Circadian Shift

I bought a new robe today. It is warm and cozy and I can wear it over my pyjamas as I sit here at my desk and do silly things at the 'puter.

I also finished reading Oblomov the other night. Some of it was all too familiar -- like this scene for instance:

On this particular morning Oblomov had (contrary to his usual custom) awakened at the early hour of eight. Somehow he looked perturbed; anxiety, regret, and vexation kept chasing one another across his features. Evidently he had fallen a prey to some inward struggle, and had not yet been able to summon his wits to the rescue. The fact of the matter was that, overnight, he had received from the starosta of his country estate an exceedingly unpleasant letter....

Consequently, on awakening, he resolved to rise, to perform his ablutions, and, his tea consumed, to consider matters, to jot down a few notes, and, in general, to tackle the affair properly. Yet for another half-hour he lay prone under the torture of this resolve; until eventually he decided that such tackling could best be done after tea, and that, as usual, he would drink that tea in bed?the more so since a recumbent position could not prove a hindrance to thought.

Therefore he did as he had decided; and when the tea had been consumed he raised himself upon his elbow and arrived within an ace of getting out of bed. In fact, glancing at his slippers, he even began to extend a foot in their direction, but presently withdrew it.

Welcome to my life. Minus the waking-at-8 part.

I've been toying with the idea of doing a list like Jeremy's, but something of that scale is too overwhelming. So I thought I'd try something along the lines of:

10 Things in 10 Days

1. finish doing all the laundry (not just enough of it at one time to get by)


2. read a book


3. clear the dead stuff out of my fridge and freezer


4. catch up on my e-mail correspondence


5. take out the stuff for recycling


6. put up my resume and portfolio website


7. take care of Stupid-Financial-Thing-That-I've-Been-Neglecting-And-Would-Prefer-Not-To-Disclose #1


8. see a matinee film


9. take care of Stupid-Financial-Thing-That-I've-Been-Neglecting-And-Would-Prefer-Not-To-Disclose #2


10. go for a walk

Seeing as it's now Friday, December 6, that means I have until Sunday December 15 to do all this stuff.

I can do this.

Go, me.

Yikes.