lunch with franklin at eat street. loan consolidation with teresa. ilham was opening a new account. on the phone w fatima about msn fundraising on the walk home.

now sitting on porch at home in los angeles w fan blowing birds chirping kids playing as they walk from school. sun's out. monica's coming over for dinner.

three people are subletting. i'm in a house with strangers. a mother & daughter from new mexico. daughter's 16, a model, out here for casting calls. mother taking business admin classes online. they're up in my room. i sleep in the living room, where it's spacious and airy. the girl's father is a disabled army vet. he's part cherokee. he's back home in a small town called aztec, nm. on private property in the middle of a navajo reservation. sounds like a settlement to me. the other subletter is from boston, gloucester in fact. working in production this summer at dreamworks. i miss my old roomies. i need my own place. but i'm not going to think about that. must focus on the work at hand.