I am trash pt 4

After waking up from my lovely yoga mat I went on to a day full of classes.

I really loved the classes at smith. I even sat in on a short story class. It was fantastic. We read Gravity's Angels by Michael Swanwick. It was also fantastic. The girls were all kind of quiet though. I participated more than most of the actual students.

After that I went to Thinking about thinking , where we talked about soft determinism, Intro to Women's and Gender studies, where we split into small groups and talked about the patriarchy, and the psychology of personality, in which I almost fell asleep.

It was all great, really really great, but I just didn't feel it. I could see myself dying of boredom. They don't have a literary magazine.

I wrote on the plane ride home. Tried to write a story about a 24 hr museum. Everything was filth.


SIDENOTE: I think lots of places should be open 24 hrs
1) Museums. THis is very important. Sometimes the best time to appreciate a peice of art or the right science fact is late at night or early in the morning. Imagine being up late, not having anything to do, and realizing that you can go learn about that history, science, art, ect in a place that was built to honor those things. There is something about a museum that I just love. It's this lil sacred place that was built to share knowledge with the public. Mere centimeters of glass have separated me actual mummies. I could have reached out and touched a Monet or that picture of the girls we studied in American Studies. Museums are so rad. I would work at one. I want to open the first 24hr museum.
2) Bookstores. Bookstores are special places. There is something about being surrounded by books. It's so damn calming. I bring about 6 books to school every day now. Some days I don't even open them, I just like having them with me. I feel safe. They have a nice smell. Feeling the pages and turning them to get to the next part of the story feels so intimate. Like this book is only telling you and you have to caress it's pages and if you don't turn it's pages it'll die because it just has to tell you the story. Kindles are cool, because you can get a book right then and there, but there is something about a book. That you can write in and love and carry with you and read on the subway. A book absorbs your tears when your favorite character dies, a kindle just needs to be wiped off.  If I didn't have to worry about making money, I would open an independent 24 hr bookstore in SanFran and I would live above it, surrounded by books and happiness.
3) Sushi restaurants. Good sushi restaurants. I think this one is clear. Sometimes you just need sushi.
4)Libraries. Almost the same as bookstores, but not quite. Here, you can take the books with you for free. For free. And librarians are lovely people. I used to want to be a librarian when I was little. I was friends with my librarian. Every time I went to the library I would always check out something by Tamora Pierce. I'm pretty sure Tamora Pierce is a big part of why Im a feminist. Her books are amazing and should be mandatory for every child.
5) Ice cream shops.

That's all I can think of right now.