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