jul 16 - 11:30ish



my hair is still damp.

sitting here in pajamas and thick socks, cold skin and a wet head on a sunday night... i feel like i should have just come from watching 'wonderful world of disney' with a small dollop of ice cream and a drop of chocolate syrup. i am ten years old.

my head is wet with rain. it is deliberate. i never pulled the hood up; i didn't want to. tonight i walked out in the heavy twilight rain, initially to drag the recycling bin down the long drive to the curb.

i don't know why. maybe because it seems so long since we've had a good rainshower, maybe i needed cooling off, or maybe i just felt in need of a good clean baptizing. whatever the reason, i stood in wet grass and turned my face to the open ocean of sky.

i couldn't get wet enough, it felt so... free and clean and pure and... vital. i let the drops run down my face, in my hair, down my neck and chest. for at least a little while tonight, i was purified.

but i have an inkling my neighbor peeking out his front door just thought i was psycho.

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i have to say. this really felt like a long relaxing weekend for me. woo. can't remember the last time i had that.

although, the best thing i could say about impulsively attending the capitol hill block party yesterday is that at least there was sunshine to go with all the prime people watching. otherwise, it was a rather sad excuse for a 'festival.' i think there were about three vendor booths and one humongous beer garden with obnoxiously screaming boys on stage. ick. the price for impulsive whims, i suppose. luckily my good-humored friends more than made up for it. we dove into a brewery as soon as we could. and i got to see my crushboy morning dj up close. gotta love when that happens.

and today... i simply slept in. really slept in. till eleven in the morning! that is just a feat for this girl (patting myself on the back for a job well done).

and the rest of the day, i'm just gonna have to chalk it up to the unusual start i had, because i was soooo good. i'm talking laundry (multiple loads!), grocery shopping (multiple bags! with food staples even!), cat grooming (which i must say was totally not appreciated by senor alphonse). hell, i even cooked. and i even found time to relax and rent a couple movies (another thing i haven't done in forever. and for now i'll just say... i haven't yet decided my take on 'the tao of steve'... hmmmmm).

so. did i miss something? how did i manage to sleep until almost afternoon and yet STILL find time for extensive home attention stuff AND significant veg time to boot? was there a blip in the cosmos i missed hearing about? can i always have this kind of sunday? please? just a thought...

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and last but not least. the perfect capper to my weekend: they arrived! all scrumptiously magnificent five of them! yes, it's true. the buffy tapes are in the building! two seasons worth! i can hardly wait (rubbing hands together).

a big humongous muaahh! to the sparkly goddess of all things magical and right in the world for sending them to the hulamoons compound. now get your booty up here so we can watch them! pronto!