i have four friends here (but they are pretend friends): one guy who sees me in the laundry room and calls me laundry lady if he sees me outside of the laundry room, like at the grocery store, a yoga instructor, and two car salesman, one of whom made me talk to myself while he laughed--i mean he really cracked up.

i have been reading:

heredities by j. michael martinez

adverbs by daniel handler

so much jean valentine, but my favorite is pilgrims

de rerum natura, lucretius

cicero by anthony everitt