you know, i’ll be the first to say i’d rather have cold weather than hot, but this is a little ridiculous - it’s the end of october and it feels like january. i’ve had to dig out all my warmest clothes and my big ugly winter coat and at some point soon i really need to buy a scarf and gloves. a new coat wouldn’t hurt, either. as i say, i infinitely prefer winter to summer but that’s not the point - i feel like i got cheated in terms of autumn. is this a new york thing that i don’t remember from last year, this early cold weather? or is this year colder than usual? give me back the fall, dammit! it’s not even thanksgiving yet, it’s not allowed to snow.

i’m working on the new version of caoine. this will be version nine, if i remember correctly. if you’ve got suggestions or ideas or scathing criticism of this version that i simply must take into account for the next incarnation, now would be the time to let me know, because the more it starts to come together the less likely i am to start over.

my apartment still smells entirely delectable as a result of yesterday’s jack-o-lantern adventures - singed pumpkin and orange-blossom candles are an interesting but not at all unpleasant combination.

i wish the weekend had lasted a little longer - i know, i know. what else is new, right? but dammit, it’s as though no sooner am i stretching luxuriously in my saturday morning stupor than it’s late sunday night [or indeed early monday morning!] and i’m scrambling to finish a tangle of little tasks and still allow myself enough sleep so as to make consciousness on monday at least slightly preferable to chewing glass. i suppose part of it is that i essentially live from weekend to weekend, given that my current work schedule doesn’t allow much in the way of - well, anything other than work, really. however, i’m going to stop my bitching now because it could most assuredly be and of course has in the past been significantly worse.

hey! i want you all to go check out elucidate.org, the home of the hepkitten. though i found myself reaching for my sunglasses as i read, hep’s site rocks almost as hard as hep does herself [which is significantly hard, the rocking is!].

speaking of domains, i just bought my fourth - villainous.org. it was very much an impulse buy, i admit, but really how could i possibly pass that name up under any circumstances once i discovered its availability? either way, the challenge now is to decide what the hell i’m going to do with it. i haven’t even finished disintegrate.org, as some of you are so enthusiastic about reminding me, much less had time to think of an entirely new site idea. this is where you come in: unleash the web-related creativity that i know lurks within your hearts and mail me your suggestions!

you know, it’s been quite a while since i’ve posted any new pictures. “we know, emma, we know! whassup wit dat shit yo?” well, i’ve mentioned before that the digi was having issues [you can't see, but i just made those little quotey marks with my fingers] and i’ve only recently managed to resuscitate it. that’s only part of the story, however - i am, admittedly, getting a little frustrated with the quality of image it produces. my longing for decent print photography is like a fire in my breast, it’s true. until i manage to fulfill this need, however, i offer up this dorky shot!