friday august 10 2001    |    9:48 p.m.

tonight: my first vacation from the hospital in six days and five nights.

i was sitting home alone drinking icewater and feeling sorry for myself and not being able to face the last few pages of edgewater angels or the cds scattered around my stereo or my friends out doing fun friday-night things without me.

then, at complete random -- as per usual -- ed called.

ed always seems to come in and save the day. in a polite, non-intrusive, yet undeniable kinda way: cough-cough SO, what's goin' on?

really that's all it takes. so he is picking me up in a few minutes and we're gonna go litter the town with rainer maria fliers.