three.

1. to all spiders of the world: i think we can coexist just as peacefully as man and fish if you would all agree to the following things.

DO NOT build webs through my living room and then disappear so i can't find you to take you outside.

DO NOT bite me if you are poisonous.

NEVER, EVER, EVER AGAIN drop through my open car window and start crawling up my arm while i am turning left at a major intersection right next to a parking lot where there are three cops having a little powwow.

2. i, for some reason, have started reading the blog of elyse from america's next top model season one. and i, after what - five years, six? - still want to be her friend.

3. lately, every time i think about, hear about, see on television or read about new york city, i get butterflies in my stomach.

i'll keep you posted on what that means.