I had a date on Thursday and made dinner for Kayla. The menu included a yellow coconut curry with basmati rice, potatoes, carrots, celery, bell peppers, mushrooms, fresh basil, ground cumin and other assorted spices for the main dish, peanut butter fork criss-cross cookies for dessert, and Virgil's root beer for a drink. It tasted pretty okay; not great, but it was pretty good. It was my first time attempting to cook a yellow curry with coconut milk on my own. Next time, I'm going to add another 14oz can of coconut milk. Regardless, it was a really good night. I wish I had taken more pictures. I've been having so much fun with her lately, it feels really good. Fingers crossed, in the next few days, I'll have pictures of us carving pumpkins up.

After this picture was taken, of course I ended up going through an outfit change. Instead of the white button up, I put on the black oxford button up from work. I was wearing Luc's zine tshirt underneath it; always good luck. Miss you, luc!

Kayla bought me this really adorable porcelain figure from the art museum store before I had even pointed out to her that I really liked it! Her name is Frida. Today, there's a little Dia de los Muertos art exhibit at the museum that we're going to. And then on November 2nd, there are going to be so many little celebrations around Santa Barbara. I can't wait to take pictures and walk around. ///
I miss my friends back home a lot. I can't wait to go home for two weeks and hug my family again too.

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We're reading Oedipus The King in my class this week. Arguably my favorite play, if not one of my utmost favorite pieces of literature altogether. Sophocles was way before his time, allowing for the concepts of truth, consciousness, and fate to be closely weaved through every line that he wrote. Every time I read that play, I get chills.

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I have to get my hands touched up already. I'm going to message Jon Hall in LA soon about doing the top of my right hand. I want to get that done before coming home in December. Going from paying $700/month to $350/month is going to be the worst thing for me since I'll have so much extra money to spend on getting tattooed again. Oh well! One life, one chance.

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Never going back to Macy's again. At least not in the Ventura Mall. If you know me, then you'll know why. My perfect streak came to an end.