Day 2

I can’t sustain long, complex thoughts. I’m like a goldfish. So here is a list of items in no particular order:

1. I’ve found a place that gives me coffee for $1 with unlimited free refills. Also the people who work there read editorials out loud to each other. Also there’s free wi-fi provided by the Mayor of Astoria.

2. The wind is always blowing so it’s cold even though there are clear skies and the sun is beating down. I hate the sun, but I like the wind.

3. There are tourists everywhere. Spilling out of cars like beetles, all indolent and rich and camera-heavy.

4. I am reading:
a. The Waves, by Virginia Woolf
b. The Four Quartets, by T.S. Eliot

5. The only person I have talked to today is Rodney and since he isn’t a person but rather my landlady’s well-behaved mutt dog, it is doubtful whether he counts.

6. Tiffany: I went to the yellow church this morning. Its guts are pretty.

7. I have located the Library, the First Presbyterian Church, the less decorous and impressive Lutheran Church, a few Banks, the Co-op, the Expensive Restaurants, the Elderly Hipsters and Where They Hang Out, and the River.

8. I can’t upload pictures. My computer is rejecting the necessary installations. Unfaithful computer.

9. Wednesday = first day at the newspaper.