good god: thanksgiving is a week from tomorrow. i hate how holidays creep up on me like this. i have to call my father today and find out how i’m getting to boston next week. and how long i’m going to be staying. i guess i should leave next wednesday night or something; i get that thursday and friday off work. bah. i’m psyched to see my father and everything, but i really dislike travelling, especially when i’m only going to be staying there for a couple of days. i sort of wish my father would come here instead - neither of my parents has ever seen my apartment, and what with all the work jim has been doing and getting me to do it might even be worth seeing in the near future.

i’m out of penguin mints. well, at work. i have more at home. but it’s really distressing to reach for the tin that’s still sitting on my desk and find it empty. must remember to bring in my other tin tomorrow.

i need some suggestions on what to do with my workspace. it’s really dull right now; i just have this little corner with my technical books and stack of cd’s and some printouts from my boss. there’s a little plastic jack skellington figure that aimee gave me on her last day, but that’s about it. what do you people have on your desks? i’m thinking i need some more toys or something. or maybe deadly weapons.

oooo. that ‘toys for my desk’ train of thought just prompted me to head over to thinkgeek - i should so buy some of their nerf guns and such. good for assualts on the sys admins.

i’ve decided i’m not going to redesign caoine.org right now. not completely, at least. because dammit, i like this design. i’m sure i’ll re-do it eventually but it’s been moved to a spot fairly far down on my list of priorities and i’ve decided to just tweek this layout instead. don’t hate me. my new priorities are finishing disintegrate.org [yes, i am still aware of its existence] and redesigning my journal sitelette. i’m also working on a site for my father’s [hella cool] sculpture.

jim [james, jamz0r, my geekboy] is, let me just reiterate, entirely too keen. i have to admit i’ve fallen for him in a pretty hardcore way. he’s the best thing i never expected to happen to me that’s come along in quite some time.