remember a few months ago when i mentioned i wanted some god damned toys for my desk? well, i’ve been slowly acquiring them, and now i’ve got this miniature menagerie going on. there’s spooky, the nubbly skeletal squeak toy from jhonen vasquez’s i feel sick that i’ve had for some time. then there’s a skeleton pez dispenser that used to live on my desk at home, but which has been relocated to my work environment. tekken 3’s hwoarang joined the crew recently, thanks to MrTails [a regular in the irc channel - which would be #thorns on irc.thorns.org 7000 for the uninitiated among you]. i owe much gratitude to gundam for the newest arrivals: one of those gorgeous japanese jack skellington [of the nightmare before christmas fame] figures, and, from the matrix, a squiddie. wow! my desk is now no longer a barren wasteland inhabited only by empty jolt bottles and stacks of cd’s, but is quite thoroughly populated. i’m still trying to get my hands on more tekken 3 action figures, though - yoshimitsu and ling xiaoyu in particular.

my mood’s improving a bit. i went directly home after work and took a very long, hot bath. tealights were involved. so were bubbles. it was good. after that i pretty much just went to bed, and i’m glad i did. i woke up not hating life this morning for the first time in too long. i’d still rather be at home in my warm bed munching cereal and reading than be here at work, but it’s okay.

after work today, i think gundam and i are heading to the sanrio store for some more obnoxiously cute hello kitty and chococat paraphernalia. i’m looking forward to it.