so many things are so good and today! is so exciting! for the nerdy reason of having tickets to the return of the king tonight, and a fantastic boy and three of his also fantastic friends to see it with.

mike (there is always a mike, isn't there?) was trying to convince me to get stoned with them before the movie, but i have opted to see it clear-headed the first time. perhaps on a repeat viewing. but the temptation was there, laughing about it in the bar last night where we were all drinking to celebrate his birthday, losing games of pool by scratching on the 8-ball, J falling asleep in the pita pit on the way home, me asleep in the back of the car. a plan was hatched in a matter of seconds, earlier in the evening, a plan about how i should go to grad school at the u of o and get an apartment in town and then J would think of it as his townhouse and there would be somewhere to stumble to after late nights. and there'd be a futon for his roommates, so we could all hang out.

it is a tempting little fantasy, to say the least.

but i am so pleased with everything right now that i can hardly even wish for it. wishing would seem to imply that this, here, now, is less than incredible. and that just wouldn't be true.

eight hours - hours which should pass fairly quickly; it's christmas, it's busy, and we're both working - until elves and witch-kings. i can't wait.