well! i'm back in galynker country, sitting in ben's mom's house's basement w/ ben & ross. ben drove up and back (like lana did lo those many months ago to falconridge ...) this time at the end of the journey we were greeted by the wooden house on the island that up til that point i only sorta believed existed. well! not only is it there, it is as beautiful as advertised, in a totally remote tiny little town, surrounded by water that ben revealed is only blue b/c it reflects the sky (friends, even if, as per the "transmogrification" conversation below, you think i'm dippy, i hope you realize i'm not that dumb.) (and for the record, i remembered it was "transubstantiation" 15 minutes into the carride but there was nothing i could do about it then.)
anyway, we had a fabulous parent-free time about which i will expound at length later. so, doubtlessly, will they. it will yet another postmodern metameta thing. i can't wait. for now, i need to sleep. tomorrow we head into the city for jazz at noon, featuring ross's grandfather, and then ross and i train it out of here. i'm getting back in time for shabbes dinner. saturday i'm accompanying judah, my little brother, to his and my first high skool football game. he had his first day of his new (publik) skool yesterday and he called me in the mountains, exuberant at how well it'd gone. thank god, thank god. they allowed him a schedule of virtually all the things he likes: computers, math, and science. my dad is apparently still stewing about lawsuits. i doubt that'll happen. who has the energy, let alone the time? it's more important for judah to just get on w/ things -- that seems to be the consensus.

so! last note: i now have another blog as well, a joint one: hesitant firmness. the four of us represent all four regions of the country: ne, s, midwest, and west. we're all collegiate and friendly and much fun should be had by all.