Today was lovely, bittersweet, and productive all at once. I got up surprisingly early (7:30) and so got through all my procrastination by 9:30, which is odd for me. Then I ate some oatmeal, took care of some business-type things, showered, etc., etc. and drove downtown, where I had a late lunch at Andale in the mall food court, then sat at Peet's for half an hour and wrote. The reason for my trip downtown was that I had a haircut and eyebrow wax scheduled -- the eyebrow wax was utterly necessary, since I was in Iowa and thus let them go, and was afraid to tweeze them for fear of incurring my waxer's wrath (she might...wax wrathful? ha).
As it turns out, though, it's a good thing I went in when I did; my usual stylist, whom I have seen for close to four years (first in Palo Alto and then up here), gave her notice last week and is moving back to the midwest on Sunday :( :( Yes, I gave that the ultra rare double frowny face. I'm not usually loyal to stylist types; she's the first one I ever went to twice. But she gives a great haircut, and more importantly I loved her; she grew up in Wisconsin and is only four years older than me, so we usually have all sorts of common ground. She's decided to move back to Minneapolis to be closer to her family and also drastically improve her standard of living -- and the similarities in our paths between the midwest and San Francisco were not lost on me. So, we said our goodbyes, and she introduced me to her roommate/fellow stylist in hopes that I would continue on with her...but we shall see.
After getting my hair cut (and she did a lovely final job), I went to Samovar and got hyped up on two masala chais while writing five pages of Ellie and Nick. They were on the verge of getting it on in Ellie's studio when I left them hanging; I'd promised myself that if I wrote five pages before six p.m., I'd go see a movie, since I hadn't seen one in ages. So I went to the Metreon and saw "Moonrise Kingdom", by my beloved Wes Anderson. It was just as odd and quirky as all his movies are, and I loved it more the longer I watched it. So, that was a lovely break -- I really should go see more movies (and see them during the day, rather than paying full price at night).
Post movie, I came home and should have written, but I procrastinated until now. So now I shall reread what I wrote today, make some notes about the upcoming scene (not that I need notes -- it all played, mildly pornographically, in my head (and you're welcome for the tmi)), and then get some sleep so that I can hit it hard (no pun intended) tomorrow. Goodnight!
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