of trouser socks and lipstick prints

i just made it home from day 1 of a 2-day work-related all science, all day, all out extravaganza, for which i arose at 5.45 this morning. i'm exhausted from looking grown-up and was in the house for 5 seconds before i began my swan dive into the bag of veggie booty, and am now leaving little flecks of kale flavor bits on kz's keyboard. i survived my gig as microphone runner, along with the other runners who were talented enough (read: young and female enough) to be selected.

i spent the afternoon session drawing super mario villains on my talk schedule but did indeed learn quite a bit.

i also managed to incur the wrath of every native worcesterite by attempting the "simple" task of going back 'the way i came' (in quotes because this concept does not seem to apply within a 5 mile radius of 290) from the DCU center to 290 east. haha. i figured out-of-state plates would buy me some mercy points when, every single time i wanted to turn, i was doing it diagnoally and from the non-turning lane. at least a lot of people got free horn-tests today.