happy PI DAY!

i've done lots of tedious, boring, probably pointless work today thus far. i've declared it is now time to take a break. i made a list of things that i need to do before par-tay-time tonight - mostly involving a little last-minute straightening up in the house, and stopping off at stores to pick up stuff. i need to get PRIZES for the party tonight. i generally feel a smidgen simple/retarded when i give prizes for stuff at parties, but it always turns out to be a huge hit. people like to win stuff, in general. we have an old TV that we need to get rid of - i only-halfway-jokingly told scott that i am going to make the tv the door prize. if anything, just to say: "and the winner is so-and-so! you've won a 30" screen color TV!!!" - much in the way of a game show announcer. but maybe some people don't want a TV. hmm. i guess there's a problem. julie and i are going to franklin's pub after work to pick out prizes. in addition to being a sit-down pub/restaurant, they have a general store which sells odd microbrews and weird imported beer, but also crazy hot sauces... and they have a whole room devoted to repro toys, weird games, retro candies, gag gifts, and just strange stuff. and cheap. perfect for random party prizes. i think i will make people vote and i'll give prizes for tastiest pie, most creative, and then a randomly drawn door prize. or maybe i'll just keep all the prizes for myself. we'll see just how dorky i am feeling when the time comes.

so that's that.

in other news, i am currently trolling freecycle to find some discarded windows. i'd like to make my cold-frame box on sunday, if i can. pretty soon it will be warm enough that i won't need one. i am also obsessively entering a contest to win a free composter. the contest is on the gardening blog - which i won't reveal the name of, because i selfishly don't want the competition taking away from my chances to win. !! i am not very nice that way. but i can enter once a day until march 31. then i'll tell you if i win. the composter is one of those barrel-kind that you crank to turn the goop inside. and it's rat-proof so any templetons in the neighborhood won't be able to gorge on the garbage:

"A fair is a veritable smorgasbord-orgasbord-orgasbord,
after the crowds have ceased.
Each night when the lights go out
it can be found on the ground all around...
Oh, what a ratly feast!"

i have always liked templeton. he's a rat who tells it like it is. a straight-shooter, if you will.

other plans for the weekend include: a baby shower on saturday, and a long training walk on sunday. in between times i want to fiddle around in the yard.