i remember once upon a time i had a blog.....
sorry for the deplorable lack o' posts. i find it maddening when i check other people's blogs and it's still the same damn entry from 2005. i was moaning about that the other day for a bit before i realised what a hypocrite i am. i am henceforth trying to become un-hypocritical (at least in regards to blogging...).
so---let's see. christmas was cool. new years was great. blah blah blah. nick is on some new kick where he is momentarily blinded with love for some game called---get this---warhammer 40,000. warhammer.it's true.
according to the makers of this splendid game "in the grim darkness of the far future there is only war." that was a direct quote. warhammer 40,000 is very complicated. and beyond geeky. i'm dreadfully afraid nick will grow a ponytail and forget how to talk to women and develop unbearable body odour. it consists of small figurines (space marines, aliens, and a host of other frightening future warriors) that nick will paint with model paint and glue their tiny parts together and then...i don't know...fight some epic battle i suppose. we went into the warhammer store the other day and all the dudes that worked there were staring at me like i had two heads. nick reckons it took them a while to realise that no, i was not a boy with a deformed chest. those are boobs. and i am a girl. i am infering that women are a rare breed in the warhammer universe. i can't imagine why. i firmly believe it is because we are far too complicated and deep. although he won't say, i'm pretty sure nick thinks it is because we are missing some vital human element. i guess we'll only know the answer if we live till 40,000. that grim future where there is only war. sigh... i used to think i was dating a hot guy in his twenties but i'm starting to have nightmares that i'm gonna wake up to some pimply-faced 13 year old. yeah--so in addition to listening to nick drone on about c-span and calculus i now get to engage in riveting conversation about warhammer 40,000 as well. yippee. as my father remarked over christmas i sure "picked a winner."
compared to that latest news...my real life pales in comparison. i quit my cubicle job so i am once again a functioning human with an (almost) real grip on reality. even though now my reality consists mostly of women who carry teeny dogs around in pink purses and wear diamonds the size of my big toe and drop $300 on rhinestone doggie collars and thongs. (the thongs are for themselves i'm supposing. not for the dog. not rhinestoned either for that matter). but those are acutually more of an occasional sighting than the norm. thank the lord.
georgia was here for a long time and we went on a mini-road trip up the coast to the gigantic and magnificent redwood forest. such a beautiful magical place. nick and i found the perfect little cottage that i want to live in and grow a wee garden in and drink tea in and study french in. perhaps i'll post photos. it's on an acre of land and has a fire-pit in the front and the trees sing my name when the wind blows through them. and there are chubby little fairies who leave presents on the doorstep every morning and the stars sleep in the hollow behind the bedroom. it's pretty perfect--in case you can't tell. geez--i hope i get into humboldt after all this talk about arcata. i don't know what i'll do if i don't. chuck it all and go teach in japan i suppose. or become an indentured servant to some well-to-do warhammer miser. i think i'd rather go to the redwoods...
i haven't spoken to anyone in ages. well---that's not entirely true. i did get to talk to colleen. which was fab. and michelle is coming out in 3 weeks which is also fab. and becca and i are planning a rendez-vous which is super-duper fab. but i miss my aunts and uncles and my india-traipsing friends and my chicago friends and my austin friends and my friends in other places too. much love to one and all. i promise i won't wait until 2007 or 40,000 to post again.