1. Lost. Chris and I held out for years, but we finally rented the first season from Netflix and have been going through it pretty quickly. To a certain extent I feel like it suffers from American action movie syndrome, in that a significant percentage of the dialogue makes me want to kill myself and everyone important has to have Protagonist Hair. But I cannot deny that I’ve gotten sucked in, and I’m actually digging it despite my complaints.
2. Wordpress 2.5. My WP install was upgraded this week, and I have been very pleased with it so far. I still don’t miss MovableType even a little bit.
3. Working in Chelsea/Flatiron. My last couple of jobs have been farther downtown, first in the Financial District (boring, expensive, full of suits) and then SoHo (fun, expensive, full of tourists). It’s nice being back in what I think of as a more normal neighborhood. It’s a little less crowded, a little less expensive, and it’s walking distance from Shake Shack. How can I complain?
4. World of Warcraft. Yeah, I’ve been playing again. I’m still retired from raiding so I only log a couple hours a week, but I’ve been enjoying the new Sunwell content and I’m looking forward to the next expansion.
5. Pike Place Roast. It doesn’t compare to MudTruck Blend, but as my new neighborhood is rich in Starbucks and poor in Mud Trucks, it does the job. Does not taste burned, which has been my chief complaint regarding most other Starbucks blends.

I’ve had my iPhone now for almost exactly nine months. I’ve carried it without a case this whole time, either in my pocket or in my purse. I don’t use any kind of skin or screen protector with it, and I have not made any particular effort to keep it away from change or keys or anything else. It has fallen twice onto subway platform cement from about four feet up, it has had three cocktails and one beer spilled on it, and it has been sat upon once. I think the cat knocked it off my desk once or twice, as well.

The damage? Essentially none. There isn’t a single mark on the touchscreen itself, not even a nick. On one of the side edges, there is the smallest of scratches, which I blame on the first subway platform incident. One of the cocktails left the Home button slightly sticky for a day or two; it has been fine since then. Really, the durability of the thing has far exceeded my expectations, particularly given how battered my iPods became after a few months of heavy use. All in all, I’m about has happy with it as I could be.