reading is generally a positive thing, i think, but it's been detrimental to my physical health (not my intellectual health). i start reading at night, late, as i've just headed to bed. as i usually head to bed anticipating 7 1/2 hours of sleep, the 90 minutes of reading i tend to do tends to decrease this number to less healthy levels. i need to only read in the afternoon, or something.

i ordered jonathan fire*eater's wolf songs for lambs for like seven bucks via half.com on sunday, and it arrived yesterday. bearing in mind that i've only been through it, for the most part, at low-volume work levels, i think i like it a lot. the guitar-organs-bass unit remains in the walkmen, and jf*e's singer is oddly similar to mr. lefthauser, or whatever the walkmen's singer's name is. to those who like the walkmen, i'd strongly recommend listening to this record (perhaps jf*e's only widely-available full length. apparently they put out two tremendous ep's).

my coworker with iowa tickets doesn't have 'em this weekend. i probably don't want to talk to my boss. and i definitely don't want to drop $26 plus service charge on a ticket. i think i'll watch saturday night from the rud couch, perhaps while eating rud wings.

(two weekends ago, back in the 'burbs, i called about the availability of cats-bucks tickets. i was planning to order over the phone, until i was told that my $16 bleacher ticket would also have a 6.50 handling charge and 1.00 phone charge. in person, at the window, the charge would 16. i think this should be illegal. or, perhaps, it should be legal, but ticket sellers should be required to publish - up front - the service charges before the purchase even begins.)

update on my third resolution, a goal of general tidiness:
a) i've done my dishes every night
b) i'm still generally poor in putting my mail away
c) i've been good about not leaving random clothing on the floor
d) i received a new sports illustrated today, but have not thrown out the old one (which i finished reading tuesday). this seems like a generally weak si (and i'm disappointed that the magazine elected to not put the illini on the cover last week, instead opting for the second of what would be three straight patriots covers).