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yesterday, i became a social butterfly.

i had coffee with shiza and we filled each other in on the last two and a half months of our lives. i miss her so much when i'm at school. she really is, to quote her, "the sister i never had." in fact, the other day, i was telling one of mad's friends about this annoying conversation i'd had with shiza, and the friend said, "oh, you were talking to your sister?" we ended up at the mall, where i bought a dress i won't be able to wear until next summer because the weather has finally figured out that it's november and has stopped being way hot.

after shiza went home to hang out with her fam, i went out to oak park to see potter (i know way too many steves), who i don't think i'd seen or spoken to since the last year or two of high school. we hiked up to the top of a hill (where there used to be a couch and where i'd last hung out with him and ashley and leah), and ate torilla chips and had a theological discussion about how he feels about his religion and how i feel about my lack thereof. also, i got about fifteen thousand missed phone calls from the boys and matt, which made me feel really popular and loved.

next, i went to matt's house, where i saw guthrie for the first time in forever and re-met matt's brother. i'm happy to be talking to them again. they're hilarious and amazing and i think i could just listen to matt talk for hours about nonsense and be endlessly entertained. i stayed there for just long enough to be offered crappy spiced rum by a guy who was faded out of his mind, and then i left to go to the beach house to meet denis and weil.

the beach house was awesome, as always, and i didn't leave until 11:30 this morning, when i rocked out to beatles' music all the way back to my house.

today, i went shopping with my mom and saw some guy sniffing deodorants, one after the other. that was interesting. i also met up with matt and dan again and hiked around the santa monica mountains for about a half hour and ate pizza and had a fab time. i'm looking forward to winter break, when i can be back home, hanging out and being ridiculous (my two favorite things).

it's way cold in my house, of course, because it's always subzero in here. my mom likes to tell me that i need to "wear some clothes" whenever i tell her i'm freezing, but i'm wearing several layers and boots right now and i'm still cold. and i'm inside.