I'm listening to a mix CD right now--- the first mix CD anyone has sent me in years. A small gift from a lovely green-eyed opera girl. Buildings Breeding is doing "Beesting"--- a lovely song. I found the CD when I came home today--- a mix CD in a little box and two very wonderful pieces of mail: a flirty and romantic postcard and a small letter with tokens. Laura-Ashlee sent a Rome transit lines metrocard and a key card to a hotel in Assisi. I am utterly enthralled with her and proud to have her in my life. She did tell me in her postcard that she'd be singing Neko Case to me on the beach Friday night. She does mean so much to me...

Having my Small Black Saturn made road-ready cost a fortune, but it is worth it. Miss Laura is very much an Adventure I want to have. She's lovely and sexy and bright and fun--- and she's my spur to having Adventures this year. Orange Beach, here, Birmingham, NYC.

Sofia Coppola faux-champagne and kisses on the beach. A beautiful girl in just a white shirt. Long talks over drinks and dinner. I'm going to have an Adventure with a lover--- with a lover who feels so much a part of my life, a lover I want to be part of my future.

Suddenly the Year Nine seems worth living in.