting up around six. i got dressed and walked to work, stopping at starbucks for my frappucino.

current plans for later today: i need to go home after work and get some clothes and check my mail and such, and then i’m coming back into the city. spencer and i are going to addiction tonight, probably.

what else: as evil as starbucks most certainly is, you have to give them a little credit in terms of the aesthetic with which they’ve designed their stores. their stores are made in the same way that i try to make my sites - taking into account the entire user experience, as opposed to just means and ends. at the bottom line, it doesn’t really matter what starbucks looks like as long as their coffee is good, because coffee is what they’re selling. and if i were making a site, i could go about it the same way - a bare-bones transmission of information. but the fact that starbucks puts in the effort to have a really cool-looking interior, and huge comfy couches and a clean bathroom in every store makes me much more willing to shell out my four bucks for their coffee which, while good, is not worth four bucks. they want to pamper their customers in the same way that i want to pamper my visitors. well, maybe not quite the same way - i don’t really want to make you all feel like starbucks customers - but the idea is there.

incidentally, the starbucks site is not very good.

listening to: typing. mostly my own.

craving: orange juice. which i have. whee.

last night: nothing spectacular. i had so much work to do yesterday that i ended up staying a bit late. around six thirty i went over to the bakery to get a snack for spencer and myself… he has this peanut butter cookie fetish. and that place makes great cannolis. i went back to the office and stayed till about seven thirty, then headed home.

estimated hours of sleep: about seven… i was pretty good last night.

so far today: the usual. wake up, get dressed, take the train, get a bagel, meet with my boss. my morning routine.

current plans for later today: my check finally cleared, so i’m going to go buy some more apartment stuff today. there’s a store on eighteenth street spencer and i found where you can get black sheets and comforters and dishes and everything. so i’ll be going there. i also need to go to radio shack or comp usa for a serial cable so i can finally get connectivity from home. i’ve already got an earthlink account and everything, i just have to set up my modem. [ewww, modem.] i also need to start cleaning… i want to get my place in relatively decent shape for the weekend.

what else: you know what sucks? nobody’s ever bought me flowers, dammit. except for my dad, and i don’t think that really counts.

listening to: on the train: vnv nation - empires

craving: more sleep, incredibly.

last night the weekend: hmm. well, on friday, spencer and i left work at two to go wait for his desk to be delivered, which it wasn’t. but we lounged around till fiveish, eating pasta and watching ninja scroll. when five o’clock came and went, we headed back to the office for a bit. at ten, i went over to hmv to meet james. we went to generation records and i got this too-cute nightmare before christmas shirt. we ended up at this wonderful little cafe that has the best coffee i’ve tasted in months, and all they play is classical music. i love it.

saturday i woke up rather early and went for coffee with my friend justin; he had to catch a train back home around noon, though. james and i got indian food at this little place near me. i started getting sleepy around nine, but woke up in time to go to albion. i got to downtime earlier than i usually do because the nuns were playing and krystal was performing with them. she was absolutely adorable in this little white waist cincher with white shoes and thigh-highs. and pigtails. i watched the show, which was great, then headed upstairs to dance and see everyone else. krystal and i danced for a while, then she headed over to the dungeon to start getting ready for the afterparty. it was so good to see her; i missed her. at the afterparty, i was getting a bit sleepy, but it was fun all the same. krystal wanted to keep it from getting dull so she decided to play with me and megan - hot candle wax and a bit of flogging. it was odd having everyone watching us, but not necessarily bad, although my back’s a bit sore now. i left the dungeon around six thirty or seven am and was home around eight.

i fell asleep immediately after washing off my makeup and such and woke up around three. i read for a bit and dozed off again, not waking up till six thirty. by then i was starving, so i ordered some italian food and read until i fell asleep again around eight thirty, at which point i slept until my alarm went off this morning.

estimated hours of sleep: from the time i got home yesterday morning until the time i woke up this morning, i was asleep for just over twenty-one hours.

so far today:woke up, still sleepy [unbeliveably]. took a shower to get rid of the last of my saturday night’s smudgy eyeliner and the wax that found its way into my hair. my back is mostly fine now, although i’m really sore in a muscular sort of way. probably danced too much.

current plans for later today: my check had not cleared as of friday, but i’m hoping it has by now because i want to go do some shopping after work. i need new sheets and pillows and some cleaning supplies. adam is supposed to come visit this weekend so i want to get the place in order by then, if possible.

what else: in one of the many, many dreams i had yesterday, i was having nachos with jhonen vasquez. it was amusing.