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Daydreaming might actually come in handy today. I'm doing a one-day temp assignment for a high-rent consulting firm, providing support for the company's chief actuary. The man's really nice, but doesn't really need the support. He could have easily gotten along without me. But he's got a big project due this afternoon and wanted someone around just in case. No skin, as they say, off my nose. The interesting thing is that he's already got a person in the company's word-processing center dedicated to the project, so I'm just so much eye-candy, sitting here outside his office trying to look efficient and busy.

Again, though, no complaints from me. I'm being paid pretty well to sit here like a lump.

I've been kinda debating the merits of these one-day temp assignments. I suspect that if I continued doing them, my life would never ever be dull (well, at least the morning commute to work would never become routine - dull is another matter; witness the fact that I'm writing this in the middle of the work day 'cuz my boss is off at a meeting and even he admits there's nothing for me to do), but that the constant uncertainty of having a job from day to day would be maddening. I'll see, I guess. All depends on whether or not the folks at the temp agency can find me continuing gigs.

It's not exactly shaping up to be a lovely weekend here in the city. They're calling for more rain... it was supposed to clear by Sunday but now, according to accuweather.com, it's going to rain on Sunday as well. I was hoping to see Measure for Measure at the Dellacorte Theater this weekend, but if it's going to rain, there's probably not too much chance of that.

My other project for the weekend is quick cash... I happen to have a number of old DVDs with me here in NYC, so I'm thinking about finding a place that buys used DVDs and selling them off for cash to tie me over 'til payday next week. Not that I'm trying to wish my life away or anything, but I'm looking forward to when the current lean times are over. Should be in a couple weeks, if everything works out. Once it's all over, I'm considering writing a book called New York on a Dime a Day. It'll feature a combination of a lot of free stuff and a lot of staying in, believe you me. Anyone know the details of selling blood? Wouldn't work. I've lost so much weight recently that I don't doubt the loss of one pint of blood would make me pass out. That would be attractive, wouldn't it?

By the way, check out the picture of the building to the right. I can see it from my desk on the 30th floor of the 6th Avenue building I'm working in. The detail's not great, but I love the roof and cupola on top. Looks like a bell tower. For some reason, I'm thinking this is a famous building, but I just can't place it. Anyone recognize it?