1) we are back from portland. we have been back, but i have been without internet ( Read more... )

so now tom and i are going to be in vegas until the 5th of january, when we fly out to portland, oregon. we're gonna be there until the 9th, just for fun, have a few adventures and come home.

i'm excited. i haven't been anywhere new in what feels like a long time.

so....anyone been to portland and have an idea where we MUST go?

the 2008 Presidential Candidate Selector meme matched me with kucinich at 91% and obama at 82%. hillary came in a distant #7, with 77%.
i think kucinich's campaign is sadly a joke, but i'm warming up to the idea of an obama vote.

...the best part was that my #29 match (out of 30) says Stephen Colbert (campaign halted).

i am amazed that i did not kill anyone today.

fuckin' fifth graders.

our landlords have still not cashed my december rent check.
it's the fucking seventeenth.
come on.i only realized this once i checked my bank account history ten minutes ago, first chance i've had to use the internet in weeks. i also realized that, when they do cash said check, my account balance will be in the double digits. the very low double ( Read more... )

dear former roommates ( Read more... )

am trying to decide if i should go to tom's parents' house for thanksgiving.

turns out his brother and sister-in-law (who i really like) aren't going to be there, which by my calculations would mean tom, me, his parents, and maybe his weird 30-yr-old sister who makes pop-up books for a living and goes to bed at 9 pm.

this would be a really great ( Read more... )

today was much more successful than my recent days have been ( Read more... )

it only struck me about three days ago that since i wasn't going to be upstate after all, i was going to need a halloween costume.

most of the ideas i've come up with would work much better as couple-y costumes

mrs. robinson and ben (from the graduate)
jim and pam from the office...or maybe angela and dwight would be more fun ( Read more... )

so i'm back in town, almost a week now. i'd gotten another job that was supposed to start, upstate, a few days ago. then it got pushed back ( Read more... )