even you, o princess . . .

yes, i really am listening to the bbc concert orchestra's version of nessun dorma on repeat in my dorm room.

it's beautiful, and i need it. so there.

not that today was particularly
bad . . . in fact, to say that today was bad at all would be to mis-speak. it was quite lovely - megan, hannah and i went to manchester for the day. and we went shopping and i bought a shirt (for a pound!) and a dress for the christmas ball (for five pounds!!!!!), and the coolest, most wonderful pair of boots in the world.

and then we rode the ferris wheel together and went to the cathedral afterwards.

let me tell you about the cathedral: we walked in as the choir was practicing, and they sounded so beautiful. their voices filled the room to the ceiling and worked their way into the crevices of the dark-wooded carvings on the walls and into the patterns in the stained glass windows, and it brought tears to my eyes. i just sat on the bench for awhile in the middle of this huge church with absolutely breathtaking music filling me. every time i looked up at the ceiling i felt it flow out, you know? i felt me flowing up and out.

so refreshing.

cleansing, too. you could say i had a moment : )

nessun dorma
nessun dorma
tu pure, o principessa
nella tua fredda stanza
guardi le stelle che tremano d'amore, e di speranza . . .

today has been a day of things that fit together, if you know what i mean. little things, sure, but things nonetheless.

'night, y'all.