Phew. (A Large Exhale of Air.)

Oh, goodness, it has been a long time since I have posted. I would like to blame it all on busyness and travel (and for the most part, I have been busy and travelling) but honestly, I just not have been in a blogging frame of mind. I have about 100 more substantial and interesting thoughts going through my head but I can't seem to commit them to paper. Some are about politics, most are about movies and a few are about growing up and transitions. Maybe not that interesting on second thought. Here are a few little tidbits that I can make almost cohesive.

1. I think my roommates and I have found a townhouse. It's beautiful with a huge kitchen, a washer/dryer, air conditioning and 2 balconies. It's in a delightful and very famous part of the city which is good to be able to point out to people.

2. I went to LA for a few days and it was sticky hot but also delightful. I managed to navigate the great LA area with a GPS perfectly and got fairly acclimated to the supposedly treacherous freeway system. I went to bars with my ridiculously hot cousins and got a phone number given to me by a guy who insisted he would take care of "a fellow awesome Colorado girl." I promptly and accidentally lost the number because I am a dumb ass and I can't efficiently operate my phone. That's all right, I probably wouldn't have called him anyway. We also went dancing and that was a nice change from the stodgy Colorado bar scene. The only problem with the trip was that I took it up the ass with rental car prices. I am going to try my hardest to never rent a car again. It blew goats.

3. I've been seeing lots of movies lately--mostly because I am broke and it's cheap but also, air conditioned. WANTED was an awful watered-down graphic novel Fight Club. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. Baby Mama was utterly delightful and Tina Fey is perpetually my idol. I would watch that woman read the phone book because it would be funny.

4. I really, really, really want to go to the Mile High Music Festival but the money would probably make me feel so guilty, I would shit a brick. But John Mayer, the love of my like and also Dave Matthews and so many more. I would really like to see Ingrid Michaelson too. Oh, I am so torn!

5. I am not adjusting super well to having empty days. Like, not empty, per se because I am going out a lot with friends and the gym and other errands but I am really struggling with a lack of structure.

6. Jessi and I have brought our separate groups of friends together and now we are all friends and I LOVE these people, all of them. They are delightful and make the summer oh-so-fun. There was a kick ass 4th of July barbecue that was pretty much my best Fourth ever.

7. I frequent several libraries in the area. I just love libraries. I also have read 32 books out of the 52 I intend to read this year so that's cool. The last few books have been a pretty shameful quality so I may not count them. I do need to start some PhD reading though.

8. I am learning to bake pie. Chocolate pie, lemon pie, apple pie, ALL pie. As Scott says, the biggest problem with feminism is the fact that there would be less pie. I can't argue with that.

9. I am also writing a cookbook and testing the recipes. Not that I know what I will do with this book once I write it but it is a fun project. It's mostly salads right now but the pasta and egg dishes are becoming more numerous. I may put them on a separate blog. I am also thinking of starting a restaurant review blog. The hobby of food is getting more and more consuming.