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lugubrious desperado

i just wanted to say those words, lugubrious, having to do with a mournful heaviness and desperado, not so much a kamikaze but desperate, sad, lonely, apart.

in other news i'm sitting at my other new favorite place, the public library with free wi-fi and lots and lots of homeless folks. i've taken to squatting in the children's section where i can plug in my laptop. here they have small upholstered chairs and ottomans...kid size and my arse fits quite nicely in one. atop the shelves are stuffed animals, bright, colorful, large and small, dragons, a unicorn, a big rubber ducky, an elephant in a birthday hat, a little red car, a green wagon...and above me hangs a larger-than-life book  backlit with red neon, open to the letter "A" with words in spanish next to related images: abuelo (grandpa), aguacate (avocado), armadillo (armadillo), arbol (tree), azul (blue), av'ion (plane). 
and a homeless man just got rousted for sleeping.  seeing as it's been very cold, for Austin, there are more homeless here today than usual. "no sleeping". and the wise young man, also homeless, with his black duffle bag and big yellow plastic bag, full, topped by an southwestern print blanket. he's smartly reading the 'runaways', a marvel comic book.

last night i attended my first dinner party at my own house where we ate homemade vegetable soup with hot french bread and Camembert and lots of red wine. and my house mate invited her friend over to help us set up wi-fi so i don't have to come here. (but i like it here, it's warm and lively)

other praise worthy moments: my new friend the mechanic only takes cash or check, neither of which i regularly carry. i asked him if i should hop over to an ATM, "no, just bring it with you when i see you again Thursday." 


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