today i will not use capitals.

today i found a shop modeled after the chocolate store in chocolat. twas wonderful. really wonderful. i want to work there now

today i took pictures and gave a dollar and fifty-six cents to a street violinist playing just outside said chocolate shop. and i thought, i want to be a musician and stand on street corners and play, just so people can hear, you know? and i decided, the violin is the most beautiful instrument, physically, that i've ever seen. i still want a lute, though.

today i saw a movie and today i saw someone's heart break. again.

today i bought a book called 'how to be an explorer of the world' and i read a few others like it in the bookshop because i didn't have the money to buy them all. some really beautiful ideas in there. it's mostly about noticing things. really seeing things. seeing people. today i smiled at a man who was sitting on the sidewalk and singing, and he smiled back, and i felt happy. he may have been a creeper or a nut job or any number of things, i don't know. but i smiled at him and it felt nice.

today i bought some socks and purple arm warmers.

today i felt poetic, or crazy, or maybe they're the same thing. and today i decided i needed a new journal, and this is what came out.