Well actually... I just wanted to post that I like the idea of shutdownday as well. And it's been quite a while since I've had my last picknick (complete with blanket, bike, frisbee, mini-golf, dear friends and piles, nay: mountains of different yum-yum). Don't know why I mention that here... ^_^

Btw, I like your 'public monologues'. I'm just usually not the one to answer to them, since being a brain in tht knd of thing never was one of my shiny qualities anyway. Nevertheless - sometimes I would like to talk to you about those entries. Not online though, but somewhere around here - maybe close to some nice bottle of whine or a box of banana-icecream... or both. I just seem to miss the opportunity to tell you.
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And sometimes I just feel the urge to grab you and shake you, to make you laugh your silly laughter and tell you that sometimes even ideals and plans and wanna-be-places-for-future are not to be found on purpose (even if somebody's looking who is as used to self-reflecting as you are), but happen to drop by when we're just not looking.
Fortune-cookie advice over. ^^;

[I really hope this reply doesn't disgust you - Pidgin and Fortune-cookies might be a bad combo, though it definately worked out fine for a number of restaurants... *narf*.]