Chris

* Yay spontaneous New Yorkian trips by moominmolly and fennel!  I haven't seen them since I moved to Portland, so yay!  And yay for everything socially working out okay.  (M and R and I went to lunch on our own, then R went to work and the four of the rest of us went for chocolate.)

* I left my ring at home like a doofus, and it was driving me mad, so rosefox pointed out I could buy a new ring for now, so I did.  Simple metal ring on my right index finger, and suddenly this mental itch goes entirely away, hooray.

* I've been writing Yelp reviews.  I like reviews, and so I want to contribute.  I still get a bit anxy about what if I got it wrong - the perpetual tape running in the squirrel hive of my mind - but eh.  Worse=worst, someone decides to upbraid me for not seeing the beauty and wonder that is $place, and I look at them funny for thinking that yelling at me is the way to get me to open my eyes.

* Relatedly, when I compare The Strand to Powell's, Powell's wins by a mile and a half, even leaving out employee comparisons.  (Josh works in the warehouse, not in the store proper (to my knowledge), so this isn't a biased-by-my-boyfriend-omg thing.)

* My body fucking hates me and wants me to fucking suffer.  Of this I am convinced.

* Mmm, coffee.  Boo, insufficient coffee.