Homemade ravioli
Don't get me wrong, it's far better than anything you buy out of a freezer. But I know it can be done better. I've done a number of dough recipes over the years, but they never achieve greatness.

Asus 901
If the original EEE was a novelty, this thing is damn near a fully functional laptop. It runs photoshop and the battery life is 5-8 hours as tested by yours truly. Also features a built in webcam if you ever wondered how lethargic and beat you appear while surfing the web all evening.

Stay on target
My subconscious is a nice dude, but goddamn, he's so terrified of this world tour he had me convinced I had cancer earlier this year (because if I'm sick, I can stay here where it's safe). Christ, how do you people with actual life trauma not kill yourselves? And how does an atheist with an interest in evolutionary psychology even give a damn? And why did the shrooms have to kill god? What did I ever do to you, shrooms?

Anyway, I'm over my budget goal, the only remaining challenges are getting the car registered and sold (I'd rather dump it in the ocean at this point), talking to the boss, and saying goodbye. My flight is on Nov. 3 if you weren't taking notes.

Work
I earned my salary for the year over the past month, that's for sure. I've even enjoyed the debugging process along with taking RF chip designers with pHd's to task. At best, though, all my work means you get slightly longer battery life on your cell phone, except you won't, because that power budget will be spent on bloatware. Ugh, how do I not kill myself? I know, I know, I sometimes get laid, am not in an unhappy, sexless marriage, and am about to go touristing for a year. Cormack McCarthy taught me that having to deal with that $500 credit card bill is better than having to fight off dead baby eating cannibals on a daily basis. Go to bed.