anticipation

he's crazystupid and sat outside Toys 'R' Us in the cold wind starting at 3 this morning (we were coming home from a party anyway), but he has secured a pre-order for a Nintendo Wii on launch day.

communicate.

so, a few months after getting his new Palm Treo 650 and a gps receiver for it, he gave in and ordered an internet and SMS package for it as well. which means that i got an SMS package on my phone too.

i feel so...advanced. the SMS also includes IM, so if you allow yourself to polluted by AIM, feel free to add etcmobile to your list and message me.

also speaking of communcation, the cat is feeling threatened. there's this big, ugly, stray tabby cat who comes by occasionally and sits on our patio and yowls at our cat, who growls and gets fluffy and tries to dig through the glass patio doors. i'm pretty sure the tabby is feral, or i might consider trying to chase it off. also, did i mention that it's huge? it reminds me of road rage, sort of. my cat's certainly not going to walk away and ignore this interloper in his territory, just like a road-rage-prone driver isn't going to ignore the person who just pulled out on them. grr, and so forth.

except i've never seen a driver with a tail that looks like a bottle brush.

merde. il pleut.

i never did buy that umbrella.

if i had, possibly, i wouldn't have been preparing to walk home in the rain this afternoon. i forgot my hat this morning and wasn't at all pleased with the idea of walking home with my ipod exposed to the elements. so as i was disassembling it from the headphones and its belt clip, one of my co-workers also exited the office. when i explained i was just about to lock the door behind us, he not only locked it for me, but offered me a ride home.

for some reason, i'm always surprised when someone is willing to inconvenience themselves to help me. i'm not sure what that says about me.

happy birthday to me.

or something.

yesterday evening, only a day late for my own birthday, i managed to successfully make an apple pie. i am quite impressed with this. i keep saying i'm not much of a baker, but between that and the quiche in the fridge, it's becoming increasingly apparent that i am at least competent with the pie genre. whee, culinary accomplishment.