Midway along the journey of our life, I woke to find myself in a dark wood.

"You are not alone, you know," I said. "I think many people at some point in their life feel darkness around them, as if they have fallen from the hand of God, slipped through His fingers onto the rocks below. I believe Dante felt that too. I think his great talent somehow made it harder for him. As if more was expected of him because so much was given. But if he could find his way back again, so can we all." -Sarah Dunant, THE BIRTH OF VENUS

fucking awesome book. definitely going to read IN THE COMPANY OF THE COURTESAN next. but then Harry Potter, I swear! ok... truth be told, i've been reading the first Harry Potter book at work, but only a bit at a time as i feel incredibly guilty about reading on the job, despite the fact that it's usually when i've worked my ass off and have nothing left to work on. realized tonight that my job is this: work hard all week long, organizing & alphabetizing section. take off Friday/Saturday. come in Sunday to find that it's all completely fucked up. work hard all week long, organizing & alphabetizing section. take off Friday/Saturday. come in Sunday to find that it's all completely fucked up.... awesome. i will miss the place when i leave, though. wish i could just be irresponsible though and fucking leave already. i'm so ready to be home again. i don't know if it's going to be possible for me to be any unhappier in the next four months than i am now, knowing where i belong and missing it so much. ahh, anyway.

playlist du jour:
Bread/It don't matter to me, RETROSPECTIVE
Aimee Mann/King of the jailhouse, THE FORGOTTEN ARM
War/Spill the wine, BOOGIE NIGHTS
Rickie Lee Jones/Company, RICKIE LEE JONES
Hole/Good Sister/Bad Sister, PRETTY ON THE INSIDE
Aimee Mann/Red vines, BACHELOR NO. 2
Phil Collins/One more night, HITS
Annie Lennox/A whiter shade of pale, MEDUSA
The Magnetic Fields/Let's pretend we're bunny rabbits, 69 LOVE SONGS
Robbie Williams/Let love be your energy, LIVE AT KNEBWORTH
Yumeji's theme, IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE
Ben Vaughn/Psycho Beach Party main title, PSYCHO BEACH PARTY
Cassandra Wilson/If loving you is wrong, GLAMOURED
Gwen Stefani/Hollaback girl, LOVE.ANGEL.MUSIC.BABY
Indigo Girls/Center stage, INDIGO GIRLS
Dido/All you want, NO ANGEL
Letters to Cleo/Acid jed, WHOLESALE MEATS AND FISH
Robbie Williams/Handsome man, ESCAPOLOGY
Madonna/Material girl, LIKE A VIRGIN
Jude/Red room, KING OF YESTERDAY
Neko Case/Maybe sparrow, FOX CONFESSOR BRINGS THE FLOOD
Liz Phair/Go west, WHIP-SMART
Erasure/A little respect, THE INNOCENTS
k.d. lang/Simple, HYMNS OF THE 49th PARALLEL
Joni Mitchell/Chelsea morning, CLOUDS
10,000 Maniacs/Jezebel, MTV UNPLUGGED
Kylie Minogue/Confide in me, KYLIE MINOGUE
Joni Mitchell/Come in from the cold, DREAMLAND