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I’m Coming Home Via Chicago 1

Oct

27

2011

Thanks to my friend Mark for showing me this awesome Wilco cover. Unlike the original, this works really well for good news. I’ve been looking for a job in San Francisco very hard for the last couple months since I got up here. I’ve had nibbles, I’ve had bites. And then, I had the events ...

Movin’ On Up 4

Aug

12

2011

So I’m moving to San Francisco on Sunday. I’ve mentioned this on Facebook and Twitter, but I thought I’d elaborate a little bit here, since those venues are better for quick takes and updates on the travails of moving and selling all my shit rather than longer explanations. And this is a fairly long explanation. ...

A Quick Suggestion

Jun

27

2010

Do not try to move, relearn trigonometry, and begin to learn calculus in the space of two weeks (not necessarily in that order). You are just asking for trouble.

A Little Ride in the Wayback Machine 2

Aug

14

2009

Six years ago tomorrow, I was driving a rented Budget 15-foot truck across Illinois, Iowa, and Nebraska. My co-worker/building mate Jen, who was also moving to LA and whose stuff occupied half the truck, drove her brand new Mitsubishi convertible along with me. We’d left Chicago at 6 in the morning to avoid the rush ...

Free Stuff! 2

Jan

30

2008

The company I used to work for (not the show itself, but the much smaller company that technically employed me) has hired me for the week to clean out their old offices, which were basically unused by more than one person for over two years. They’re selling much of the old furniture to the incoming ...

Spring Cleaning

Jan

16

2008

Here’s how bored I am right now: I cleaned. And not just “sprayed some Lysol over the bathroom” cleaned. Like, threw out tons of shit I don’t need anymore. You know how, when you move, there’s always a few boxes that never actually get unpacked until you move again, and you wonder, what’s in here ...

Interwebs! 1

Sep

8

2007

Not only interwebs, but the return of SPECTACULAR HD to the Gigantic Damn Television, on which I am currently watching Oregon stomp Michigan, and laaaaaaaaughing and laughing. The only problem is that I think I am going to need a bionic left foot. Anyone have a spare?

I Like To Move It, Move It

Sep

7

2007

I will be moving downstairs all day tomorrow. I had a hell of a long day and only moved shit for an hour tonight, and I’m already wiped out. I swear to god, when I am done with this move, I’m not moving out of this new place for at least four years or I ...

I Am Such A Lesbian

Sep

4

2007

Moving brings out the big old butch lesbian in me. I mean, not that she had far to come, but for just two examples: Spackle. I bought spackle. I love spackle. I love the word spackle. I love saying and typing the word spackle. Spackle spackle spackle. I even love spackling all the holes I’ve ...

The Apartment Shuffle 3

Aug

30

2007

You would think that moving from one apartment to another in the same building would be easier than doing a full-on move. Unfortunately, as I’ve realized as I prepare to move downstairs to get out of the abominable heat of my current apartment, this is clearly not the case. You still have to do 90% ...