zoo ahoy

it has been in the sixties in boston this week. i'm furious. mostly at myself, because i take this as a sign that i should have gone back east earlier than two days before school starts. but also at boston.

that said, i am having an awesome time at home. my mom just made cookies, i've seen my horse every day since i got back from portland, and i have a series of adventures lined up for every day before i leave. yesterday it rained, so i went to see juno (hated it, see entry regarding amelie) and bought a new hat on west portal - this was an adventure because going to the movies by yourself is always an adventure, and i don't usually wear hats. today i'm going to call lizzy and go to the zoo. tomorrow, i'm going to the cartoon art museum to see the edward gorey/dracula exhibit. did you know that edward gorey illustrated t.s. eliot's old possum's book of practical cats, which was the basis for the musical? well. he also did a series called the gashlycrumb tinies (this version will help you with your spanish!). my favorite is "n is for neville, who died of ennui":

oh man, i just got really excited about going to the comic art museum. but not as excited as i am about going to the zoo. i'm a little worried because getting into the zoo is going to cost money, and then i know i'm going to want a snack or a stuffed animal or something - i just cannot do something like go to the zoo without getting a souvenir, but i'm going to limit myself to a postcard because when the aquarium opens back up i am absolutely getting a stuffed invertebrate - and i also know that i'm going to want to buy an edward gorey thing tomorrow if only to show off to the professor who assigned dracula this semester and suddenly my adventures are racking up kind of a price tag. but once i get to boston i'm not going to have time for any adventures, and the only thing i spend money on is food and the occasional movie anyway. and beer, i guess. occasionally. although whenever i go out with nathaniel he pays for everything. i think he might have weird ideas of what modern chivalry consists of.

friday i'm doing laundry and cleaning out the cookie jar. if you've ever seen the amount of laundry i can accumulate, you will know that this is an adventure.