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i overslept this morning, and took the wrong bus from the central station - i arrived more or less on time anyway, though.

thing is, as soon as i stepped off the bus something hit an olfactory nerve, and suddenly the idea of salt and vinegar chips became my core reason for survival. good thing for me that the random stand five minutes walk away where i usually buy a quick 'n dirty breakfast sells slap chips...

the shock the man behind the counter registered when i asked him for vinegar was nothing in comparison to his wife's, whose squeals of "what the hell would you do that to chips for" and weird noises about chefs and culinary genious weren't going to put a damper on my spirits [had to] after it had been raised by the mere possibility of actualization.

those chips made for one of the best breakfasts i can recall in a long, long time. that will not be the last time i do that.

good thing i was in a good mood, because we had an extremely long meeting this morning. another positive was good munchies being provided, so i could focus more on pretzels and cake than the boring stuff... but we went straight to lunch afterwards, which was a bit much.

the afternoon was good, productive, and in the midst of it all i received a phone call from the professor - he gave me news that - while not ideal - yields hope, and that's more than i anticipated.

tool's not good for my headspace - i've been listening repeatedly for a long time and each song (well, the serious ones at least) drags me off emotionally from this reality, removes me to an identical zone in which i don't want to do anything more than contemplate my navel.

essentially the pink floyd effect, but deeper.

the reason i'm so addicted is that i can't simulate that level of emotion when my mind's focused on the real world. i just don't care enough.

pre-bed linkage:

small asteroids are dangerous too. NOW they tell us.

you don't need $5k speakers. but you don't want tinny ones either.

lego alternative - can i remodel myself with this?

pocket projector, the next little purchase

now that i'm feeling so good about penny arcade, i'm thinking either the rumble poster or the cardboard samurai...