I can't sleep. I know why. Earlier today, I had a small lunch. A *VERY* small lunch. It was a frozen burrito I brought from home. No surprise, I was hungry by 2, and by the time I was heading home by 4, I was really really hungry, and also a bit lightheaded and woozy. So, on the way home I stopped by the bagel place and grabbed a bagel, hoping it would revive me. It made me feel better, but I still was exhausted, so after getting in home, I stripped and snoozed. I got about 2 hours of sleep, and then went to the coffeeshop. It was rather quiet, and I was there from about 7 to 11. I did take a brief walk up and down Forbes before I went in, to refamiliarize myself with the shops on the street.. and because I felt like it. I finished a book I started rereading earlier today, and headed home, but although I'm exhausted, I'm not exactly sleepy in the right way. I'd love to sleep, and I'm certainly going to give it my best shot after I finish writing this.. All this caused by a too-small meal. Recently, I've been writing short stories along with my philosophy, in the notebooks while at the coffeeshop. I don't really know why. As a matter of fact, really, any kind of creativity right now seems to me to be impossible.. but then again, I am really pretty fried through lack of sleep. Anyhow, I've been having disturbing dreams about being strangled recently. It's not by any particular person, it's just long skinny arms, reaching around corners or under tables, and from where they come I know that there's either no way a person could be there, or that the arms are impossibly long. And, oddly, the strangling doesn't seem to be that scary, and it's not painful. In the dreams I'm just kind of stoic about it. Yup, I'm being strangled. Ok. How's the weather?

I guess it's better than the weird geometic dream.

There's a fair chance I'll decide to visit cowtown tomorrow. It all depends on if my new landlord calls me back, who I can arrange to see (like to visit Dawon, Amanda, Lorie, Aug, and Dubin, at least. Leon would be fun too, and my sisters). Hell, maybe if I can find suitable attire, I'd even go to outland. I miss that place.. Oh.. there's some CMU-recognized holiday next monday, so it's a 3-day weekend. Woot.

I wonder if I'll really end up going. Hmm. Anyhow, gonna make another try for sleep.

(Postnote I seem to have forgotten the article that I found funny that prompted me to write. It's here. I wonder what kind I'll be..