in my cd player... Madder Rose Bring It Down   on the page... Arthur Golden Memoirs of a Geisha   into... anticipating october 4 @ 9pm EST; Quaker oatmeal raisin low fat chewy granola bars; horoscopes; thinking up cool things to do while Michael and Jolene are in town   on tap... Landon asked me when I was hosting my next dinner party. "Good idea," she thought. So now I've a menu to plan, guests to invite, dinner music to select, wine to buy. The works.   an elicited response... Last night, while talking to Laura, I told her that Peter suggested that we all go out sometime soon. She stomped on the ground and exclaimed in a childlike staccato, "I love Peter!" I had to laugh, and then agree. She then said, "There's just something about Peter that elicits that kind of response." And once again, I had to agree.   in her element... Tonight we're going to see Marianna in Judith Thompson's Lion in the Streets. How I love to see Marianna in her element. I'm just hoping to avoid being struck in the leg by one of the props this time around.