i'm getting quite frustrated with writing these long, introspective journal entries at work, my computer crashing, and then having to rewrite the whole thing all over again. that's one of the things that happened today. it was already frustrating because i was at work on a saturday, but then to have my i mac commit a "fatal error" while nearing the end of a personal epic on top of it. argh.

so instead of trying to recapture whatever mood i was in about 12 hours ago, i think i'll just list the good things that happened today. let's see. well, there weren't too many, what with me staring at a greek journal for all of the afternoon. but the day offered a few buried treasures.

1. talked with steph on the phone. speaking of epics, this was most certainly worthy of a similar title. and it was too much fun, especially because we basically threw around old inside jokes and created new ones for the length of schindler's list. also, during this conversation, i recalled a time in elementary school when my sixth-grade class performed a play about historical figures (i was mark twain) for the younger classes. i assembled my own acting troupe and put together an opening play in which i had the role of a mad scientist whose invention goes berserk and ends up killing him. i was only 11 at the time, but damn, that's impressive. i had drive back then. what the hell happened?

2. discovered that coupling airs on maryland public television on saturday nights. i am happy about this. now i don't have to wait until BBC america releases the second and third seasons of my new favorite show on north america-compatible DVD.

3. straightened up my bedroom a bit. it was nice getting rid of receipts that date back to the early fall. and it's always great to see my floor for a change. i will be so much happier when i can spread all this shit out over the space of an apartment.

4. was amused by friends on instant messenger. i have amusing friends, so this usually happens daily, but i don't have much to report here, so i'm listing it with the good things. in particular, i had a funny chat with alex about relationships (see below). and dimitrios told me about his day, which included lunch at mcdonalds and buying a copy of the spike lee-produced documentary 4 little girls (see below). this was freaky, because i also had lunch at mcdonalds, and i found my copy of 4 little girls on my floor today when i was tidying up, only i don't really have an explanation for why it was there because i haven't watched it in years. cue the twilight zone theme.

tomorrow, i will dwarf today's good-things count by actually accomplishing all the goals i listed in thursday's entry. or i'll give up before noon and just veg out for the rest of the day. sounds like a plan.

quote of the first 12 hours of the day: "it'd be kinda strange for me to give you advice here. so, um, think of something yourself." alex, in the midst of our relationship conversation.

quote of the second 12 hours of the day: "are we talking about the same 4 little girls? 'cause mine is kiddie porn." dimitrios, in the midst of our what-i-did-today conversation.