the other day i posted something of my excitement for next fall in montreal...some unknown left a message/comment stating "stay...don't go" - i have an idea who this may be...perhaps my latvian princess? i don't know and am not sure...but it began me thinking (in between projects and readings right now) about the ties that bind us to one another and the strength of such ties. i have heard myself in conversation after another these past weeks saying that friendship is not based on proximity. neither is it really based on time...i hold dear to me friends that are thousands of miles away, and when i see them it is as though time never passed since the last time we met. also there are those people we meet and in one instant it is as though we have known them our whole lives. these are the friends that are rare and essential. neither time/place...

ugh...i need to get back into the flow of school. i think that i have probably consumed some sort of alcoholic beverage every day since i returned from california - on varying degrees of consumption, mind you, but nonetheless...but last night was matty-matt's birthday, so we had to go out and have at least one beer...anyhow, i shall suffer today, since i had to return and finish my readings for today's discussion. i hate watching the sun come up...