what's out there - the "here we are now" version

things i have seen lately:
wheelchairs in the drive-thru lane at taco bueno. it was pretty late and they had flashlights with them. there were two guys, and they popped wheelies as they sped off to get their food from the window. their chairs were going pretty fast.

my pants! i'm finally starting to locate some of the things that lurk in all these boxes. i also found my squeezy pig that bonnie sent me in the mail a couple of years ago. it's out in the living room where i can see the stamps on its side. that pig makes me happy.

a perfect gift for amy. if memory stands correct, the thing i bought is exactly what she asked me for before i left seattle. she's going to do a poster for my next show; all she wants in return is some thing i've picked out for her to be sent to her house. that seems like such a wonderful deal that i couldn't pass it up, though i would've gotten her this perfect gift anyway, just because. when you see something that reminds you of a person you like, you should make an effort.

travel plans for boston. soon i'll see my friend brandon, who lives cambridge. we hadn't seen one another in a couple of years. then i found out that i was working with his sister and that he was in town visiting before he went back to harvard. he's a great kid with a penchant for wailing out a simple "yaaaaayy!" at things that please him. like donuts. or hello kitty. or being around people he misses.

speaking of great kids, my brother jason was in town from south carolina, hanging out on leave before he went back to work on a nuclear reactor prototype thingy. it's funny to me, imagining him as a military sort of homer simpson. sector 7-G, anyone? he says it's not as complicated as everyone thinks, but i'm a little suspicious of that. i can barely cook chicken without killing us all in the process. nuclear whatnot is probably not the area of expertise i would be shooting for... in the interest of your safety.

the view from our new house. i must say, i do enjoy sitting on the balcony and piddling away for hours. there i am, reading microtrends or miranda july, drinking my coffee and smoking. or maybe i'm just staring, listening to the trains in the distance. most of all, it's mine. okay so maybe i share it with derek. but this part of the house belongs more to me. when we get done with the new wood floor i'm going to celebrate by buying a picket fence and some flamingos for my "yard" out there. like a sign that says i live here. a very tacky sign.


a faboo thing about my new job:
there is a bakery nearby that brings us free goodies on sundays. can we say spoiled or what? tonight i toted home some shortbread cookies, a box of granola, and challah bread. i won't even mention the frikkin awesome lavender cake that i shouldn't snack on any more or else i'll eat the whole damn thing. or maybe i will mention it - and revel in it. mmmmm... baked gooooods.