So Thursday night I saw an old friend, from back in the day. Although I haven't seen her in several years, she hadn't changed a bit, which was nice to see. Sometimes years slip by and people slip away only to return a little bit less themself, which makes me wonder if I ever really knew them to begin with, which reminds me that, of course, I never knew them. At one point she asked if I'd seen some people on a recent trip and I replied in the negative to each one. I just don't bother remembering most people, like overplayed tunes on the radio I skim through to get to the good songs. I'm aware I skipped them, but I only heard a few seconds of audio and I probably couldn't tell you what the song actually was. I just know I didn't want to listen to it.

Regardless, we hung out at a couple of french places (BdC and StX), which were both very enjoyable. I somehow managed to score a navy blue "Delirium" hat during the process. Any vintage-inspired logo resembling a pink elephant is cool (yeah, when I was a kid I remember watching Disney's "Dumbo" and loving two scenes: one with the crows, and the other with the pink elephants!), but I fear the hat may be slightly too feminine for me to ever wear. Oh, well. Perhaps I can give it to someone as a gift? (No, not you, Deborah. I still have your birthday gift to purchase...)

Friday and Saturday were a wash. However, today I did manage to finish up my taxes, clean up the house somewhat, hook up my housemate's Genesis system (we now no longer have a vcr connected...we're using pure, unfiltered TiVo for our recording needs) and avoid replying to the few roommates requests I received today. I'll deal with them tomorrow. I also managed to burn almost 75 discs into Chiaotzu, using a newer, faster ogg-ripping program. Yay! The only negative is that I don't listen to the files while I'm ripping, so I've had to play actual cds instead of ogg files the whole day. And I've still got over 200 to burn. Ugh. At least I made a sizeable dent in it today. Plus I managed to catch some rays, which will be in short supply tomorrow, if the weather.com people are correct. But they never are.

The house seems a little colder now, with the sun setting several hours previously. Regular readers should check the latest reviews that I've just posted, both books and movies. I've been somewhat delinquent of late with these, but that's simply because work has been busy and I haven't had enough non-social time to spend with Chiaotzu, which is good for my mental state, but very bad for my wallet. Thursday alone set me back a great deal, as did my idiotic decision to do a "I'll pay for this place if you pay for the next" followed by a trip to DG (between the french love, that is) where the tab was, as usual, severely depressed. I suppose I should be grateful.

Tomorrow I plan to continue my streak of doing nothing at all. Perhaps this will mitigate the looming March 27th financial disaster, as my blue comes due. Or wait...perhaps I can whore myself out again? I almost forgot to e-mail my invoice for Wednesday evening out...another item for tomorrow...er...today. Now it's almost time to pack it in, at least once I get a few more dozen albums burned in.