Loud Cloud Crowd

Went over to Delancey St. for some cheap Christmas dross. Bought colored lights, 3 strings, for only $3.99. Also socks for my nieces, .99 each. Can't beat it. Also some Christmas socks for my mother -- revenge for all the years I've received holiday-themed socks. Ha!

Stopped into Babeland to buy Bitch, a magazine that I hope to write for, and a few other sundries. (Dross and sundries -- do I sound evasive or what?) Babeland is such a funny place. They're so sex-positive that they want to give you a lecture and demonstration about every knick knack you buy. We Americans remain giggly and silly-acting at the counter. I wish the whole thing were less furtive -- that there weren't a velvet curtain across the door. It really isn't such a secret that people buy these things.

I can only stand the city south of Canal, I've decided. You can still feel the old tenement atmosphere, and there are still deals. Also the sky is very beautiful as it fades behind the crowded streets of the Lower East Side. Or is that above Canal? I still don't know.

I can't believe I decided to buy pine branches and decorate them with lights. What kind of a sap am I turning into? But I can't wait to see how the lights look! I can't wait to see my mother's face when she opens the Christmas socks!

Oh, and the mouse is dead. My super came with traps and one snapped right at the end of Mean Girls last night. Tchah! I'm not happy to destroy the little thing, but I'm not happy with it racing around like it owns the place either. Had some pangs about it today though.