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Oh, Friday already! I'd forgotten how quickly time goes when you're busy. I suppose it could only go faster if I was busy inside a train, hm, or maybe the Japanese shinkansen, though I hear they have one faster now, in China.
Maybe it's the adjustment to this academic year, which is a little strange in itself. We're doing what they call "guided research," a little transcendental, but enjoyable so far. It sure beats sitting in a classroom for eight hours a day, but I guess trading one venue for another really isn't all that spectacular. It just means I can set up at Hip's instead of one of Weill Cornell's libraries, so if you see me struggling under a stack of foot-thick tombs this weekend, feel free to sit down for a moment.
I'v also been evading something, which is a surprisingly time-consuming business. I thought at first it was a cat, but I haven't actually seen it since Wednesday, when it practically chased me all the way to Hell's Kitchen. First thing in the morning, too, as if I had nowhere to be. Cats are truly selfish creatures. Luckily, I had somewhere to stay until it moved on, but I haven't been able to shake the sense of something stalking me all week. I think it hasn't yet found out where I live, but I expect to be discovered any day now. They're relentless. I called animal control yesterday, but the gentleman on the other line told me that unless the cat was in my possession or posing a danger to anyone, they wouldn't pick it up. I told him it was probably rabid, and causing a danger to me, but he was very uptight about it, like he thought I was pulling his leg or something.
Oh well. So it goes, as Vonnegut would say, for I'm sure this clash can only end in death for one of us.
On another note, here's your Friday Five:
You have signed up to undergo a psychological experiment in which you will be placed in solitary confinement for an undisclosed amount of time. You have been permitted to bring with you three items that may or may not provide an advantage. Food and water will be provided. What do you bring?
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