If you’re anything like my parents, you’re probably wondering what I’ve been up to these past two days. Here goes:

November 18th: Bought Malcolm Gladwell’s new book Outliers. Read Malcolm Gladwell’s new book Outliers. Better than Tipping Point, worse than Blink. Here’s the one sentence summary: all those amazing people out there, who, by the sheer force of their talent and perseverance, have defied the odds and succeeded wildly…have gotten some help along the way—more than you realize.

November 19th: Cleaned cat hair from all my clothes, argued with a bookstore employee about the existence of ghosts, ate manicotti with a promo model, contact juggling/card manipulation lesson with Roro The Clown, then Root Beer Vodka shots.