More gorgeous weather in D.C.! Not a cloud in the sky, the view from my office window is crystal-clear. I want to get out of here. Bah, it’s only 4:30 pm, and since I came into work this morning afternoon at an incredibly late hour, I may have to be here for quite a while longer.
Apparently I’m not listening to my body. The daily conversation usually goes something like this:
Jeff’s Body (JB): Hey. It’s 3 am. Turn off the computer. Go to sleep.
Jeff: Wait, wait, one more blog… and there’s gotta be something on TV, right?
JB: Nuh uh. We’re going to sleep. Now.
Jeff: [konk] Zzz…[Alarm clock buzzes. It’s 6 am.]
Jeff: [reaches over and turns off alarm in one graceful, semi-conscious Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon-like move] Grr, I have to get up.
JB: Are you kidding me?!
Jeff: C’mon, I have plenty of time. Take a shower, cook breakfast, chill with Matt and Katie, all that.
JB: Girl, you know that ain’t happenin’. You are getting eight hours of sleep whether you like or not. Mmm-kay? [bitch-slaps Jeff into unconsciousness]
Jeff: Zzz…[Jeff wakes. He looks at clock. It’s 10 am.]
Jeff: Aaagghh!
JB: You never learn, do you.
Anyway. I just got a corporate e-mail about the local adult kickball league. I’m sure there are people out there nostalgic for their elementary-school recesses and P.E. classes spent playing kickball. I am not one of them.
IM. You M. Last night I downloaded and installed Trillian, a kind of meta-instant-messaging application that lets you log in and manage multiple IM systems (even multiple usernames) at once. We’ll see if I keep using it. It takes a lot of getting used to. But, if anything, the default sounds are cooler than that creaky door on AIM.
TV notes. Must See TV is all new tonight. By the way, the W&G website now has a section called “In the Closet,” which answers the question, “Who are they wearing?” Examples: Grace’s wedding gown from earlier this season was designed by Vera Wang, and Will sometimes wears Prada or Dolce & Gabbana. Sigh.
Also tonight there’s a new Frontline entitled “Blair’s War,” covering Tony Blair’s political predicament vis-à-vis Iraq.
Update: 6:45 p.m. Doesn’t the Mall look pretty at dusk? The perspective and the sheer enormity of these buildings are deceptive; so, ambitious walkers beware: the distance from the Lincoln Memorial (bottom right) to the Capitol (center left) is actually about two miles.