preparations

Truly, it's shocking how much one has to prepare for one of these gigs. which is not to say that I've necessarily done all of the preparations. Several points of note: all of my clothes are in gallon see-through bags with a vacuum seal in a style acquired from prior experience with hundreds of ice bags, I have acquired a ring with which I plan to impersonate a married woman, and soon I will have completed my struggle to eat all food worthy of a journey outside of Dayton. I have also stumbled upon the wikipedia travel phrasebook, which has enlightened me on useful phrases I could definitely imagine using, like "I don't understand" (मैं समझा/समझी नहीं। maiⁿ samjha/samjhī nahīⁿ) and "shiny" (चमकीला or chamkeelā). Regardless, here's to the last time I'll be in Dayton for a while.