I slept almost 12 hours last night, waking up for a brief period in the middle. I wonder why. I had a dream that I was wandering through secret passages and stuff in a house, with portions that looked like the old Brecksville house (there were stairs in the coat closet!), the new Brecksville house, the crazy hotel M, D, A, and I all stayed in in New York way back, and other places I did not recognize. For some reason, my dad was also wandering through the house. Every once in awhile, I'd come up against someone who I, for some reason, identified as a bad guy, and he'd taunt me and run away. Near the end of the dream, I got tired of dealing with him, and threw something at him. He said ouch, and I finally realized that I could hurt him. I started throwing more stuff at him, and eventually realized that I needed to get rid of him by freezing him, so I started chanting random things and eventually found something that generated ice from my hands. I kept saying it, over and over again, and he slowly started to freeze. For some reason, at the time I thought the phrase translated from Japanese to 'naturally cold'. I finally froze him that way, the last thing he was able to do was take off his tie and hand it to me, explaining that in the sequel, it would be very appropriate for his hand to reach out of the ice and grab it. I agreed, and didn't freeze the tie. I suddenly remember that earlier in the dream, I was wandering through a strange restaurant in ... what might've been in a dark version of Shadyside. The restaurant was very oddly shaped -- multilevel, with a vaguely mexican-style architecture and walls that were odd only because they didn't block off anything useful. I was kind of lost, and in a hurry, and the waiter kept wanting me to sit down and eat, but I was just using the area within the walls to pass through. It was all outdoors. Hmm.

Anyhow, there's someone I saw on Match.com who looks cute, and I showed the jpeg it to Dubin, and he had a rather amusing quote: "It's a strangely composed photo, but she has nice shiny teeth"

I have a new officemate. She's nice, but the room is a bit crowded, and she doesn't like the room as dark as PaulH and I do, and actually wants the *shudder* ceiling lights on. I brought in sunglasses today. I hope this doesn't get old too quickly.