back from the stone age ...

they said it would never happen, but i finally set up internet at the apartment. so this comes to you from the frozen north of burlington, where the temperature last night and this morning was supposed to reach the coldest lows in 23 years.

needless to say, when someone tells me it's going to be the coldest since i was two and a half months old, i heed their recommendations and stay curled up with movies, work and coffee - speaking of which, i feel a need to thank green mountain coffee roasters for their delightful gingerbread blend, which warmed both my body and spirit this morning. mmm ... java goodness ...

the next days hold a series events that will result in a lot of driving, mingling and hopefully general amusement. today is the great "paint the apartment" day, in which i have some home decorators (ok, my parents) traveling north to help me further beautify the apartment. i'm sure a trip to home depot will result in various new fun accents for the place. i'm probably heading down south this evening, as i will be attending a vermont journalism training session in rutland tomorrow. but after that, i'm back up north to attend a chi-chi reception at the flynn for my column ... then back to southern vermont because i'm working friday ... then, i believe, back up here for the rest of my column. good god, i'm tired just thinking of the driving ... but it should be fun, nevertheless.

i'm other amusement, i'm signed up to be an extra in a movie being filmed in rutland next week. the dork i am, i've always wanted to do something like that ... granted, in my ideal situation, i'd be starring in a movie, but i lack the, well, talent and experience to do so. and since my dc time came to a close without an extra stint on "the west wing," i think this could be a lot of fun. i just have to cheer as an audience member at the paramount ... why not, right? and i'm thinking i might propose to have the experience be the fodder for the following "a&tc" column. it'll be either that or the gavin degraw/michael tolcher/vaco show at uvm on the 23rd ...