so am i the last one to find out that as of aug. 24 pluto is no longer considered a planet because of it's lack of self gravational pull and more crap like that?!?

so now under the new guide-lines there are only 8 planets and as cal-tech put it,

"pluto has been voted off the island!"

yow-zas!

booo! my 5th grade styrofoam science project is now a lie!

a LIE i tell you!

CLICK ME! bye-bye Pluto!

i moved to harlem.

hey, for half the rent, you'd move too!

and let me just say i love that the produce guy in my local bodega feels no shame pausing in the middle of restocking peaches to eat a peach himself. maybe i'll just get bananas.

actually, i love NYC in general.

i love that the two middle age men that came to install my roomie's TV were having an argument over who was cooler: kevin or justin. as in kevin federline or justin timberlake. what are they--12 year old girls?

i love that my neighbor feels the need to inform me of all the local gossip regardless of whether i'm in a hurry or not. oh no she didn't...oh yesss she did!

and i love that last night my final memory of 9/11/06 was not of the necessary sadness that overwhelmed the day but instead it was overhearing my neighbor's sing happy birthday to a little girl named hannah.

to my NYC friends:

as you tell me your personal 9/11 stories i wonder how i'm suppose to respond to the deep sadness in your voices.

so i just listen.

and maybe that's ok.

but please know even though i was 2,500 miles away, my heart...and everyone else's...was breaking too.


to everyone else:

if you're going to light a candle

or say a prayer for the deceased---who are in a better place

...please don't forget the living still trying to navigate through this space.