i took a vacation day today just to clear my head, and my office, of the junk of the last few weeks. i'm not sure it helped, but it felt good to just laze around the house and finish random projects that were started probably last time i took a day off. actually i finished a video project for my father. part of me really enjoys doing this, the other part of me wanted to proved to myself how badly i need a mac. unfortunately the test was inconclusive, although i still think i need a mac. the video turned out nicely even for an amateur using a PC - of course it will only play on windows media player so then again maybe my test was conclusive after all.