by fiat! train tickets to new york! opera tickets for la traviata! tickets for nyc ballet! birds all in hand. of course, going to kill addy because she has orchestra seats for la boheme on tuesday and i'll be back here by then. what's more, she did try to call me when she was at the lincoln centre yesterday morning buying tickets, but i was refusing to answer the phone because i was zaoing class. on the otherhand, if i weren't zaoing class i wouldn't have been here to answer the phone anyway, so it was a no-win situation. yen asked what i wanted to do. probably be touristy and see the sights, and get more of those black and white cookies! addy swears they're common as bagels in nyc, but here they are xi1 wu4, and if i get addicted i'll bring a small hoard back. should start looking for addy's address and figure out how to get from train station to her place, which is probably more organised than when addy and yeenteck came and only called me to find out my address when they arrived in cville! i really am pleased to be seeing yen and addy! we'll talk till 5 in the morning and be noisy! (when yen came, we tried to talk late, except that on the second night i fell asleep on her, more or less. i plead a long stressful week.) and oh! yen has just read anne fadiman! heh. you're one of us now, yen! should look for the anne fadiman vocab list to quiz people with. does anyone remember su-lin's list of funny definitions too? someone send it to me. all i remember were paludal - a friendly udal. ithyphalic - a sexy fish. and apozemical - related to sun spots or skin problems of the gods. and retromingent! - a nifty dance step! a brand of deodorant! how is it i can remember her definitions better than the real ones?