why not

it could be argued that this is what i look like. also, it could be argued that i look nothing like this. sometimes it's what i feel like. not really today though. i don't think.

don't look too closely. i totally need to clean the scanner's platen.

i had a bowl of smart start cereal just a short while ago, and it was good, but i'm still hungry. i need to find a better way to curb my appetite. better than eating? better than eating crap, i guess. smart start's not crap, though; it's good. i'm going to make some coffee in a few minutes.

i'm off today, and kara is too. it's president's day. i'm taking a bit of a break from writing, just for a few minutes here. the writing is actually going all right this month. i'm writing a bit of a story and naturally i worry that it's stupid, but i am still going on with it. the plan is to write a bit more today and more still on each of the next three mornings. what i have then, on friday morning, will be my first draft, and then i'll spend the last days of the month reading and rereading and making notes and improving.

kara's sleeping. she worked out pretty hard the last couple of days and she's sore. those abs! those calves! later today she'll wash sagan and that'll be good.

i'm on page 109 of the 454-page main street. hence, i'm about 24% through. i'm liking it. it's about a relatively cultured woman from the twin cities who moves with her new husband to a town of about 300 people. right now she's kind of having a hard time, not sure if she wants to fit in or elevate the town to her perceived level of culture. i can relate!

later today i'll go to the store and get some veggies and a spot of wine. this afternoon i'll make my famous pasta sauce. we have low-fat turkey sausage and wheat-enriched pasta and i think it'll taste pretty good.

we'll watch the other recent movie about truman capote and the writing of in cold blood. this one's called infamous. it has daniel craig as perry smith so that's good enough for us. plus it has sandra bullock as harper lee. why not?