it was jen’s birthday last night (happy 24th + love to her), so i took her out to dinner at doughboys, which was delicious as usual. got some tasty cake and caught up on the inter-social-circle gossip, which is an occasional necessity in both cases. my appetites for both were well fed.

this morning, i am building up nervousness for interview part two: cruise control. it’s like i beat the first boss battle last week and was feeling victorious, but then i just got to the next level where a bigger, more important boss awaits, who is bigger and scarier and has more special moves. i’m feeling confident because i have lots of ammo left but if i screw up then it’s game over, man. (sorry to get all gamer on you this early in the morning. nerd city.)

surprisingly though, i’m finding solace in the new kanye west single ‘diamonds’, which is totally out of character for me — radio rap tracks? on this computer? — but which i have to say i’m finding comfortingly dope. i may have to get this album, even.

wait: comfortingly dope? can i say that?