in no particular order: free love? hair as a defining characteristic. jamal who asked for me by name. convincing joel, who took the call, that i've never known anyone named jamal in my life. awful lyrics. hilarious website. hundreds of pages of history reading; 12 federalist papers. ("do you have to seem sentimental to be sentimental?") chub. a left-over tray of sushi. a meeting of my sclp group, amusing for 12 girls, 11 of whom are white, 6 of whom are jewish, 4(?) of whom are queer; all of whom are good, sensitive liberals who speak in carefully tactful questions, and invariably wear solid colored shirts of red, blue, purple, or white. vegan chocolate-chip bread. stefanie suddenly faint, revived by my fetching water and general fussing. memories of last nite's red-eyed garret: "i don't even know who jesus is!"

passing two bowls around the table at paces, our student-run (this year, jolly-run) cafe -- one filled w/ squash soup, the other not. dropping the bowl instinctively in front of elena, ruby's quasi-bunny, when targeted by the paces staff for smoking ("hey!" she protests.)(she went home this weekend to see her quasi-bunny. i asked ruby if he cared or if anything was declared. "what the fuck do i care?" grinned he.) 20 oz of diet coke, not obtained at paces b/c they're out of sodas, not to mention spoons, milkshakes, mocha, and champagne, half of which they spilled all over the floor. talk of a jaunt to iceland over fall break. when is fall break, anyway? adirondacks first. sure...