The best part of working the late shift at my job is that I get to wake up an hour later than usual for that particular week. The worst part is that moment at 4pm when I realize that I have not one, but two hours left before I can go home, nuke my Stouffer's dinner and ditch the gym in favor of some terrible horror movie to keep me entertained.

Tonight's delightfully gloomy outside. It's misting a little and the sky is covered in dark clouds. In a city without seasons (nine months of television production nothwithstanding), it's always a treat to have something like this happen. It isn't a lightning storm like a few weeks ago, but I still love to turn off the lights and watch the sky from my bedroom window.

As last week goes to show, I'm finding it a little hard to write even the mundane things that are going on lately. This weekend was an extension of sorts, to that retreat I took from my life last week. To mix it up and keep a little more for myself than usual, I think I'm going to start dabbling in fiction. I've got some pieces lying around that will more than likely remain unfinished. I may start posting those just to share and keep myself creative while working on some stuff in the "real" world. Hopefully, it won't seem too self-indulgent and it will be interesting. I guess I'll know by how many tomatoes are thrown.

October is almost over. I don't think I've gone into how much I usually hate the month of October. That's a post for another day. But suffice it to say, I'm very glad Halloween will provide a fun end to a rough month. Tomorrow I'm going to have sushi for lunch. That always puts me in a good mood - unless the fish is warm. Ugh.



I leave you tonight with evidence of the good time FB and I had recently with my new Atari Flashback 2. We found Hangman and played it more than any of the other games. FB figured this one out very quickly.

Hey, that's me!

-J.

This post was sponsored by the Not-So-Manic Monday Committee.