a circus in its own right

http://burlington.craigslist.org/car/579342719.html - first item of the evening. what do you think? or this one http://boston.craigslist.org/nos/car/589187059.html

second, what a crazy place burlington is. and i had just been telling people that i felt a relatively small "surprise" factor in my life lately (not necessarily a bad thing, but i do miss it), i ended up having a surprising night and surprisingly similar night to the one you described to me earlier. first i went to hailey's place to have a glass of wine before dinner, and knowing hails i thought we'd go to a fairly nice place with over-priced dishes with a chic atmosphere and unimpressive chicken - but no, i was wrong this time. we pulled up to a place with huge windows and bright white flourescent lighting pouring onto the street. a lit up plastic sign with two asian words i couldn't pronounce and hand drawn signs in the window. turns out, it was a pretty delicious and favorably cheap vietnamese place that served me the biggest bowl of rice noodles and peanut sauce - so delicious! and only 6 bucks! we could get one of those to share this summer when we celebrate a vietnamese holiday or something.

then i made my way to the new barack obama headquarters in burlington and it was a crew i met there. an interesting little thing about obama is how he can pull people from all walks of life into the same room. (black) suits and (hippie) skirts, total wackos and middlebury grads. i got a ride home (to carols) with a guy that looked homeless and crazy but insisted that North Ave was too dangerous for me to walk on alone at night. He drove a big truck and wanted to show me how he could go up on the curb and cut through the snowbanks - really wowed me!! i started to doubt my own supposed rational decision making when over the course of five minutes the guy seemed to degenerate to a state of craziness, 7 straight run-on sentances and some sure signs of terrets syndrome. but thats okay, i think he was tired, he is afterall a full-time convert to the obama campaign, and he probably just really wants him to win or something. carol let me get in the car with him so i figured it'd be okay. and it was.

until next time, mi amor - the sweetest of dreams.

Love Em