talktalktalk starting early this morning (til 4 a.m.) w/ lana about the evening we'd spent w/ liz and jay at liz's house, watching gentlemen prefer blondes. then today she and i zoomed off in an effort to relive the summer, hopping from store to store buying cheese and pens with which to assemble the world's greatest bday present for miss liz (viz., a basket full of cheese and pens.) then we hopped over to her house where we found her away, though her lovely little sister xandra was there to let us in.
not to be dissuaded, we capitalized on liz's absence by decorating the basket further, placing it on her pillow, and decking the house, particularly the stairway up to her room, with cute signs pointing the way. theme, in lana's words: "a birthday is fun!"

quite clever. also we chilled in b&n, reading for about an hour. i've decided i won't buy LOTR III, i'll just go round to various places reading parts of it til i'm done. i still need to drop off film, apply for jobs, work out the summer and such. i made myself a little list this morning. felt industrious and organized. also read the secret journals and chuckled.