mid-october. tempus fugit. did september even happen?

random things that don't quite qualify as whole posts, or even significant news:

* things at work have been routine for the past two months, thus the accelerando of perceived time. more days than not i eat out and get home late, and weekends get gobbled up by chores and admin and restoring my sanity with wine and song. cue my favorite steinbeck quote: from nothing to nothing is no time at all.

* dukegabe's patience in getting the singaporean class of '04/05 together is inexhaustible. he'salso one of those people you kind of don't really want to meet until you do. on the agenda: various juicy things about people breaking up and finance chiefs making egregious errors of judgment during interviews. journalists are right up there on the waiting list for hell.

* does anyone want to go to any oktoberfest events while it's still oktober? i like beer and sausages. very vimesian.

* there's a new cd/dvd store (gramophone) in the basement of scotts next to the rotiboy. i thought i'd advertise for them because they had monty python and the holy grail and priscilla queen of the desert, both cheap, both dvds i'd been looking for for ages.

Currently reading:
The Line of Beauty - Alan Hollinghurst