some random shit:

-nobody seems to be reading this blog anymore. *shrug*. probably my fault for not making it more compelling.

-my kitchen is splattered with pumpkin (rightly pronounced 'punkin') bits. i probably expended more calories chopping up the pumpkin than i'll ever get out of it. soon, though, my house will be infused with the amazing aroma of pumpkin pie. the pumpkin that my sweetie bought was big and kind of stringy; i don't think it'll work that well for soup. but i did manage to get about two cups worth of seeds out of it, and i think the whole thing cost about 50 cents.

-i think i'm more or less done my thesis. i don't want to get too exuberant about it prematurely, though -- that was my mistake last week, and when i was brought down, it put me in a foul mood for days. i'd like to have a party for everyone i've ever complained to about my thesis, but unfortunately, i'm po'.

-i was supposed to get thomas's ibook this past week, but no news from ZBP, who was acting as courier. maybe she just decided to keep it for herself?

-this will be the first year in three S&A and we won't be having thanksgiving dinner, and it's sort of bumming me out. i feel like it's the first in a list of traditions that we developed to support each other during the hellish experience of our master's degrees to die and that more will soon follow.

-my house is a total disaster. there is paper everywhere, a pile of dirty dishes and clothes strewn throughout the apartment. i know how i'll be spending my holiday tomorrow...