It's been a long day here at work so far.  I set my alarm for about 6:40, but for some reason I slept, reasonably well, till 7:20, which us usually about the time I need to be out the door.  For a while i thought maybe I'd set my alarm wrong, a notion that was reinforced when I stepped into the hallway to find that my roommate Alice was still asleep as well.  She usually leaves around 7 I think.  So the fact that we both slept late for no apparent reason made me think there was some sort of curse or mischievous sleep fairy running rampant in the apartment.  I haven't seen my roommate Joanna in three days now either.  i think she's home, either asleep or just holed up in her room.  So there's an atmosphere of weirdness about the place these days.
    I had lunch with James today.  His beard is running rampant.  We met at the Big Enchilada, on 12th st. and University Pl.  I kind of like the food, but I always feel slightly nauseated afterwards.  Maybe I'm getting old.  Anyway, old Jimmy is going to be a central figure in my story that I have to do for class, on the subject of aspiring rockstars.  I got some good quotes from him just in the course of natural conversation.  I guess that's the best place to get good quotes.  But I find it a little weird that I everytime I talk to him until the story is done, I'll be paying extra attention to things he says so I'll have good quotes.  Hmmm... maybe I should write stories on everyone I know. That'd certainly make me pay more attention to all of them. Moving on...
    I'm really, really tired. I don't want to hang out after work tonight, but I'm getting pressure from the contingent already in Manhattan to stay in Manhattan.  i just want to go home and sleep.  That's all. Maybe go out a bit after a short siesta.  And I found out at lunch that Berry isn't coming till next weekend.  James took the news of his ex-girlfriend dating Berry's ex-boyfriend pretty well.  He saw the humor in it. overtly anyway.  I'm not sure how he deals with this stuff internally.  Maybe I could write about that in my story.  I think I'll try to convince him to write a song about it.  How funny would that be?  That'd paint a really cheesy picture of james.  But he'd never do anything like that.  overtly.
    A few things in this week's Onion that i found particularly funny.  The first is "Baby-Care tips for first time parents."  It's almost offensive.  The second one, I'll just put right here:

I just find it extremely funny to want to "destroy" things.  i just like the word, and I like it used in funny ways.
    I gotta tell ya, the onion this week is one the funniest in a long time.  The Oprah info-graphic is quite amusing.