o hai!
too bad about heath ledger; RIP, ennis.

today was not the best of all possible days. workmen were putting in new carpet back where i usually work, and i think the fumes messed with me. i was having a really hard time concentrating, and i felt all heavy and lethargic and exhausted. roxy (the managing editor) even noticed. i took a walk and got some coffee, and that helped, but i still got pathetically little accomplished today.

then i stopped on the way home and got some delicious ramen at a japanese noodle shop. i thought it was pretty authentic. it featured a hardboiled egg -- alas, fully hardboiled instead of still kind of gooey in the middle, but i guess concessions must be made to health codes here in the states. it also suffered a little bit because i got it to go and they put the soup in one container and the meat/noodles/egg/veggies in another carton, and then i combined the two myself when i finally got home. the noodles had congealed a little by the time i got home, but it was still tasty. dinner was a thumbs-up ending to a sub-par day.

i have been too tired at night to do anything but watch _arrested development_, eat, and sleep. hence, i'm going to sleep now; maybe tomorrow i'll actually have energy to go somewhere or do something after work, even if it's only writing a little.