i'm looking forward to the next four months at home. so that i'll have time to relax and hopefully think. and metamorphosize. i've been on airplanes way too much this year. too many airports. too many one serving friends. not that i ever talk to anyone on the plane. i'm gonna try to jettison some socialness. and in turn, learn to live with myself. so help me out. don't do anything fun from now until december. actually, we're going to vegas next weekend. my path to personal enlightenment is repeatedly blocked by bright lights and the whine of airborne death traps.