cimorene

i spent an hour and a half in a café with a classmate, doing a mini fieldwork practise for sociological methodology. it was kind of hilarious - i felt like i was playing at being an anthropologist, counting where the people were sitting and with whom by gender and age. then i went shopping and, even though just last weekend i was telling

wax_jism that i didn't want a camel-coloured coat, i bought one (knee-length camel duffle coat, no hood), and also that little boys' hoodie with HIROHITO stencilled on the chest. my favourite japanese emperor! i couldn't pass it up! (speaking of clothes, omg i want this spot/stripe cardigan. and these sneakers.)

we got a ton of snow last weekend (although it's in the process of melting to slush again right now) and it was a really nice weekend, which my better half has requested that i post pictures of ("babies and cats," she said, "everybody wants to see pictures of that," which may not be true exactly, but her point is well taken.)

friday my brother-outlaw was here with carmela, and as usual, carmela made her own fun with the help of two strings of mardi gras beads and this time also all of the cushions off the couch. now the snowy season has officially started so has the season of cats looking for places to be cosy, mainly the radiators, which are warm even when it's snowing like mad outside, which it did friday (you can see the individual flakes in the big version of that picture), while wax and her brother chatted and wax knitted a sweater vest for me and i recited "jabberwocky" and taught everyone about portmanteau words. and also acted as a yarn-holder. that night it snowed even more and saturday wax and i watched tons of tv and the cats and the dog curled themselves up into tiny, wee little balls some more.