I have taken over a large table in the corner of David’s office. this week, Nussbaum 201 is Tara’s base o’ operations. it’s quiet here, and if I’m in the mood to get work done, this is a good place to be. and when I’m ready to go, I just turn around and say, “Dave, let’s go.” =) I miss you, though, Chalupa.

am very much enjoying this weather… gray and misty/windy/rainy… this goes perfectly with Orff’s Carmina Burana, which I’ve been listening to for the last hour or so. it’s some great stuff. what could follow it? right now, I’m really wishing I had my Little Women the opera cd’s. they’re both 20th century, which means a little less tonal than most folks like, but *I* think they’d complement each other.

grr. I have to keep pressing the pause button to reset the audio buffer – iTunes is a resource hog, and I only have 256MB of RAM in this laptop. the result is a song and a half or so, then the crystal clear audio (through my nice headphones, not through the laptop speakers) turns into a crackly AM-style sound. thankfully, this pausing solution is only temporary. thanks to Mike, I just was able to order double that for $25 – go to NewEgg.com for cheap RAM, kids.

speaking of rain, guess who decided to go grocery shopping last night, right in the middle of the biggest downpour we’ve had in weeks? =) that’s right, the young Aukermans. we thought we had a party to go to tonight, so we were going to go pick up a few things and get the necessities (like milk and toilet paper and mascara). it poured the entire time we were out without letting up.

oops – turns out the party’s on for NEXT Friday, not tonight. still had fun shopping, though. it was like being back in college – do you remember running to the store late at night when no one sane shops and playing the games on the shelves (WalMart has a nuveaux-Atari thing sitting out)? it’s fun shopping with David, even though I normally hate shopping. thanks, D.

burritos tonight… mmm. until then, though, I have to get back to work. adios.