second time around up all night with paulo (coelho)... last night i thought it would be a one night stand ('the winner stands alone') but his books need to be relished slowly...

claudia should be thankful for her looks because her brains are questionable - early mid-night/mid-morning ity starts to rain & she's mauwing by the backdoor, so i fetch her outside but place her on the window sill hoping she learns to come in through the window... after staring perplexed at the outside/inside conundrum she jumps back outside.

shahieda makes delicious soup & paaper chips for the women at the library to sample and shares some with me. i take it home for my mother, who enjoys it. i'm reading about european renaissance culture & fed by an islamic woman - how appropriate considering islam's influence on medieval europe.

i feel sad thinking about how i exploited godfrey's cooking skills just like my primary school teachers exploited my drawing skill - i never really recovered my love of drawing after it was turned into a tedious, menial daily duty in primary school.

'the devil wears prada' is on tonight - i missed watching it when godfrey & t.o. took it out years ago because i was migraine sick in the next room at godfrey's loft. madonna's 'vogue' & alanis' cover of seal's 'crazy' on the soundtrack surprise me.