hot and sinful

it's very hot here. but it's very hot everywhere this week. i've been a little afraid that i'll melt, even though the humidity has only been around 60%. someone told me that people built like me (high surface-area-to-volume ratio, though that's not how they stated it) are able to handle the heat better, but i don't think it's true. yesterday, i wore a black shirt because it is my thinnest and lightest, but then i sweated so much that flowery white patterns of salt developed on the shirt as i dried in the cool office. stylish!

i've had a series of friends in town for a few days, and am running around like crazy in all this sticky heat, and don't have much to say now, except:

1) the dermatologist suggested that he give me a breast exam, which heebed me out. is that normal? am i overreacting? it actually creeps me out more in retrospect than it did at the time.

2) i'm going to the belly of the beast tomorrow (the house that is white, in which george lives). if the rules are similar to those that prevent nonbelievers taking catholic communion (spontaneous immolation), i won't be coming back out. so i just wanted to say goodbye!