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Been streaming "In Between Moments" on grooveshark these past few weeks. It's a Better than Ezra iTunes-only bonus track on their latest record. Seriously, on the first listen, I thought, WTH?!? BTE came up with this?!? They did. It was super soft, so light that it was tinkling (if that makes sense), and on the brink of sounding boy-band-ish. Was expecting something crazy and playful towards the end like they did in the amazing "Rosealia" but no, no playful ending here. It was straight up serious. I laughed so hard. It was a mix of disbelief, shock and amusement. It was like that for a while and it was very fun - laughing so hard. But I got to stop laughing at it lately 'cause the novelty and newness is gone (a natural result of overplaying, I suppose). Yes, I listened to it many times - still do when I want to. Without a doubt, listening to it is... A guilty pleasure.

French toast, pancakes, cereal - breakfast food. Here, they're midafternoon snacks. I prefer savory over sweet for breakfast (or in my case, brunch - my first meal of the day) anyway. Take today's brunch... Tomato slices, tocino , last night's left-over pork adobo , and fried rice. Nom, nom, nom. I'm starting to feel a little uncomfortably closed in in my little work area here. Things are starting to pile up so we'll be putting things back the way they were soon... but not this machine, no. I like it where it is.

For lack of a better title, I "thought" I'd be clever which is (obviously) going to lead to unnecessarily explaining myself but stopping since this has nothing to do with introspection but more about how grateful I am with how wonderfully thoughtful people can be. And yes, it has something to do with this plate of "spaghetti", naturally. Thoughtful guests brought spaghetti over last night 'cause they just came from a children's birthday party. I must say, "Thanks!" and "Nom, nom, nom!" Thoughtful people are the best!

... temporarily. My glasses have irritated the bridge of my nose - again. I'm back to wearing contact lenses for the meantime till the redness disappears. I have to put my face close to the monitor now 'cause the lenses don't correct my astigmatism, sadly. Woes of the poor-sighted. Obviously, I've nothing interesting to say. Well, I will mention how the weather is today (dull much?) and it is very warm.