you've got a fast car- is it fast enough that you can fly away?

[twiningfire]

my sister is amazing. i missed new york more than i had realized. thursday night, i got to go in here and also take approximately a million free sci-fi and fantasy books. did you know tor publishes robert jordan, orson scott card, spider robinson, piers anthony and charles de lint? also battlestar galactica books and jane yolen and patricia wrede. i had no notion so many different bindings of ender's game could even exist. trying to decide what to do with books i don't want to keep when i'm done with them- make a bookcrossing account, maybe. my only regret from my trip into the city is that i didn't really get to see v's roommate, and i miss her. she's pretty fantastic.

i got fingerprinted. apparently i'm a natural- she even asked me if i'd ever done it before. sadly, james kirk's middle initial is a- i saw it on a posted sheet in the office. lame.

today, when i was cooking lunch, i overheated the oil and burned my garlic twice, dammit. in the end, i successfully made gnocchi (not homemade- next time, perhaps) with chicken, sundried tomatoes, and spinach sauteed with garlic. i love cooking in my mother's kitchen, but it makes me hate commons and the whitney kitchen even more than is usual.

i miss people. also i need to stop worrying if people that i won't even see for three months hate me. calm the hell down, shira.

maryland in one week. i am getting a bit nervous about this whole internship thing.

i love, i love, i love.