working nights does have its plus points. i've been pottering around town with cp and justin and making up for lost coffee, cake and book time -- it's not quite the same as skipping lectures to go to holland v but it will do.

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one thing i did not foresee: people start looking at you...differently when you tell them that you do shift work. askance? i guess i see the associations, but it's a bit unenlightened to be a slave to such stereotypical views, no? my mom's friend, whom we met for coffee today, suggests that when they follow up by asking me what i do, i should tell them that i'm a bartop dancer, and that i get lots of tips. i must say that i'm tempted.

Currently reading:
The Discovery of Slowness - Sten Nadolny