Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

"Almost anybody can learn to think or believe or know, but it's very difficult to learn to feel. Why? Because whenever you think or you believe or you know, you're a lot of other people: but the moment you feel, you're nobody-but-yourself.

"To be nobody-but-yourself -- in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else -- means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting."

-- from "A Poet's Advice", by Edward Estlin Cummings (aka E.E. Cummings or e.e. cummings; b. 1894-10-14, d. 1962-09-03) ( thanks to thespian)

[Also: happy birthday to Erica, and belated birthday greetings to twistedchick

Need to buy groceries and get nails fixed. But it hurts to move. Bleah. Maybe I'll feel better this evening; maybe I can get my nails done before going off to rehearsal tomorrow and buy groceries on the way back, if any of the 24-hour supermarkets I knew are still 24-hour now. (Broke one of my strumming nails off right at the if-I-trim-extremely-carefully-maybe-it-won't-hurt-much edge of the quick a few days ago, have been meaning to get to the nail salon since; another strumming nail needs less dramatic repair. Plumber spilled a cleaning solution into the half-used bag of cat litter, so I need to replace that before tomorrow night (trash night) regardless of how I can stretch the bread and cheese and chocolate I've got (not dire). And the two nearest formerly-24-hour grocery stores have cut their hours, so when I was feeling well enough last night they were already closed.)

When I went to bed this morning I had what looked like a solid plan for the day. Argh. Tomorrow.