what's been accomplished today: not much, but that was expected.

work was slow...the change in climate (actual snow!) affected me a bit, and this doesn't usually happen. but i was a little coughy but, moreso, a little sore throaty and my nose was running when i woke up. of course, this can be partially attributed to the fact that, two winters running, my bedroom window doesn't close completely. this leads to cold, cold winter nights. but, hey, at least i negotiated a lower rental rate when i moved in, and at least i said 'no...let's wait on that' when they tried to charge me $15 more/month last year.

i've added (or am planning to add) a 'now reading' link to the right, not because it's interesting but because i've been reading lots lately. i think the public library is just about the greatest place in the world, and that all should be as lucky as i am, and live across the street from one. they don't always have everything, but they can always get about everything.

spoke with ben harper tonight. outside of the fact that i've ruined his week, it was productive times. shorter than planned, but that's because he's got more going on in his life. he's getting up at 6:30 tomorrow to go swimming, which is 'impressive,' to say the least.

during the course of my ben conversation, i was killing time oddly. you see, i've switched from sugar to the pink stuff, but i'm not necessarily good at throwing away the pink stuff wrappers when i'm done with them. i also significantly enjoy using my sugar bowl (or rather my cylindrical tupperware sugar holder). so, after two months of avoiding sugar, i threw out what was left in the sugar bowl, cleaned it out, and emptied about 60 pink stuff packets into the sugar bowl. this means that i can now spoon unwrapped pink stuff into my coffee or tea, which is nice.

i saved a life today, as gurs, motivated my my post from yesterday, has now purchased health insurance. despite the fact that gurs has purchased approximately 25 percent of the cigarettes that i have smoked in my life, he's writing himself as a non-tobacco user.

xtc is a great lost pop band. i've got the dukes of stratosphear collection, along with nonsuch and their two apple venus records. i guess skylarking would be next. or perhaps mummer. annie has previously burned me oranges and lemons, i believe. word is, you can't go wrong.

also, solomon burke just played letterman. he's obscenely fat, doesn't leave his throne chair, and awkwardly squirms when he sings 'got to get some lovin' in my life,' but he is so great. probably won't purchase anything, but he truly is an incredible vocalist.

i've received several 'compliments' in the last few days about the frequence with which i post. it's not because i'm interesting, it's because i'm bored. and i've come to grips with the fact that i'm boring. that's all.