the salon side of the boutique is flooded this morning - apparently the basin tap fixture wasn't sealed properly saturday afternoon. clean up ops - 1st time i hear madonna's "revolver" over airwaves ...

i'm very disturbed about news headlines of conservative mobs in senegal disinterring gay departed to desecrate the corpses publicly. godfrey consoles me when i reveal why i'm so morose. since december i've been following the sad drama gay malawian couple steven monjeza & tiwonge chimbalanga, who were jailed, are enduring.

sandra visits this afternoon, surprising godfrey & we debrief about the world...

caleb calls about me joining org staff but i decline because of the earlier comment by another staffer about piercings looking unprofessional - we part sourly.

the car is in the mechanic's shop so my mother has to commute by train. she meets me & godfrey @ the library. he escorts her home.
later : after i exit the library, i'm attacked by 3 rabid, muttish dobermanns - a homeless guy drifting around the library chases them away...

on cape town tv a tedglobal speaker comically talks about definitions of 'success' & mentions classical tragedy as the opposite on a spectrum with tabloid press.

sandra revisits with a bottle of red & we all start composing a ballad. she leaves @ midnite ...