today i woke up late, because i still hadn't worked out how to use my new alarm clock . after fiddling around with it for a bit, i realised that the 'alarm' button, when in a depressed state, will not ring at the next set time; it must be released in order to do so . but when i found this out, and released the button, it wouldn't stop ringing, even though the alarm was set for several hours prior, so i gave up and pushed it down again . pressing and releasing the button, watching it go up and down, is very satisfying, kinetically, aurally, visually .
i spent a few hours in the morning working on this site, which meant i almost missed the film i had bought tickets to see with friends, the arch (zw: 董夫人) . i enjoyed it a lot . afterwards, we ate pizza and pasta at some fancy western place in a park; we couldn't work out why the woman had killed the chicken .
after i went home, i avoided working on my chinese homework to instead work on this site . i wrote a list of things i still need to do . i thought about some things i need to plan, and avoided doing so . i thought about how i need to send several rolls of film off for processing, and order some summer clothing . i sent off some messages, and replied to a few emails from my backlog, and will try to get to the rest of them over the next few days .