Trenton really deserves all the credit. He recently started a new running program and it has totally inspired me to get my ass back in shape. At Carleton, we had easy access to the rec center, and working out was never really an issue. The biggest inconvenience (besides the 8 minute walk across campus) was […]
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would you be mine, could you be mine
I’ve had some interesting folks live in the apartment across the breezeway. When I first moved in, it was a group of young, black guys and I’m 90% sure they were drug dealers. I came to this conclusion not based on racial stereotype, but based on the fact that late at night, nearly every night, […]
Read more...five days in three parts
Part One – I just can’t listen to Elliott Smith the way I used to. It was spring break last week [EDIT: last week –ish] for Adam and Chelsea and they drove all the way down from Madison, WI to Louisville to waste it with me. They arrived just after I got home from work […]
Read more...cute, morally questionable politicos
Last night I started to feel that familiar lonely tug of nostalgia and what-if, but before descending down in a grief-spiral of Leine’s and So You Think You Can Dance, I called Kari to come rescue me. We spent a few hours outside Ce Fiore, eating Italian fake ice cream (it’s actually really good), going […]
Read more...sweet sweet freedom
I found an apartment. Yay! It’s smaller and more expensive (bonus) than the other place I applied for, but they accepted my credit and the location is really good. I move in on April 19, and I’ve already started planning a party. After several “where am I going in life?” conversations with Rania, Christy, and […]
Read more...I scoff at your winter storm
I was really looking forward to unleashing my winter weather elitism on this town and I’m glad I finally have the chance. =) Midwesterners pride themselves on being able to withstand the shittiest weather and coldest temps. My co-workers at UofL are impressed that I’m pretty nonplussed about the snow, and I don’t bother to […]
Read more...last week in Madison
The windchill is at -29 right now, and in about 45 minutes I will have to go outside and into my car, and drive to Dean Clinic for my last day working with the WISADDS project. Tomorrow the Episense group is throwing me an awkward office party and then Thursday night I’m going over to […]
Read more...about damn time
I finally officially quit both my jobs! I’m gonna miss a lot of my co-workers, but I’m relieved to be moving on. I still haven’t had to face the scary boss yet, but I met with the second-in-command, and she was very sympathetic and understanding. Dad’s flying in the first weekend of February, and then we’re […]
Read more...not dead
Back in Madison. Work tomorrow. Showing the apartment to a potential subletter on Thursday. Fingers crossed tightly that I’ll be back down south for good before the end of the month.
Read more...ice storms make me bitchy, evidently
Saturday night and Madison is quickly being covered in ice. I was supposed to work today— first at WARF and then later tonight at RENT at the Overture Center, but it’s pretty hazardous outside. I went into work this morning before the snow started, and within 2 hours about an inch and a half of […]
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