yesterday was my best friend's birhtday. she took the morning off and i bought her breakfast, where i saw her do something i imagine i shall never see again and have been sworn not to speak of... but let's just say my inner commentary was all about how i could still never be a vegetarian.
over lunch we discussed her upcoming galavant about europe. i am set on buying her a birthday gift that will aid in her travels next month... i have to say here that i am both believably envious and really really excited for her. 7 weeks abroad, primarily solitary is a brave move. my great hope is that while she is there she will finally convince herself that spending a year or so there studying is worth any amount of money despite what may or may not come of it in the end. the life experience alone - at the risk of sounding corny and cliched - is/will be indeed priceless. there's everything to be learned from immersing yourself in another culture for an extended period of lifetime, even if it's simply that you're happier right here at home.
nevertheless, i digress. once i had all but polished my plate of really incredible corned beef hash and eggs, we set off to the big, schmancy mall up the road with the big, schmancy apple store where with the aid of the aforementioned best friend, my loving parents, and my russian's student i.d. i finally became the proud owner of my own ipod mini. it would seem to make more sense that someone who worships music as i do should hold out until apple produces the 4000G model, but the more i mulled it over, the more overwhelming it became. so as not to be a glutton, i just got the mini and figured i would simply have to learn to control my audio appetite.
then, with the ruski's help, i persuaded k to skip out on her half-day of work and go to the movies with us instead. while merely ok by gilliam standards, the brothers grimm was rather fun and worth the afternoon spent on it. were i a critic compelled to compose a review for the sake of my livelihood, it would go something like this: gilliam put some hot guys in a pretty, if not slightly shallow film so he could make some quick money to finally get around to finishing his don quixote masterpiece. and god bless him for it!
but good movie or bad, i still convinced my best friend to skip work and it ate at her conscience throughout it i could tell. but i stand firmly by my stance: it WAS her birthday, and she's quitting that damn soul-eating job in a month anyway. so fuck it!
the rest of the night, i left my cell phone off, played with my new toy, finished a good book, and continuing through this very moment, hid from the world.
with my russian.
after i had put away entirely too much really incredible kosher corned beef hash and eggs, we took a trip to the apple store where she aide
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