there is a beautiful rainbow over the puget sound.. its fading fast but at one time its colors were vibrant and subtle. i’m glad to know that the work week is almost over; i look forward to having no real responsibilities for two days. no big plans, just relaxing and having fun with my NERRRRRRRRdom.

i feel a little under the weather and i’m a tad worried i might catch cold. i took some vitamins and tried to eat a big dinner (albiet, a big late). soon i will go to bed so i won’t write more. besides – why write when you can talk? ;P

love is not something you hold love is not something you make love is not something you will love is not something you know

love is

boy am i lucky. aren’t we all?

Well, I decided to accept Larry’s counter-offer of $575 and rent apartment #104. It means that I will have about a 44% increase in rent; slightly less than then the 100 % increase I will encounter on my utilities and Internet connection. The price of living alone. I could have searched for a random roommate; to be honest, David has been such a good roommate I think it would be very difficult indeed. I also could have found a cheaper place – although I was having trouble meeting all my needs: enough space to hold all my junk, cat-friendly, close to work, and cheap. The ease of moving and month-to-month rent really helped seal the deal. Now I’m anxious to do it, of course – when in reality I have to wait until at least October 1st. Poor Eriko was hit by a car while riding her bike Sunday night – she ran a red and banged her knees and elbow up. Thankfully, the only loss was that of her bike.. and maybe a little pride.

Mommy recommended The Maltese Falcon and I concur with her judgment! It was a very enjoyable movie. I borrowed it from Carol, Aaron’s girlfriend – and my only complaint is that there is a 30 minute documentary before the movie. I understand that nobody would watch it unless it if it were placed after.. but come on – put it after! ;P I didn’t do much today and it took me twelve hours to do it. I saw the movie ‘Lost in Translation’; It was entertaining but I would rank it as a rental. Finally bought some more Jockey shirts – after mom told me to throw out my old ones I was down to the 6 she gave me – I couldn’t go a week without doing laundry. Now I can go almost two. =) I await my landlord’s response to my $550 offer; he scoffed at my $500 offer. If he balks at $550 I will have to kick my apartment search into a higher gear and may have to trade space for proximity, or proximity for price. Fortunately or not, I have quite a few belongings – and some of them are kinda big. I am definitely looking forward to living in my own place. Something about being in charge of all aspects is exciting.

i went for pizza with lisa and we talked about Eriko and her boyfriend, Ken. then we met up with the homies at mcmenamins : mark, aaron, jerry, joe, and melanie. it was fun – but the best thing was that i held my lavish self in-check, i had one piece of pizza and one glass of wine. =) i’d rather have spent the evening with Eriko, i think.