*shalom from the holy land, minneapolis. so many jews, so little time. except not really at all.
*i saw something somewhere about how in order to really know yourself you have to be willing to step outside of your comfort zone, but that doesn't apply to me because it implies that you have a comfort zone to begin with. maybe i just haven't found a comfort zone to step out of. i'll work on that.
*my friends just got a puppy. it pees and poops a lot and it's pretty cute. here are my choices for what they should name her: melba toast, beezus, aunt melba, celery, shlomi, fenfen, levitra (this was my genius idea that they promptly turned down), thelonius, or doctor who. they only like some of my suggestions. miles is rooting for minerva but that's just sick.
*today water leaked all over the shakespeare books (sorry mom and dad) at the bookhouse. something about snow melting through the ceiling. we lost a bunch of good things and a bunch of things i was hoping to get rid of.
there was also water damage on a book of photographs of famous people in the bathtub. in a way, it was a self-fulfilling prophecy.
*one more grad application to go, baby.
*finally, i'm having my bimonthly (and what i mean by that is once every two months and not twice a month) gender dysphoria. this manifested itself in a manic shopping spree in which i purchased three tops, three pairs of shoes, a necklace, earrings, and goggles (the goggles aren't part of the dysphoria, silly. those are for swimming.) i am growing more and more tired of passing as an 18 year old straight girl. i didn't like being 18 the first time and i don't want to do it again. i am stuck in the middle: too little energy to try and dress like a straight person my age and too much fashion-sense to dress like a lesbian. i know, my life is hard. naturally buying a ton of clothes was the answer to my problems.
*this week's reading material: on the golden porch by tolstaya and black ice by lorene cary
*to celebrate the first day of spring (today), please listen to: spring is here by nina simone
