"Value silence. It is one of the most precious gifts you will ever receive."

Sister and BF left this morning to head back to South Carolina. While I am sorry to see them go, things will be a lot quieter around here now... and that's a blessing. It's been fun, but too much loud fun without a break was making me a little crazy.

In preparation for my job interview, I tried to get a semi-nice pant suit today. Unfortunately I have very little patience for that sort of thing. Four hours and as many stores later, I came home, frustrated. Not only were the stores all amazingly disorganized, but it was impossible to find something that wasn't a) hideous, b) available only in sizes 16-24W, c) missing half the set, or d) five hundred dollars. Tomorrow, I try the goodwill.

Dear Clothing Manufacturers - I realize that 60% of Americans are clinically obese. But 100% of us need clothes. With this in mind, could you produce some that fit the other 40% too, please? And stop screwing with the sizes to make us feel better about our weights. I do not want to try on five different pairs of jeans to figure out what size I wear in your product line. You are not that cool. Also, there is a demographic between hipster teenager and fuzzy-jacketed granny. We have less money than both of them, but we will give you some of it in exchange for your goods if you will make things that ARE NOT UGLY. Love, Elisel.

Kaplan tomorrow. I'm thinking I'm going to blow off salsa and stay home, vegging out in the absence of tons of people and prepping for my audition.