it’s my personal belief that a person (i.e., me) should not hash through big decisions after about 9:30 pm. for some reason, the late hour heightens my already healthy (shall we call it) sense of the dramatic and dire. similarly, i try not to blog late at night – things seem to be a caricature of themselves, something like writing drunk, and it never looks pretty in the morning.

that being said, it’s been a while since i’ve written (or so it feels), and i have this sort of impatient need-to-write feeling. so i’ve decided to do a kind of free-write. 3 minutes of just jotting words that relate to my last few days. either things i’ve done or things i’ve thought of or whatever. here goes:

cupcakes, deadlines, airline tickets, holland, vermeer, bicycle, american idol, craigslist, rhyming, polka dots, phone calls, conference calls, to do lists, sharpies, conditioner, shampoo, avocado, trail mix, carbohydrates, pasta, breakfast, working out, ballet, dvds, england, wireless, wi fi, hi fi, vermont, concord, posters, packing, post office, california, bankrupt, jobs, uncertainty, friends, long-term plans, reading, library books, making lists, free-write, blog, scrabble, chat, facebook, mafia wars, loot, diamonds, white board, illustrations, emails, letters, cards, presents, cookies, brownies, stars, hearts, flowers, pancakes, syrup, eggs, salt, pepper, brain cancer, colon cancer, colonoscopy, hospital, anesthesia, carpools, wellesley, autumn, spring, summer, fall, winter, winter, winter, white, green, striped, the 1930s, harry connick jr, simon cowell, voting, democracy, internet, morality, infants, cognition, educational psychology, phd programs, wisconsin, cold, hot, texas, california, relaxing, tired, bedtime.