carlos is not keen on this moving thing.  i'm equally not keen on this packing thing.  i have a lot of stuff.  i'm wasting time...i ought to stack bookshelves in the storage closet.  then i ought to clean off things that need to be craigslisted ( Read more... )

the colorado thing ( Read more... )

going to live in colorado!  going to do work that's interesting to me, and be around different people!  and in colorado!  i'm so happy.  starting to sorta kinda pack too, out of excitement

i'm having the sort of day/week/month/indefinate period of desperation to do something with my life.  i heard a song that reminds me of john rodgers, and felt for the first time empathy with people who join the armed forces.  life a mess, going nowhere?  offer up your body and your self for a few years and see if you can outlast your problems ( Read more... )

when it's over 100F and i'm hiking i'm Really interested to know exactly what the temperature is.  weather underground says 106.  the car says 109.  the bank down the street said 103 but the bank a block away said 112.  it was kinda rough toward the end of the day, breaks became more frequent and longer.  i think i started to fall asleep at one ( Read more... )

at the gym today my friend said my shirt looked good, and asked if it was new.  i've had it for a year, but felt too fat to wear it outside my house until today.
good feelings.

i've been working outside this past week, and it's nearing 100 degrees.
i've sweated so much that there are salt stains on my shirt.
ew ew ew.

i've been monitoring out in some miserable town in the dead, and often stinky, stretch between tucson and phoenix.  i arrive this morning and the superintendent,  Kirk, says "did you see my puppies in the bed of my truck?"  omg, puppies ( Read more... )

i typically get my mom a plant she can't easily kill on mothers day (succulents mostly, she's just got to remember to bring them inside for January frosts).  this year in addition to the plants i was considering getting her a pedometer.  she walks every morning, and it's such a low-tech gadget that i think she won't be overwhelmed.  personally i ( Read more... )

it is 6am.  i've just slept for over 12 hours.  woohoo!