Wah... what a freakin day.

So I went to bed around 4am Thursday morning after a rockstar evening... only to be woken up at 7 by a friend who was stranded in what is best succinctly described as a long-winded-emergency-situation... so I got in my car to pick her up, brought her back to my place where we proceeded to sit on the couch in a half comatose state for several hours.

On my way to retrieve said friend, however, I discovered a foot long scratch/dent alongside my previously pristine 2004 VW GTI VR6 :(. So, naturally, I went to take a picture of the damage to report to insurace, only to discover that my brand f*cking new digital camera, is also broken. And wouldn't you know, while I'm leaning over to take a picture of my broken car with my broken camera, my brand new cell phone falls out of my pocket and lands on a rock?

Peter, Paul and Mary.

Anyway... highlight of my day - the lovely Josephine got in touch with me this evening and I wound up unwinding after work with her over a bottle of wine and some nice food at the First Crush. If you read this, baby, it's always a pleasure :).

So here I am.... 6:15 am on Friday morning, STILL UP (yeah, still... haven't slept since Monday night). I'm giving a final in less than 2 hours, and then have my department xmas party. I'm supposed to start making phone calls in 15 mintues to wake up some friends. You know, I had this silly preconception that finals week would be easier as a professor than it was as a student. But when all of a sudden, 80 people give a shit how they're doing, that makes for a stressful week.

Here's lookin foward to '07. To old friends, I miss you. To new ones, I love you all. And to ones I haven't met yet, well, just keep on keepin on.