yay for the temple to swedish design!

I bounced for the first time in a long, long time today. It felt like, for a moment, I could see a fragment of my old self glinting in the sunlight. But when I reached for it, it had gone.

Saskia said she was going to San Jose to Target. We ended up in IKEA, and it was fun. Call me shallow, but I like IKEA - I like the sense that you just don't quite know what random things you are going to find! It was also good, because for two hours I could pretend I was in Europe - the only difference being the prices in dollars!

There's something very comforting in knowing that the same ice cube trays you are holding in America are being held by a girl in England, as trite as that might sound.