Things seem clearer in the silver light of the extraordinary - Harlan Ellison

Life is really quite sweet at the moment.
new car - everything we need it to be.
work - status quo, but interesting.
we are seeing interesting things these days.
saw Will Self speak about his new book last week - PsychoGeography - brilliant.
great photo show at the Central Library, my favorite building in LA.
saw my girlfriend Cathy for dinner Monday night and just luxuriated in her presence. taking the time with a friend is like enjoying a amazing glass of wine(which i try to do daily). knowing her all these years and and finding out more about her and her world view is just a wonderful experience. I dont have tons of friends - those i hold close i do treasure.
si has some cool gigs, and is holding up well considering the writers strike. edgy for everyone i know in his line of work. really trying to get him to blog - he is the most interesting, witty writer i can think of(and this is not just because i sleep with him) - showed him some stuff tonight and trying to get him to blog - he can beat alot of bloggers out there without trying.
had book club tonight and truly enjoyed myself and this interesting diverse group - we are all as different as can be, joined in our love of and search for the written word and secrets offered therein.
Blake, simon and i are going to the museum on saturday to see the Dali show - one of Blakes favorites.
so i am rich tonight and full with life and all it offers to me.
things suck at times - my health is a bit shitty and money is squeaky, but i have so much. some guy flirted with me the other day - simon reaped the rewards later that night - we will still, after 7 years, spend a night laying in bed without tv or anything and just free associate about the world for hours, laughing, crying... Never did i think there was anyone i would want to be with like this. I always saw myself as a woman with lovers, not a woman with a partner.
still, i must hold on loosely(to quote a bad 80's power ballad - appropriate though) and not take any of this too seriously. the world has problems aplenty to give us both night sweats. those 4AM conversations about war and global warming and our kids....i have to take the good times and relish, write about them and roll around in them like a rug infront of a roaring fireplace.