iThink
couple things
A) I'm using my macbook to write this entry. It's pretty cool...I'm just hoping that it ends up being worth bills I dropped for it. I just downloaded google sketchup (for both the mac and the pc) and have been playing with it for the past few hours...google-named freeware never ceases to amaze me.
B) Drove to Buffalo today to clean up the apartment and start to set some things up. Didn't really happen, thoug..apparently, we've had some miscommunication with the landlord somewhere between him saying "the apartment will be ready by July first" and my July 8th discovery that the apartment renovations are far from complete. Good thing I didn't plan on moving in...bastard. I'm getting excited about going, though...my neighborhood is amazing, and I feel more and more sure of myself with each visit. I figured it'd be really hard for me to move away from the closeknit groups I've formed in Pittsburgh and New Castle, but in a surprising twist of events, my friends are all moving before me. Andrea has already moved to Moon, Melissa to Butler, Gwen goes to connecticut July 20th, Abdou goes to Syria, Danny to Mars shortly after, and Amanda goes to LaRoche before I go to UB. I'll be the only one left here for the last few weeks, which will make it so much easier to leave.
C) Weddings have begun. Chad and Julie got married yesterday - the first of my friends to get hitched. It got all my friends talking about weddings and marriage and relationships and whatnot, and although I participated ("Yeah, well, for MY wedding, I'm coating the dancefloor in butter right before the electric slide"), I think I'm the only one that actually lacks the ability to fathom marriage. I mean, I want it? But I haven't truly and deeply connected with a guy since I was...18? so the idea of it just seems alien and awkward to me. There were times throughout this past year when I was just entirely too enthusiastic and consumed with whatever guy I was "not technically dating" at the time. I've settled into a really nice apathy that I can only compare to the first few moments after waking up in the morning. You know that, deep down inside, you really want to get out of bed and start your day - but it's just so much nicer to shut your eyes and stay warm and comfortable and unaware of the world around you. I like to sleep in.
D) My mom is buggn' out again. I can't wait until this nightmare is over, and it kills me that I have to leave for school before she's done with chemo. I need to see things better before I can go to school with wanting to drive back here and hug my mom every 3 seconds - and I know that with so much "me time" during my first few weeks in Buffalo, it's going to be especially hard for me.
E) I'm ending this on a positive note - Brendan Benson sings good songs.
A) I'm using my macbook to write this entry. It's pretty cool...I'm just hoping that it ends up being worth bills I dropped for it. I just downloaded google sketchup (for both the mac and the pc) and have been playing with it for the past few hours...google-named freeware never ceases to amaze me.
B) Drove to Buffalo today to clean up the apartment and start to set some things up. Didn't really happen, thoug..apparently, we've had some miscommunication with the landlord somewhere between him saying "the apartment will be ready by July first" and my July 8th discovery that the apartment renovations are far from complete. Good thing I didn't plan on moving in...bastard. I'm getting excited about going, though...my neighborhood is amazing, and I feel more and more sure of myself with each visit. I figured it'd be really hard for me to move away from the closeknit groups I've formed in Pittsburgh and New Castle, but in a surprising twist of events, my friends are all moving before me. Andrea has already moved to Moon, Melissa to Butler, Gwen goes to connecticut July 20th, Abdou goes to Syria, Danny to Mars shortly after, and Amanda goes to LaRoche before I go to UB. I'll be the only one left here for the last few weeks, which will make it so much easier to leave.
C) Weddings have begun. Chad and Julie got married yesterday - the first of my friends to get hitched. It got all my friends talking about weddings and marriage and relationships and whatnot, and although I participated ("Yeah, well, for MY wedding, I'm coating the dancefloor in butter right before the electric slide"), I think I'm the only one that actually lacks the ability to fathom marriage. I mean, I want it? But I haven't truly and deeply connected with a guy since I was...18? so the idea of it just seems alien and awkward to me. There were times throughout this past year when I was just entirely too enthusiastic and consumed with whatever guy I was "not technically dating" at the time. I've settled into a really nice apathy that I can only compare to the first few moments after waking up in the morning. You know that, deep down inside, you really want to get out of bed and start your day - but it's just so much nicer to shut your eyes and stay warm and comfortable and unaware of the world around you. I like to sleep in.
D) My mom is buggn' out again. I can't wait until this nightmare is over, and it kills me that I have to leave for school before she's done with chemo. I need to see things better before I can go to school with wanting to drive back here and hug my mom every 3 seconds - and I know that with so much "me time" during my first few weeks in Buffalo, it's going to be especially hard for me.
E) I'm ending this on a positive note - Brendan Benson sings good songs.