--Right now I am as happy as material goods and fun with friends can make me. last night we stayed up and talked until 4 in the morning, all of us in a tiny bottom bunk. and then today we went around to thrift shops and costume shops to look for costumes, but we didn't find much, until after we dropped off elissa, and me and rachel went shopping at...the MALL!!! yes, some people look down on the mall, that wonderful collection of all the capitalist teenybopper stores, but there is something to be said about its mood-lifting abilities.

me and rachel went crazy, on an underwear binge, etc. so we both ended up spending about $55 each on clothes. but I got my halloween outfit so I am happy--I am going to be a schoolgirl! fun fun fun

now i feel ready to tackle my organic chemistry.

and off i go.