this was excellent.

1 - how much were your noise cancelling headphones? i have an inkling to just load my rhapsody player with white noise and not have to hear anything ever again.
2 - i'm going to get a $300 mini laptop so i can scribble in e.g. restaurants
3 - i found a hamptons last victorian hotel in long island with ocean views for $50 a night. it looks like this:
(http://pics.livejournal.com/skinface/pic/0007dx83/)