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things chipping along well. today i got an email from someone who i think would make a really good roommate. just some random person off of craig's list who saw my posting, but randomly we share a friendster friend. i was hoping i wouldn't have to compromise to find someone to live with, that sucks. before him i hadn't really connected with the prospective roommates. of course this is not a bird in hand, still it's a good sign.
also today i got a job. shooting fish in a barrel, really. UNC bookstore work, prepping for the pre-semester textbook rush. i'm not sure yet what it pays. doesn't start till august 8th, but at least gives me that security. perhaps i'll go visit the outer banks or something before work kicks in. now i'll be nostalgic for my freedom. still, as we all know, better to have money. mom's been floating me the transition. moving has lots of hidden costs.
i met a girl at a party the other day, not a romantic thing, but a cool friendship i think. her name is brandi, she took me to her yoga class yesterday. then we walked and had a lassi and a frappe, respectively. carrboro is a cool little town, lots of cool spots and folks. it's clearly a small place too though. lots of people never want to leave. what's awesome is that brandi is friends with eddie too! small world! so we and eddie and her dog sally hung out last night. we even walked to my place and she helped me hammer together my little table with the lighter painted on it, partially destroyed by the move. it's funny that i mentioned just yesterday how i didn't have a person like jet to help me do household stuff, because i think brandi could be my jet. (in the "helping me to do basic tasks and know local knowledge" sense. no one could replace jet or any friend of course) we agreed she could boss me around a bit. i'm the baby, i need that. she's the oldest. we're both 1975 kids but she's from the back part so was a year behind me in school. that hardly matters when you are 30, but it gives some kind of mental context i think. like what was happening when you were a senior in high school, for instance.
so yeah i'm feeling pretty good today. oh, and now i'm listening to manu chao. minha galera.
also today i got a job. shooting fish in a barrel, really. UNC bookstore work, prepping for the pre-semester textbook rush. i'm not sure yet what it pays. doesn't start till august 8th, but at least gives me that security. perhaps i'll go visit the outer banks or something before work kicks in. now i'll be nostalgic for my freedom. still, as we all know, better to have money. mom's been floating me the transition. moving has lots of hidden costs.
i met a girl at a party the other day, not a romantic thing, but a cool friendship i think. her name is brandi, she took me to her yoga class yesterday. then we walked and had a lassi and a frappe, respectively. carrboro is a cool little town, lots of cool spots and folks. it's clearly a small place too though. lots of people never want to leave. what's awesome is that brandi is friends with eddie too! small world! so we and eddie and her dog sally hung out last night. we even walked to my place and she helped me hammer together my little table with the lighter painted on it, partially destroyed by the move. it's funny that i mentioned just yesterday how i didn't have a person like jet to help me do household stuff, because i think brandi could be my jet. (in the "helping me to do basic tasks and know local knowledge" sense. no one could replace jet or any friend of course) we agreed she could boss me around a bit. i'm the baby, i need that. she's the oldest. we're both 1975 kids but she's from the back part so was a year behind me in school. that hardly matters when you are 30, but it gives some kind of mental context i think. like what was happening when you were a senior in high school, for instance.
so yeah i'm feeling pretty good today. oh, and now i'm listening to manu chao. minha galera.