let's start with my old playlist for your viewing pleasure.

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stevie wonder - as stevie wonder - i love you more today than yesterday dean martin - the birds and the bees dionne warwick - i say a little prayer diana krall - is you is or is you ain't my baby altered images - happy birthday (dance mix) al hirt & ann margaret - baby, it's cold outside ann margaret - begin the beguine peggy lee - fever ann margaret - there'll be some changes made paul simon - me and julio down by the schoolyard the ramainz - judy is a punk aretha franklin - mr.bigstuff new kids on the block - the right stuff prince - kiss beastie boys - in 3's whitney houston - didn't we almost have it all

heather nova - london rain call and response - rollerskate mandy moore - stupid cupid renegade soundwave - cocaine sex deee-lite - apple juice kissing deee-lite - fuddy duddy judge deee-lite - pussycat meow deee-lite - runaway deee-lite - say ahhh... deee-lite - you sexy thing pat benatar - hit me with your best shot pj harvey - this is love stereo mc's - stop at nothing depeche mode - route 66 maria muldaur - midnight at the oasis

songs in red were ones that i had with me when i went on vacation over a month ago. by the time i got back i was already pretty sick of them but i was too lazy to get rid of all of them completely. i try to be as eclectic as possible when i throw songs onto my mp3 player. i do have a weakness for oldies and anything from the 80's. also, songs with a catchy beat.

here now is my most current playlist:

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<call and response album> texas - i don't want a lover mc 900 ft jesus - if i only had a brain os mutantes - she's my shoo shoo maria mckee - i'm gonna soothe you	<diana krall - the look of love album> dean martin - i wonder who's kissing her now elvis presley - c'mon everybody lovage - stroker ace

julie lepage w/menu klea simakis

dan kuehner beautiful stanger

tunde & jared

david cronin mesmerized by the bernoulli's principle elias

around noon i learned of a plan spearheaded by david cronin to go have lunch at the empire chinese restaurant on cambridge street. i basically invited myself to this lunch and before anyone had time to say otherwise, i was already speed walking down fifth street to rendezvous with the incoming screen house posse. when i got there i was surprised to see there were actually people eating in the restaurant (part of empire's initial charm was the fact that the first and only time i came in here, it was completely empty) and i was also surprised that none of the screen house people had arrived yet. i ordered (spicy tofu with fried rice and chicken finger lunch combo, $6.50) and then sat down, staring at the ubiquitous chinese zodiac placemat. minutes later the group arrived, suddenly crowding into the small interior of the restaurant. i noticed the waitress/cashier/owner(?)'s eyes light up upon seeing so many lunch patrons at her place. we had so many people that we had to split the group in half and sit at two separate booths.

today at the office there was almost complete instant messaging silence. i didn't go downstairs to the first floor at all today (on a normal day, i usually go down 2-3 times a day), and i didn't see anyone from my project either (although i did talk to them via aim/phone). it was lonely, it was depressing, but it did get me working and i did put in some progress on the coding. by the end of the day though, i just wanted to go home. well, actually i wanted to go and hang out some more at our usual thursday night drinking gathering, but tonight a lot of people have other engagements so that plan sort of fell through. so after work i just went home, staring at the ground, kicking at the leaves, feeling sort of melancholy on this rather somber day.