tonight is actually krewe de vieux, the first major parade of mardi gras, but i've been going out so much that i needed some time at home to listen to music and read magazines and drink tea. an hour from now i will be dancing to dj matty's jams at saturn bar, and then to bounce at st. roch, but at the moment i'm moving slower than molasses in january (a yankee expression if ever there was one).
it was a beautiful day to picnic in audubon park. rebecca and i threw bread while debating ethics, poetry, comedy, and physics. it's really great to have a friend with so many mutual interests. i'm can say with certainty that rebecca could capably discuss any topic, or if she was ignorant, she could pay due attention. she's charming, resourceful, sensitive, a sartorial inspiration, and an unabashed hoofer.
it's not that my other besties don't share these qualities, but for the most part, they live far away, like panda/amanda in boston. you're only getting a small sample of her handiwork in the above picture, and not even a full sentence. things i really miss about panda are her singing, her giggles and trash talk, the way she pets my head, and her go-for-it enthusiasm for writing and romance. amanda is the only person i trust to tell me if a garment isn't doing me any favors.
my other girls in boys, in chicago and st. louis, seattle and san francisco, new york and vienna -- i miss when we all pretty much lived in the same city. nights around the kitchen table, drinking tea and giving feedback on freewrites. pretentious art projects. laborious multi-course breakfasts. pizza party sleepovers. living room dances. hard to believe it's never going to be like that again.
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