The late 20's are a weird age
Mostly because I went to another wedding a couple of weeks ago. This one was awesome, because it was for two of my very good friends, Ali and Brian, and especially since I'm the one who introduced them. (When I mentioned this to Brian at the dinner the night before, he was positively gleeful, and spent the rest of the weekend 'blaming' me for the whole wedding.) I actually stayed in their guest room for a couple of months several years ago, not long after they started living together themselves, and even then I knew they'd get married someday. Still, it's very weird to go to weddings of my peers... and I know it's just going to happen more and more. The weekend was very nice, though; the whole thing was in Kansas City, so I explored the city for a while with some old friends I'm now much closer to and a new friend I think I'm going to get close to. I got to meet Ali's... well, entire family, as far as I could tell. Certainly parents, sister, grandparents, various aunts, uncles, cousins... also, Brian's sister and her partner, which was cool. I also spent a good chunk of time with Mara, without drama or anything, which was really nice.
Then, two days later, my sister Leila visited. She was on a cross-country road trip with a friend of hers, after graduation (!!!), and they stopped by for a few hours. I took her around town, to Powell's and Movie Madness and India Grill, and it was pretty cool, but I'm glad it was only an overnight, since it turns out she and I have just about nothing in common. We also had some weird encounters on the streets of Downtown Portland, which made the whole experience that much more surreal.
On the suck front, my motherboard fried, so I have been without a computer for a while. I've been using my roommate Andrew's, which is better than nothing, but not by a whole lot.
On the keen front, however, I have a new steady gig, that pays and everything! Granted, it's only one day a week, and it's a documentary with flaky hippies, but it's good pay, and looks good on my resume, so yay.
I'm totally going to Pride festivities this weekend, too, and I hope to meet someone. Andrew has a new girlfriend, and she's cute and bi and comfortable naked, and DAMN I want her, but she's gone on him, and also kind of damaged, so I need a girl of my own. Seriously, I need to get myself a girlfriend. It's been WAY too long.
Then, two days later, my sister Leila visited. She was on a cross-country road trip with a friend of hers, after graduation (!!!), and they stopped by for a few hours. I took her around town, to Powell's and Movie Madness and India Grill, and it was pretty cool, but I'm glad it was only an overnight, since it turns out she and I have just about nothing in common. We also had some weird encounters on the streets of Downtown Portland, which made the whole experience that much more surreal.
On the suck front, my motherboard fried, so I have been without a computer for a while. I've been using my roommate Andrew's, which is better than nothing, but not by a whole lot.
On the keen front, however, I have a new steady gig, that pays and everything! Granted, it's only one day a week, and it's a documentary with flaky hippies, but it's good pay, and looks good on my resume, so yay.
I'm totally going to Pride festivities this weekend, too, and I hope to meet someone. Andrew has a new girlfriend, and she's cute and bi and comfortable naked, and DAMN I want her, but she's gone on him, and also kind of damaged, so I need a girl of my own. Seriously, I need to get myself a girlfriend. It's been WAY too long.