haven't written in a while... i've been busy trekking across the country and moving into my new home, which isn't so much my home as some austrailian woman with an affinity towards kangaroo pelts whom i have never met. but i'm settling in, and things are slowly normalizing. some highlights of the past month or so are as follows:
a. ) stayed with daver in his pimp ass chicago apartment for a week and lived like a freakin rock star. notable events included painting our faces with crayola crayon things, obtaining the 3rd season of the L word from the intranet & lounging around like a pampered house pet
b. ) we drove together from chicago to omaha to denver where we stayed with les & ben who graciously opened their new home to us and showed us around town. i hope to get back to denver to go snowboarding this winter
c. ) dave and i parted ways at denver. he headed south to LA to go to grad school at USC (with chris kosek) and i headed north towards yellowstone.
d. ) drove through yellowstone by myself and it was absolutely incredible! there are a whole bunch of photos up on my flickr site... lots of tourists though. but i did see a bison and a bunch of deer looking things!
e. ) some amazing driving north of yellowstone through to eastern washington. lots of twisty turney hills and things with not much of a speed limit... hehehe
f. ) arrived in seattle. the neighborhood i'm living in is called fremont and it seems really super cool. i got to hang out with the previous subletter, sam, for a few days and i'm sad he had to leave cuz he was really cool. we have a giant troll under a bridge here
g. ) discovered just how expensive organic grocery stores are. wished for walmart for the first time in my life
h. ) made friends with a boy named chris klink. we spend our days talking about music and graphic design and swinging on swings. life is good.
i. ) met the kind folks at modern dog which i believe will be my next daily orange. they work in a house with a living room full of couches, guitars & snowboards. there are posters and stuf all over their walls. noted large mystery hole in ceiling. i am home. work starts sept 5th and i can't freakin wait!!!
j. ) had some more poetic-ish thoughts before bed time:
a cold breeze blows across my shoulder
stiffening the hairs on the back of my neck
it whispers in my ear
i am still here
k. ) i miss the sush and my guitar like whoa. i also miss daver, miss kat, jamelah & my mum. hopefully when my parents come out in september they'll bring the sush and my guitar with them, and maybe if i'm lucky miss kat will move out here soonish : )
