1. Sweated. We are currently having a heat wave and it is 90 degrees Fahrenheit, which, in Celsius, translates to fucking hot. Now, I realize that this is where all of you Canadian-types are going to tell me to shut my mouth because it snowed today, but, honestly, I almost would prefer the cold at this point. At least I would get to wear a fabulous coat, likely a floor-length, blue velvet one.
2. Went all the way to Silver Lake for coffee. This is not rational behaviour for several reasons. Firstly, it takes at least an hour of traveling eastwards on the bus to get to Silver Lake. Secondly, as one travels east in Los Angeles, it gets noticeably hotter because you are moving away from the ocean and basically into the desert. Thirdly, coffee? Today? During a heatwave? Apparently, yes. But let me tell you – that cappuccino from Intelligentsia was pretty much the most delicious thing I have ever consumed. I tried to describe it to Sam and the best I could come up with was “It doesn’t even taste like coffee – it tastes like . . . love. And candy.” And this was just a cappuccino. Plain. No sugar, nothing. I have a bag of Black Cat at home, but I cannot reproduce whatever fucking magic those hipster baristas are channeling. So an hour of bus into the desert was worth it because that coffee is probably made with the secret involvement of unicorns.
3. Decided that I need to stop being so bitter. This past week, I have been kind of unreasonably angry about everything that ever happened with that guy, and I need to stop. I need to stop because it is probably aging me prematurely, and is definitely giving me a stiff neck, and he is really, really not worth being angry over because he will get his when he dies alone, with only his collection of Guitar Hero controllers for company, because he has alienated everyone in his life. It felt really good to say that just now, actually, even though it was a mean and horrible thing to say. Maybe I need to start saying things like that and then maybe I will be less angry. I don’t even know why I’m angry right now. I wasn’t angry for weeks and now I’m just filled with immeasurable amounts of rage. I need to, like, sleep with somebody, somebody who’s not him, as a cleansing ritual. But at any rate, I’m tired of being angry and bitter. It was fun and constructive for a while, but has ceased to be so.
4. Found an amazing, amazing dress at Ragg Mopp vintage in Silver Lake – 50′s, really good condition (well, it was missing one shoulder pad, but seriously, who wears shoulder pads?), brown, in a shiny brushed cotton, with amazing bias-cut stripey detailing. Maybe I will model it and post pictures, because it’s truly wonderful.
Oh, and in case you missed it/don’t obsessively check Flickr, yesterday I found an important historical document.