In which being female sometimes sucks. So it’s that time again. I feel like a balloon, and I keep having mild panic symptoms. Any minute now the faucet should open and I’ll be bleeding like a stuck pig. Walking to and from work for the next couple of days should prove to be interesting. Since […]

In which I’m very nearly on the road again. I’ve repacked the jeep with the heavy things forward, so it actually has a little bit of play in the suspension now. I’ve held out a half dozen boxes to be shipped so I can see out the windows. I’ve even Windexed all the windows and […]

In which I’m so lazy I have nothing to blog about. Today I managed to bathe, look for work online (I applied at three ISPs!), and make black bean soup. Which is way more activity than I engaged in yesterday. My mom’s house is so comfy and mellow that it’s hard to get up the […]

In which we ask, “Wyoming?” and answer, “Hey, why not!” I should be out of here by midday tomorrow, unless I screw around too much with my remaining chores, which include visiting the farm one last time and doing extremely tedious shit with many cardboard boxes: loading some into the jeep, getting rid of some, […]

In which I looooooooooooooooooooooove gadgets, omgwtfbbq!! While I was in Portland my bro-there, Jay-rob, and I exchanged iPods. He gave me his 5th gen iPod Video, and I gave him my older iPod Photo (plus Firewire cable, charger, and FM transmitter) because I didn’t need it any more after he gave me his. (Because I […]

In case you’re curious what the hell I’m doing during the next few weeks. Sept 13 – 18: Fly to Portland Oregon, drive to Walla Walla Washington with my brother, celebrate grandma’s birthday with the family. Back to PDX, return to Iowa. Sept 19 – 22: Tune up the jeep, organize and pack my belongings. […]

In which my time is limited. It occurred to me this morning that I only have so many opportunities left to have Indian take-out for lunch. I don’t remember there being any Indian restaurants in Walla Walla (there’s Thai and sushi, though!), and I don’t have high hopes that my grandma will be up for […]

In which I tell you a story about my sordid past. Tonight I’m going to a birthday party at TiRi’s with this cute kid I met the other day. He’s nineteen. I watched him try to seduce a drunken redneck who thought he was a girl, and the look on the kid’s face when he […]

In which it’s all getting all bittersweet and shit because I’m getting ready to move away. The weather is perfect today, breezy and cool and gorgeous. Bindu and I walked up to Mi-T-Mart so I could treat myself to a Frappucino out of the cooler. Iowa’s showing off for me, I think: Look, I can […]