after several 90-degree days, the temperature dropped to 51. i had been kicking myself for hastiness in bringing all my summer clothes home over break, and now the summer is upon us and nothing fit to wear. all those linen skirts languishing at home, and nothing here but wool skirts and preppy pleated skirts. back to sweater weather now. put my laundry in the washing machine, made myself a bowl of ochazuke with leftover rice from last night, and sat down to listen to the news and check my mail. von showed up two hours later to collect his towel. he presented me with a usps envelope and was met with the usual question: is it something edible? in the envelope was a food guide, photocopies of various interesting poems and papers, and his "weeds" notecards which i have been trying to nick for a long time. "i'm getting rid of stuff," he says. then he was caught by a sudden rain and stayed in my kitchen looking for apartments and pickup trucks on ebay motors while i went back to my room to get on with the generals reading. he screwed my broken laptop frame back together, while he was at it, genius boy.