The heat appears to operate entirely independent of my control, turning itself on sometime around 10 am and turning itself off around 10 pm. The knobs on some of the radiators don’t turn at all,and the ones that do turn have no effect. I wasn’t under the impression that this was how radiators worked! Evening is interesting, at least, as I have to open windows around 6 and turn the space heater on again by 11.

Things that have distracted me lately:

• “…our machines have to keep grinding over it, the grit in their backwash sandblasting the blood away.”
• “Ah, it’s just someone sitting there, because you don’t see dead bodies, you just don’t.”
• The same girl who recommended Anthropology told me to look for this band Relient K. She didn’t mention that they were a Christian band at the time, which is probably a good thing; I enjoy being Catholic, but I don’t listen to Christian music (anymore) because, as a rule, it sucks heartily on anything you have available. It wasn’t until I borrowed their CD from Ginger, my Joe Egg spouse, that I realized they a) rocked and b) had songs about Jesus and stuff. Then I got to this track called “Down In Flames,” which is a straight up slam of Christians in general by a self-aware Christian band. It’s even got a disclaimer at the end. I can’t get enough.
• Also, they have a song about Lion-O.
• As the only one of my friends still here for the break, I’m taking care not only of Idaho but of Meghan’s turtle and Ken’s red-bellied frogs (plus their cricket-based food source). The resulting situation can be seen camwards.

if I had a penny for my thoughts
I’d be a millionaire