crash safety course

early morning a.m. meeting at the var. delightfully informative regarding fires earthquakes and robberies. menacingly potential that is :(maybe): a static spark from a cell phone could bloom into fire: extinguisher gas could freeze glass: come tumbling down.
"NOT TODAY" is statistically The Most Effective Response to harassment. once a man was following my friend J. After a many blocks had passed, J turned around and asked the man if he was having fun following him. this also put a finale to that game.
then. i sat in the wicker sun for approx. 4.5 hours with E&C&A&Co. with my ocean of wisdom, my lapsong, my hot water, and E.'s raw green pu-erh which i actually had to spit out onto the street (pardon) for the bitterness.
understand that 4.5 hours of lounging was luxorious. i am newly committed to making more time for such luxness.
my horoscope this week was also bitterly smarting:

your internal aquarium contains a couple of Siamese fighting fish, duking it out to the death in your poor lil'heart. there's one obvious winner - the strange, quirky risk-taker. we fear you might be rooting for its opponent, who's got nothing but familiar bad vibes going for it. don't let negativity win.