listening to: not a whole hell of a lot. see, office policy on listening to music during working hours is kind of weird. on the one hand, yes we’re allowed to listen to music, but on the other hand, it has to be very quiet, can’t be through headphones [we wouldn't hear the phone ring, maybe?], and in my case, has to be something all five people who share this office area can tolerate. so sometimes we all decide to listen to something, but usually it’s more trouble than it’s worth and we work to only the accompaniment of our own typing and the tempramental air conditioner.

craving: ginger snaps. hell yeah.

last night: went to go see the cell again, this time with jamar. and would you believe it - my wallet didn’t get stolen this time! woo! so now i think i may have neutralized the negative associations i had with the movie. well, okay, so maybe i didn’t really have any negative associations with it, but at least now i’ve seen it twice. incidentally, it’s visually pretty cool. while that person - you know who i mean, the annoying one who sings or something - while she is unsurprisingly less than impressive, the film as a whole kicks my ass. i believe that the twisted savant responsible for the nin closer video was somehow involved - though that’s like something i heard from someone who thought maybe he might have heard it from some guy over there or something. i’m exaggerating, clearly, but it’s for a good cause.

estimated hours of sleep: good lord. estimated hours of sleep? what kind of crack was i, shall we say, smoking when i came up with that one? mail me or something if you actually care how much sleep i get. although, i suppose those of you who actually read this on a regular basis must be assumed to have a higher-than-average tolerance for the pointless and the space-wasting. but you know i love you, baby.

so far today: oh and i’d just like to take this opportunity to not only acknowledge the fact that i didn’t post yesterday, but also to point out that i’m not at all apologetic about that oversight. neener neener neener.

oh yeah. today and stuff. well, you know. i mean today has just been so wonderfully not unusual that i wouldn’t want to break the spell by describing it. like the electron thing. come on, you know what i mean.

current plans for later today: well! let’s see here. it’s now mid morning. round about, say, twelve or one i’m probably going to make the epic journey to the deli down the street and get me some noodles. i might, if i’m feeling adventurous, stop in at the pet place and see the cats. probably not, though. i do that enough that it’s starting to seem almost sinister, or at the very least faintly indicative of ocd-induced behavior. so i’ll go back to work, where i’ll stay until around six or seven, at which point i’m going to - get this - go home. a shocking deviation from the norm, eh? oh wait, no it’s not.

what else: mmmmmmmm. the mac os x public beta is out, you know. when this thing is stable you just know i’m never going to leave the house. come on, it’s a unix on which i can run photoshop. drool-inducing, to say the least.

if you’ve ever seen zeldman.com [and if you're enough of a webgeek to be reading this, you probably have], or if you’re not some sort of debilitatingly humorless vegetable-creature, go read the newest diesel sweeties.

updated 11:34 am: oh god, i’ve been reading the diesel sweeties archives and the memories of amusement past is just too much. this one i’m mentioning just for kate because i think that she’ll see the humor, especially if i include the word gollum in the same sentence. and i’m continuing the link-crazed madness with this strip for exactly the same reasons.