today -- 1000 words or more

ok, i've deleted this post because it was just too damn long. lemme summarize.

1) the day started out crappy. a mouth full of coffee grounds. i'm considering getting a new coffee maker b/c a mouth full of coffee grounds is unacceptable.

b) had surprise number 1 of the day, see previous post. this city is kinda small. but it's not as big as some people like to think it is.

c) but my day really started to pick up after i did my good deed for the day. i helped this stranger whose books had fallen out of a crate on her bike and into the crosswalk. i can't believe two people walked by her before i stopped. the point of this is not to pat myself on the back, but to say, hey, wtf! it was also kinda a lesson to me that i started to feel so much better afterwards. maybe there's a point to being nice. i don't mean to sound self-serving it's just ... when you start to look at the world as a happier, hey let's help each other kind of place, then maybe you start to feel that way inside, too.

4) soon after the books in the crosswalk incident, ran into a friend at the gym. she's been in the phillipines all summer, so it was good to see her. we made plans to go out tomorrow night, so this was a pleasant surprise.

ok this is the abbreviated version.