11.37 am

Still waiting on the wind. Windfinder says it's blowing about 5 knots right now on the beach. I am pondering whether tossing a nickel into the water would encourage the wind gods to produce a stiff breeze.

It's been a remarkably good weekend. Friday I had the day off, so I rode my bike up to the beach with my kite. There wasn't any wind when I got there, so I settled for a beer and a chicken sandwich, then sat on the sand and listened to my ipod speak French at me. Friday night I saw "The Reader" - excellent film, although rather cynical in a thought-provoking sort of way. I'm still not sure if I liked it. And last night was dormapalooza, which was simply much too much fun, especially after we started roasting marshmallows over tiki-torches.

11.49 am

My shopping list for today: strippenkarten, guidebook for Brussels, something for breakfast for the next few days, kleenex, and garbage bags. I'm at that strange not here for very much longer but still need food and other stuff in the house point. Which means, I suspect, that once I cook most of the food in my fridge I'll either be living on pasta and cheese and sandwich meat or getting lots of take-out.

11.58

Blow, wind, blow.