Reddit mentions of Rem Koolhaas. Elements of Architecture

I don't know whether to be happy or not (even tho it's Thurs). In the NE, with this weather we're having this week, it's difficult to function; I can't even think straight this morning; and I have to get ready for work—stat! The good news is, today we have a reprieve (of a sorts), as it's slightly cooler and overcast. Also, after buying three "modern" table lamps for my new apt over the last month, I am almost completely set up to read, study, write, and edit at the drop of a hat, with perfect lighting, at any time, day or night. (Yes, that's a goal.)

Dating, unfortunately, is completely on the back burner. Still haven't called it quits with my PT GF. We are supposed to talk on the phone this weekend. That's the closest she's willing to get. (That should say something right there, eh?) There is a meetup on Saturday that I desperately want to go to, run by M, who is famously social, fun, and sexy, and to whose meetups dozens of people my age regularly flock. However, the timing is bad: smack dab in the middle of the worst heat index time frame prediction of the entire week; so I'm not going—too dangerous for my health.

In other good news, I got my car back from the shop ($2,000, but the 80,000-mile maintenance found some problems)—yay, and the stereo system in my new apt is finally wired for Airplay in all of the four big rooms. Four months on, my new apt is very close to being perfect.

Hopefully I can work on the novel and get some cleaning done while staying in during the weekend's heat wave.

A bit lonely, but happy to be listening to Bartok Quartets today, and thrilled with the purchase of Elements of Architecture from the Strand in NYC recently, one of the best books I've ever purchased. Yes, expensive, but at over 2000 pages, the price per page is a steal!!