WORD OF THE DAY
flaneur \flah-NUR\, noun:
One who strolls about aimlessly; a lounger; a loafer.

The restricted hotel lobby has replaced the square or piazza as a public meeting place, and our boulevards, such as they are, are not avenues for the parade and observation of personality, or for perusal by the flaneur, but conveyor belts to the stores, where we can buy everything but human understanding.
-- Anatole Broyard, "In Praise of Contact", New York Times, June 27, 1982

had a GREAT DAY. woke up late, and cheesy came to help me to bake. some hiccups happened after she left tho, like i burnt myself and i totally ruined 1 mud cake. sigh but o wells, dinner made up for it. met amanda,chustin,jl,shane,cheesy,chez,aarky for dinner and we went to funtastico! cool restaurant, but it was not cheap. haha then i headed to sam n carol's where i had 2nd round dinner. haha it was supperrrrr fun. tmr will b MORE FUN!! sooo looking forward to our swan valley trip! ((:

o im liking the word of the day thing. it's fun, and i like today's context of use.
"boulevards, such as they are, are not avenues for the parade and observation of personality, or for perusal by the flaneur, but conveyor belts to the stores, where we can buy everything but human understanding." especially the last part. now it seems quite true to me that indeed we can buy anything and everything off the streets but human understanding. how enlightening!