matchstick girls.

Today I am going to write a new story.

Yesterday I met a guy who takes his typewriter to Haight Street and writes poems for people on a sliding scale. They are the only people who own those words. I wanted to ask him for one but I don't have cash and plus I want to do exactly what he was doing.

My new thing for yesterday was going with Max to go check out a motorcycle. It was a funny experience.

I read Three Bags Full yesterday and Wintergirls today. I am going through a book a day. No wonder I am always buying more books.

It's ancient common sense.

I'm almost done with finals! I only have one more. I also have a stack of stories to read for tomorrow. Lots of things to do. I also forgot to do laundry on Sunday. So I bet I will run out before the week is over.

You know what's weird? When all of your soaps run out in unison. Conditioner, shampoo, bar soap, face wash... all at once. It's an interesting condition. That happened recently and I wanted to talk about it on here, because it happens to me kind of often!

What was my new thing today?

Oh yes, that's right.

I don't ever talk about reading books as my new thing because I often read books and that doesn't necessarily mean they are a new thing, but they don't always change my ideology on things.

I read Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman. Everyone should read this book...

It re-taught me something I already kind of knew... that community is importan

t. Community change is just as important as world change. You don't have to think so large that you get lost, and I think that's an important lesson.

So that's my new thing for today. The book is about 90 pages long and it's good like that. It makes me want to write. All good books make me want to write my own good book. Maybe that's happening. Maybe I will blog about it.

Oh oh. We've got eyes like Oklahoma.

Bookmooch came through! I got my CW professor Karen Joy Fowler's book in the mail.

It's an uncorrected proof, and a different title! I already like the first 50 pages, and it is difficult to read it without picturing her. But that's okay, I think.

I love bookmooch! Everyone should join Bookmooch.com. You sign up your books and then you can request other books! You should do it. Really. And it's free!

Wooooo I'm going to go reeeead.

I've always listened to my critics.

I have two days worth of new things to update you on.

Two?

Yes, two.

First of all, I got a new chair in my room. It is burnt orange and comfy, and it was given to me by Anthony, who got it for free from the thrift store his grandmother works at. Two days ago, my new thing was to sit down in my new chair, put my feet up, drape myself in my Linus blanket, and read for an hour. I came out of it with the clear head and warm fuzziness that only such an act could bring. Have you tried reading for an hour in a new chair with a Linus blanket? It is divine - add a box of Scotchmallows from See's Candy and I think I would have reached the apex of life.



So that was two days ago.

And yesterday, I tried my hand at making buffalo chicken wings. My mouth just salivated thinking about them - I fried a half pound of chicken legs in that wondrous silver machine and then doused them in buffalo sauce made via the Pioneer Woman Cooks, and I felt happy and alive. I won't feel so alive for much longer if my fried food intake doesn't slow, but I am happy to report that the deliciousness factor of my life has raised an incredible, unknowable amount.



Gilligan's Island update: I think my favorite character is Mr. Howell. And I'm either getting dumber, or the show is getting better - by the eighth episode, they have definitely hit a stride.

Today's new thing? Unknowable. It's only noon!