it's easy to make short work of a long weekend.

that sounds like something out of a greeting card. a snoozy woozy greeting card. and yet, there is truth truth truth in it, is there not? as this inaugural long weekend wraps up, i look back on it with fondness reserved for only the best long weekends. this one turned out fantastically, so it did. mostly because i actually put the effort into galavanting around the city, with an energy that surprised me. after all, i am like to sit around and think about the things i should be doing, while choosing instead to listen to music and play online scrabble and daydream.

but these days, it's about the doing. and there was doing. pints at the paddock, some dancing to hip hop, lunch at the golden turtle, the purchase of six gorgeous vintage dresses, a manicure, sushi & mexican, some grocery & perfume shopping, crayon coloring with one niece and cradling the other, coffee and beer dates and buying sally shapiro tickets with new mates and staying up late, but not too late. all in all, satisfying indeed.

and now i sit, listening to a mix i made entitled "the future". a grandiose, sweeping statement of a title. my friend in la sent me one, and i am sending one back to him. we're both at turning points in our lives. turning points usually make me dizzy. but i feel less so now. there is clear-headed conviction that all is well with the world. the last song "great release" by LCD soundsystem nails that feeling. there is a bit of melancholy, but it is awash in sunny, shimmering hope. just like i am.