It wasn't just Fitzgerald that had made note of this truism, but Voltaire as well in his ridiculous story Candide, where the "fair Cunegonde" could never live up to the image created in her absence by Candide. Anyway, one of the things I like about Gatsby is the high quotability of the book. There are just little snippets that are either very recognizable or...relatable. And so it goes. Quality stuff, yes it is.

I went to go see another performance today by my dear brother. This time it was a chamber concert in a church. Imagine my surprise when I saw our old fifth/sixth grade teacher there with her mother. My dad had invited her, unbeknownst to me and possibly the brother. Anyhow, I hadn't seen this lady in quite a while. The last time I had seen her was at a luncheon for my old fourth grade teacher, who was leaving the district. This was a while ago...lets see...at that same luncheon Ms. Boss Lady (a term often used by Poker to refer to the woman who had hired me) had asked me to come work for her at Kills U Month Ofter Nonth. This was over a year before I started blogging. This was quite a while before I started talking to Irv, so you can imagine how long ago this was. Well, it was nice seeing her.

Went to Nishi today, as always. Mogy left early because she had to go give some speech in Japanese (kudos to her). Morsel and I split a two dollar chocolate bar (takai ne?) after class. Oh yeah, I went out to dinner and tried chicken fried steak because me, Morsel, and KQ were talking about it while bummin outside the temple kitchen. He said it was pretty good with gravy on it. I told him I had never tried it before. He said I should try and get the people over at Pippin to make it for me. Har har har. Good one KQ.

KQ: They'll probably get you, like, a hamburger patty or something.

Me: Yeah, and deep-fry it.

Speaking of the mom, she wants to go to Disneyland tomorrow. The Happiest Place on Earth. My dad and brother can't go, so I shall keep her company. Let us all hope that it doesn't rain.

People, people. Catholicism is just another form of Christianity. All Catholics are Christian. Thank you for your time.