i am famished, and no wonder. except for a bag of chips i have had nothing to eat since 8 on thursday night, and it is now 4pm here on saturday. i am in between dining hours, so perhaps i should order something. my paper is finally taking some shape. i have to say this will be one of my more disgraceful essays (brings me right back to the times when i was writing papers for paul cantor when everytime i sat at my desk my paper writing faculties become completely inhibited), but at least now there will be something to turn in, and i think i can finally trust to leave it alone for 30 minutes while i seek out some food, unless, with my kind of luck, i'll come back having filled the hole in my stomach only discover a bigger one in the essay i hadn't seen before. or i could slip on the ice and lose part of my memory so that i would come back and not know how to continue.

other than that i'm very amused because von has had a tipoff about his cufflinks, by a chappie who says he read it here. *grin*

i come back having gulped down my food rather quickly and i now feel a bit lightheaded and the computer screen seems to be going away. perhaps it would have been better not to have eaten? i opened the window to let in some fresh air but had to shut it immediately because of the cold. i wish it were still white wisps outside but it's no longer snowing, and the pathways are just icy hard and i skidded on my way out. right. i shall go boil some water to make tea and maybe tt would help. got to write this paper tonight, by hook or by crook! what on earth does by hook or by crook mean anyway. what is the difference between a hook and a crook. is it just their orientation? a crook, like that of a shepherd's, is curved on top, and a hook, like one you fish with, curves the other way? no but hooks can be anyway round. and anyway, why by hook or crook? what can you possibly want to do that might be managed by either a hook or a crook. doubt von will tell me.

the more nervous i am the more inconsequential entries i write. why?

and i think it's the food for my head is not clearing and i am horribly sleepy all of a sudden. darn it. write the essay woman! now.