Crawling slowly into the 21st century

actually, i'm off the road again. finally. spent a few days in denver then drove to TN. ah home sweet home. my parents were actually out for the evening, so i came home to a dark house, but inside were two animals very happy to see me. yay pets. the night, too, was one of those perfect southern nights: a sweltering blanket of warm, humming with the sounds of a million little lives. today, everything is green and alive and summer. praying mantids still live in the daylillies. a nuthatch baby (that's a bird, for those who don't know) came and drank at the bath just outside the window while i watched. my cat and dog lay on their opposite sides of the deck - Callie (cat) got up and walked over to Bailey, arching her back beneath my dog's nose. my dog, as she usually does in this situation, moved her head away with an expression of "what are you doing?" and now, i'm going to ignore my packing and go watch the fireflies from the hammock on my front porch.

it's good to be home.

am a college graduate. WEIRD. also am finally free of my evil evil landlord. meanest gay man ever.

in a final stroke of SC meanness, i am typing this from a computer lab in which my brother is not allowed to WALK INTO as he has no USC id even though he is CLEARLY my brother. honestly, 30 k a year and my immediate family is not allowed to watch me use a computer? seriously. SC. you suck.

i'm off - to vegas and the grand canyon and denver and tennessee and atlanta (french consulate) and tennessee and tahiti, respectively.

man.

college was fun and stuff. will miss the people. some of the people. will wax sentimental in a more private place, so no one will know how Lifetime TV i can get.

and one to go! ah, my last final is tomorrow. really the last one. i love it. love it love it love. well, actually i hate that i have to take another one. but whatever.

am trying to sell everything i own. it is not going well. oh internet, you are all promise and no fulfillment sometimes. bah.

have chosen a cell phone! for international use! for when i am caring for these childrens here:



that's my beach! and my boys! and i'm guessing I, too, will have a few frothy drinks there....if i ever get a visa. course i have to apply for one first...things to do. way too many things to do.

// posted by c @ 3:42 PM

oh yes, and i spent the entire day dis- and then re- assembling my computer. seriously, it was in parts strewn about my room. and Dell is completely useless and didn't send any sort of 'this is how you do it' non-warren G related materials. So i had to use my inherent skillz (mad) to figure it out. and the fact that i'm typing this entry on my very own computer with new me-installed parts says good things, i think. the smell of triumph pervades my room.

yes, yes, the cartoon is actually actually done. almost. of course i still need to do a serious transfer. and fix the oh, seventhousand glitches i saw when i watched the whole time through in front of my class. for the first time. sigh. such is the life of the procrastinator, i guess. (totally my superpower: procrastination - although that's not so much a power as it is a ... vice, i guess. alright, fine, i'd be a villain in a cartoon.)

SC is coming to a close, for reals. and it's making me all nostalgic and crap. honestly, went to a gathering the other night that made me wish for another year here, just for another year of crazy, wacky hijinks and fuzzy memories. i'm not ready to be real yet, kids. or maybe i am, i don't know. i'm just not ready to be responsible, i know that for sure. can't i just be...me but with a trust fund? that would work for a while. i could just roam the earth, learning things and loving people....i'm so skilled at chilling, i feel it's a shame to waste it.

hee. i have a bruise on my neck. drunken hijinks are the BEST.