up and away

roma

on the streets of amsterdam

from france to italy

10 day agenda

london

paris

turin

rome

amsterdam

see you once i'm back.

don't let the milk float ride your mind

i love david bowie. love love. forever.

Bobby and Sue

This made me laugh really hard last night. 

Dinner at Victor's Cuban Cafe, I turn to see a lovely love note written right above my head. 

"Cute," I think and continue shoveling pulled pork in my mouth. Then, leaning back to take a sip of water, a bigger picture emerges. 

Am I sick for finding it hilarious? 

Sometimes, mean people are so funny, you have to give them props.

this video is all sorts of awesome

Petey's chip is the ghost of MN!

window view

domestic

the last month has felt a bit more about domesticity than usual and it's a weird way of making one feel all. grown. up.

it all started with a broken clothes dryer. then it all went downhill.

• dealing with adulthood day one: repairman comes, notes that he cannot repair the dryer. 
  
• day 2: jordon and i go out, looking to buy a new washer and dryer but, to our surprise, the sizes of said appliances have increased a lot since the last time they were purchased for my tiny home, making them way too large to fit through the door frames and staircase, hence impossible to install. 
  
• day 3: we're on a hunt for a smaller, european set of appliances, which we find out cost an arm and a leg. no luck in most places. 
  
• day 4: we stumble upon a set at best buy. alas, we think, we've been saved! we buy them immediately and wait for delivery. the house is filled with dirty sheets, underwear and dog sweaters. 
  
• day 5: best buy delivers the goods. the goods do not work. 
  
• day 6: go to best buy again, request a replacement. "sure," they say, "only that will be in a week and we'll take two days to deliver it." we go back and forth on the impossibility of getting it done in one day, they refuse to compromise. i say "fuck you" and just return the whole deal. 
  
• day 7: back on the hunt again. roommate calls to mention that the fridge is not cold. we get home and yes, the fridge has died. 
  
• day 8: food rotting, repairman arrives. fridge is better off replaced, he says, than repaired.
  
• day 9: back to home depot. we find a fridge, a washer and dryer and drop close to two grand.
  
• day 10: best buy comes and picks up their defected appliances.
  
• day 11: home depot drops off theirs. door frames come off, everything is a mess. the laundry is in a pile that's bigger than our bed, and we have nothing to eat.
  
• day 12: the washer is not working. really? really.
  
• day 13: go back and forth with home depot on repair/replace the product. they give away all responsibility and tell me to call the manufacturer.
  
• day 14: argue with general electric on why their shit breaks after one day. they agree to come and repair it.
  
• day 15: ge does, indeed, repair the washer. finally. everything is working.

fifteen days. no laundry. no food. broken door frames. a million and one charges on my amex. 

damn you bestbuyhomedepotgeneralelectric for making me feel so grown up.

hi.

i like school, but i don't like having to study.
le sigh.

end of an era

uptown bar, i will miss thee.
jason hare, i will see you soon.