Things You Learn From the Back of Soap Containers

The first being that Glycerine soja and Helianthus annuus are the scientific names for soybean and sunflower, respectively. The second is that almost everything has the same first ingredient (water) and the same second ingredient (sodium laureth Sulfate, or something like that).

These things are not so important, for they are the last thing i did after a long, long day.
THe other house, 139 Saint Claire street, and I went to Ithaca for a day spent at the Ithaca Festival, a Festival that is paid for completely by "t-shirt and button sales". an entire portion of the downtown area was devoted to artisan pottery makers, t-shirt shops, musicians, metal and wood workers. I felt, after a long night of making a fool of myself (my lips began to go numb after 1 1/2 beers), that my day could not possibly be good, but o contraire. It was excellent.

Special Moment of the Day: I was standing and listening to music with the group when a collapsing sound followed by the sound of the sidewalk being spattered with bottles and cans caught my attention. Being me, and especially being the me i was today, completely out of control and foolish (I was a scene making machine), I went to help pick them up. After pretending to steal them i returned the four bottles in my hand to the freshly repaired cardboard trolly. As a man lazily kicked the bottles into a smaller circle, I noticed that the person who had dropped everything was a squat, deep voiced transvestite. a very liberal moment. All of us picking up bottles, throwing them back into the box, all the while never noticing this woman was not so womanly. It was funny then, but when i think about it, it was really quite a nice thing.

Very tired, but i have decided that I have never felt "in". in my head, in the right place, in with the good crowd. Of course, right now i do not feel much, just the valerian root tea i poured starting to take effect and the hope, and indeed it is very strong, to continue with the opportunity to experience the world as i have for these last 4 days. totally free and totally conscious. such is luck i suppose.

Peace