already apologising...

i know i haven't been on the ball since my return from oz, and believe me, i want to be, but in addition to the standard catching up i expected, shopping for a new laptop is killing me. i haven't done it in years, plus, we're post-vacation-broke.
i feel like there's no point in buying a new machine if it's not what i want, because even the "cheap" ones are expensive, and since things become obsolete so fast, i want it to have decent capabilities to at least marginally keep up with future advances. and even so, i'm not looking for a lot in comparison with the options offered, but fuck, this shit is expensive!
so i'm spending my time relearning lines and using grims' machine whenever he isn't to try to buy a new one.
i'll start blogging again once i actually order the computer, but for right now, it's about all i can manage to work through the email backlog, get life jumpstarted again, find a gig, and make sure i'm ready for shakespeare tomorrow morning...
if you're reading this as a friend of mine, or just a good person who likes words, please go visit jj in purgatory because i haven't had time to check in and i need somebody to make sure he's ok...
walk good.