BACK FROM NEW YORK! A NEW SELF-ACTUALIZED LINDSAY! Perhaps it is just that the springtime has finally arrived, perhaps it was the beautiful weekend. Perhaps it was hanging out in New York City with Abbi in a cool coffee shop in the East Village while rain poured, and then it cleared up just in time for us to continue our lovely walk. Perhaps it was hanging out with Gabe and his friends at Purim, Jewish Halloween and making noises with noisemakers whenever the name "Hamen" was uttered. We also had a bit to drink beforehand, because you'd need it in order to stuff yourself into a crowded, overheated basement of a synagogue and listen to the entire story of Ester, Mordecai, and Hamen entirely in Hebrew. It was honestly a great time. The costumes were amusing. Anyway, the weekend in New York was enchanting and much needed. To answer Lee's question, i went down purely for leisure. American Idol is something i'll have to send a videotape in for. Pardon, for which i shall send in a videotape. And now i feel refreshed and recharged, with renewed zeal for things i want to do with my life. I also feel much better about Boston. The buildings of living here are by and larger prettier, and i like the houses and trees. There are plusses and minuses of a small city, and the plusses suit me.