as i write this, jon is on his computer. picking at his nose hair.

[justhungry]

i can't wait to move into our little cottage on the bay. at the risk of sounding a bit snobby/ridiculous -- i'm so over the city. i don't regret moving here (jon...columbia) but i do feel silly and juvenile for ever wanting to move here. i never complained about living on long island when i was growing up -- i wasn't stupid or snobby and actually was able to obtain an abundance of cool friends there -- but i always assumed that when i graduated college, i'd pull an east coast mary tyler moore and transplant myself in the nearest metropolis. i felt certain it would expose me to awesome, intellectual and diverse people and honestly, i have met those people since i graduated -- but not in the city. i've been fortunate enough to get a job i love and have gained almost a dozen new, truly remarkable friends there. and that job happens to be on long island. i'm not going to apologize for going east (sorry Pet Shop Boys), i feel much prouder now to be moving into a little house then i did when i abandoned my island life in november. this is a good change and i'm happy.

i have an assortment of issues with the typical "city" life, but i don't want to rag on the people i love who live that life. they're happy and that's awesome.

i'm quite happy in this little life jon and i have carved out for ourselves. it's unique, and it probably only works for us and the 4 or 5 other people on the planet like us, but man... it works. i'm finding out that you can be married and hold down a respectable job without actually being a grown-up. which is nice.