i stopped shopping after winning my second auction, a small round italian pottery peice, with colors that inspired me. i am now methodically reading through a swiped (legally, from the library) copy of march's vanity fair. it has better writing than i expected. ive read about an elite highschool in california, a movie about a cowardly soldier, an interview with micheal moore and the star-driven kabbalah religion. the leader of the movement in california actually made the statement that 6 million jews would not have died during the holocaust if they had practiced kabbalah. nice. i suppose hes wishing for more people to take money from.

all in all, the day has gone by pretty fast.