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Sunday
31 October 99
Halloween
11 54 am est
It was so delightful to see adventurous souls out in their costumes last
night. I so wanted to go out, but couldn't muster the energy after
a loud dinner of ten with family friends, and haven awoke at 5 30 am.
I didn't sleep much later today, but would definitely like to
celebrate the holiday this evening.
3 37 pm est
I oredered myself a goodie online from The Sharper Image two days ago.
The order form asked if I wanted a complimentary gift box so I saaid sure.
Then it asked what I wanted written on the card, so I typed in
Happy
Birthday!
5 24 pm est
I spent a decent part of the day online. I took over maintenance of the Bared
webring today.
Matthew and I have resumed spending
an obscene amount of time on the phone together. He says that my
being in Berkeley from Thanksgiving to
Christmas isn't enough, and I know that inside he means it, though he
passes off the statement as a joke. One of these days we will have
to seriously discuss our future. I never imagined that I would be
planning my living arrangements with my boyfriend at 21.
7 42 pm est
I know I'm not going to make it out tonight; I'm still on what I have come
to refer to as grampa time. I wake up before 7, and the time change does not
help. I will instead have a pinch of adventure with one of
Matthew's college friends, named Jason. Hopefully I can talk him
into telling me his life story...
11 27 pm est
I like Halloween because it is yet another excuse to celebrate. I had tea with five people, and it
brought me such joy to walk to the apartment and see all the children
loaded down with their bags of candy.
When I was little, my dad used to
take all of my candy at the end of the evening. He told my brother and I that "The Great Pumkin" came in the night
and took our candy, so we would go through our collection and save four
pieces and then my dad would take the rest and take it to work to pass
around the office. My dad told me that "The Great Pumkin" had a
huge pumpkin-shaped head and I used to always wonder how head could fit
his giant head in the door to take my candy. It was many years
before I learned that my dad took all my candy to work.
11 59 pm est
Woo hoo! I'm actually sqeeking my collabs in on time:
This month's collab for On
Display is to write about one of three pictures. I'm picking
the nature scene, and simply saying that it reminds me of my backpacking
trip with Matthew. We had a
majectic, magical trip. We knew hunger and exhaustion (though each
only for a short time) and we also knew the splendor of raw nature.
It was one of the 5 best vacations I have ever had:
This month's collab for Breasts of Doom is about one's bra experience. I didn't want a
bra, and was really embarassed by the idea of having to get one.
Eventually I had to have one. For the life of me, I cannot remember
when or where or how I got my first one. Oh wait, I have a vague
recollection. I remember (of course) going with my mom, and I
remember a very overweight sales lady. I was mortified because she
kept walking in while I was changing. I remember her saying that
one should lean over while putting on a bra. What nonsense!