As of Friday

I'm on the type of vacation described here.

Since about 5-something p.m. Friday, I have:

• Watched 2.5 episodes of The Wire.

• Had three vivid dreams about gang violence.

• Had two vivid dreams about work.

• Traveled to New Jersey, home of the world's smallest and least necessary escalator:

• Eaten Mexican food once.

• Declared myself to be on a one-woman mission to bring this gesture back into common use (I applied it thrice on Saturday alone).

• Drunk somewhere between one and many glasses of wine.

• Worn pants twice.

• Watched Kaw for a second time.

• Begun to develop a minor obsession with these people.

Though I'm intent on purchasing and consuming at least one can of Easy Cheese -- the Wikipedia entry for which amuses me greatly -- this week, I do expect this to be a period of relative good health. I will get adequate sleep. I will exercise moderately. I will eat fruit. I will drink water. I will try not to get angry at morons.

And now, armed with several new songs on MY IPHONE, I will go for a leisurely stroll.