the move is over. thank god.

i wish i had a few days to just sleep.

i went on a used book hunt yesterday, looking for one particular book for one particular person. i came home with that one book.... plus 5 for me. i find it really hard to resist 1 dollar books. especially when they're authors like robbins, vonnegut, and austen- because really, it's not like i ONLY READ THOSE THREE AUTHORS ANYMORE. oh well. one of them is actually a kilgore trout novel, which i am particularly excited about.

i managed to add a few more boxes to that pile below. and i packed a suitcase, and then packed up all my clothes. cause guess what. i leave the day after tomorrow.

finally.

it's so weird. i mean, it was weird moving here cause i'd only been here once and i didn't know my way around at all and i didn't know anyone. but at the same time it feels even more strange to be moving to colorado and i'm not sure why. probably because i'm doing it alone. but not really since i've already got my people there.

to be clear: i am very excited.

my life as a pile of boxes.

(litter or otherwise)

biorelief.com

so, i just started reading when you are engulfed in flames by david sedaris, and i was over the moon to discover that it includes one of my all time favorites. please please please watch!

i hate goodbye.

see you soon, instead.

p.s. enjoy the mexico for me.

my neighbor jacob has come back to houston for a week in the middle of his summer in mexico.

he leaves again this weekend, and i leave for good in 10 days.

so we photoboothed it. for real.

(just click on it to see it in all its glory)

i feel good.

i'm finding it a bit difficult to keep myself from jumping around.

"Purcell was not so much running as he was dancing and not so much dancing as laughing with his feet."
-Tom Robbins, Another Roadside Attraction

snugglebunnies

she just carved out a little nook, kneaded and snuggled with my knee, began purring, and dozed off.

oh, miss lola. you made my afternoon.

things i'm getting excited about.

future me.


labor day.
sandwiches.
mountains.
tiny apartments.
bff's

it makes me sad to see my potential replacements being interviewed for the job i love.

some advice

going to ikea on a saturday afternoon, which also happens to be the 2nd to last day of their big sale = really bad idea.

in case you didn't know.

the fireworks are making the walls shake.

new plan?

on the advice of a work friend (accompanied by humorous anecdote), i've been encouraged to join a herd of some sort (goats, sheep, rams, etc..) when i get to colorado, as opposed to, ya know, working and finding an apartment. instead i could spend my days grazing and nibbling berries and stealing bags of chips from unsuspecting picnic goers.

ah, the life...

okay, so...
how disappointed am i in the last episode of freaks and geeks?

a lot.

disco? what the hell is that about?!?
ugh. good show. great show, even. and they end it on disco and the grateful dead?
i guess i'm just confused. no, disappointed was the correct term. and disappointed that the show didn't last more than 1 season.

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i've switched over to helpless and anxiety ridden mode in the apartment search. i feel like there isn't enough time. but there is. i'm just not being patient. which i should be. but it's annoying that i'm not and can't seem to manage to make myself be.

i'm having a hard time accepting that i probably won't see the place i'm going to live until the day i move in. not that i don't whole-heartedly trust the people who've taken charge of that area for me... it's just one of those things. i'll get over it.

have i mentioned how much i hate moving?