Here we go:

1. It's about 2:00 AM, and I can't fall asleep. It could be for the best, since I just ate. Most of it is really due to a whole bunch of things, among them, some clients who haven't paid up. Consulting is fun until it's time to collect checks. It just occured to me that you can't spell "consulting" without spelling "con".

2. I have a handful of TV guilty pleasures. There's "Bitag," which is troubling and riveting at the same time. There's "Elimidate," which is total trash, and I love trash. And there's "Music Station" which is a music countdown show that airs in Animax that is, well, just a set designer's delight. Not only that, J-Pop is endlessly entertaining. It's in Japanese with subtitles.

3. I've been losing pens. Some of them I misplace, some of them I lend, some of them conk out before their time. Either way, I went on a pen spending spree and now have a coffee mug full of all sorts of pens. I'll be damned if I get caught without one.

4. Today, at Rockwell, I think I saw Malu Fernandez. A few minutes before that, I thought I'd make up "Lynch Malu" t-shirts from iron transfer sheets from National Bookstore.

5. I thought I'd decompress by taking my goauche set out, some pencils and start something going (there's a really nice illustrator exhibit at Rockwell). Actually, all I needed was pasta salad and some ice cream. Thank God I'm somewhat uncomplicated.

6. Whatever you do, make sure that you remember where you parked. Dammit.

7. I work with two people who have the same taste in food as I do (like banana chips). Maybe I'm not "uncomplicated". Maybe I'm just "regular".

8. There's a really funny joke I heard the other day, but I can't share it here because the punchline needs to be heard, not read. Sorry for that.

9. I'm 35 in a few months. I feel like I'm 22 (except in my lower back). Am I setting myself up for a terrible midlife shocker?

10. I don't own a pair of Crocs or Havaianas. I do own a pair of Nikon slippers. I've had them for three years now, and they are really soft and work mighty fine. This doesn't mean I wouldn't want a pair of obscenely expensive rubber flip flops.