everyone went to monaco for the week, so i'm now in the flat alone. i never like being alone at night, even at home. i always have to have some noise in the background, like music or the tv, or else i notice all these little sounds that freak me out. but at least the flat is in a safe area and we have a porter who's supposed to watch who comes in and out but is usually asleep on the job at night. it's like living on my own for the first time, because i have to take care of the flat and go grocery shopping and all that.

went to the beach again this weekend, trying to maintain my tan for as long as possible before the cold sets in. i guarantee that when i come back for christmas, my skin will be transparent. you'll probably be able to see the whole network of veins throughout my entire body.

this is my last week of work, and i'll probably be busy getting ready for this induction for the creative team on friday. i have learned a lot during my stay at ogilvy, but i think i'll be ready to leave. i've truly established that an office job is not for me, though if i become a video editor, then i'll just be staring at a tv monitor all day instead of a computer screen.

i'm going to have three weeks off before school starts, so i think i'm going to paris for a week to visit our family friends cookie and chippy (those are their nicknames from when we were kids. hardly any of our vietnamese friends are called by their real names). i can stay with cookie under one condition: that i speak french so chippy can practice. that's fine for me, since i can't take french this fall and i'm always forgetting how to speak it. so i can't wait for that trip, remplie de musees, de chateaux, et de magasins!

meghan and her mom are supposed to be here this week, but i haven't heard anything from them. WHERE ARE YOOOUUUU??? i'm quite worried, and i don't have their hotel info or anything.