oooooooh, i'm drained

the energy vampire has sucked me dry. i've got little to no fuel today with which to drive the engine of non-killing. there are a number of penny-ante problems cropping up within the typical work day that i am just incapable of dealing with at the moment. they are typically trivial issues that should be killed at the source, but of course they are instead fanned into raging infernos before being deposited squarely in my lap. one of these days i will have to sit down and have a little chat with the colleagues. the kind of chat wherein everybody leaves it with an excellent and admirable understanding that while the company is indeed mine, that does not mean that they are entitled to simply pass off whatever they are too, ah, "busy" to handle onto one of the few people who they know has that 'buck stops here' t-shirt on. i'm going to get that donald trump doll and put it on my desk. y'know, the one with the string in the back that, when pulled, makes him say "you're fired!".
it'll be sweet.

oh, and i'm going to probably book my trip to the orient tomorrow. i'm leaving on Nov 14 and coming back Nov 25 or thereabouts. the ticket is open ended for 6 months. who knows. i may instead just send for Ali and wait out the six months. let them try to find me.

actually, i'm rather looking forward to the trip. as much as i would have adored to have Ali along for a great asian romp, it would have been a powerful distraction from the work i must accomplish while out there. instead, i can look at the rather impressive positive side to this: i will be ALONE and for all intents and purposes UNREACHABLE for a solid 11 days. well, at least 48 hours of those 11 days, which will be spent in an economy seat on a plane...

so tired.