my tuesday

hit the coffee house for just a house (no fancy concoctions today). luckily, there was one seat left open for me, so i proceeded to nestledown. nestledown, a new term i created, meaning "to arrange ones personal belongings outside of the home much like one would in the privacy of ones own home." or, put less delicately, "the act of arranging and spreading out all of your personal shit in a public area so as to take up as much space as possible while making yourself feel at home". notice the little brown crumbs on that tissue paper? that's just what was leftover from the hunk of dark chocolate i brought with me. with almonds--can't forget those.

then i began to make a list...the things i enjoy doing in one column and the things i don't enjoy doing in the other. try it--it's harder then you think, partly because you catch yourself wanting to censor what you really like or dislike.

next, i headed over to the manhattan beach farmer's market where i have been volunteering my time for the past three weeks. two small boys were pulling leaves down from a nearby tree and us ladies were discussing different ways to make them stop. my suggestion won much acclaim: "hey kids. did you know that santa claus is best friends with mother nature, and everytime you pull a leaf, santa puts one less present under the tree for you?"

at the end of my shift, i bring home one of these:

to put in one of these:

classy, huh? i think so. that was a good bottle of wine, too...no more than four bucks from our trusty friend trader joe.

after taking a short-lived nap, i played volleyball with my roommates for a couple hours and then here i am, post-shower, watching enemy of the state and writing these words. tomorrow is an important day because i start training for my new waitressing job in the early a.m. and then i'm attending a social networking event in the evening. i've already crafted a cheat sheet of all the interesting people who i want to talk with...a culinary artist, nutritionist, screenwriter/producer, and several personal trainers just to name a few. i'm sure they will be equally excited to talk with a...wait for it...waitress! fascinating.

wish me luck :)