I am sitting here in my living room in front of the fire, listening to Miles Davis by candlelight, sipping Australian Shiraz and smoking a Camel, waiting for the love of my life to come over and cook me dinner. I defy you to tell me how life can possibly get better than this. :-)

I gave notice at my job on Tuesday. I will work there until next Friday, and then I will take my ball and go home. I had this unreasonable expectation, you see, that I would work, and they would pay me. Silly me. Seriously though, the firm is in SERIOUS financial trouble, and I had to jump ship instead of rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic and humming 'nearer my God to thee..." The initial plan was to work temp jobs through my employment agency until I found something worthwhile, but it appears, that in the interim, something worthwhile has found ME. It is a legal secretary position with HighMount Exploration and Production, and the salary and benefits were such that I snapped it up like a starving pihranna at the stockyards chum pond. I am in the midst of having a background check (2 speeding tickets - I'm a menace to society), and then it is in the bag for next Mon. Wish me luck! I hated to leave the old place, as I really liked my boss and my job, but hey - not being a supermodel, I cannot subsist on ice chips, and therefore, must have a job that enables me to buy food.

Everything else is going pretty well. I will be in Denver for Thanksgiving, and am going to see my Grandma who I haven't seen in a while. I was planning on going to Taos for TG, but G-ma has taken a turn for the worse (she's 96), and I need to go see her while she's still here.

I moved - I am in a townhouse now, and loving the complex, but Jack had to go and live with Dad for the time being. I am sad that I can't have him here, but the other option would be to crate him nearly 10 hours everyday (sometimes more), and I just can't do that to a dog. So he gets to go play with Dad and Frieda, and I come to give him treats and take him for walks when I can. I guess everything's a trade-off.

Interpersonally things are interesting right now. I am in a relationship that hasn't caused me to tear my hair out, and that is really nice. I am hoping things stay like this. The only bad thing is that currently, one of my best friends isn't speaking to me beacuse I had the drunken moxie to tell the truth. I need to call and reconcile, but am not sure what to say. What can I say - I didn't lie. Just because she doesn't like the truth is no reason I should lie. Oh well.

I will post more later.

Fuck.

I just thought I'd resurface. I am fine, actually.

Still working at the same firm - this is officially the longest I have ever spent at one job in my life. I feel like an actual grownup about this. The financial situation is still a little iffy, but hopefully, we will be able to iron it out, and go on.

School is making me crazy. I have one semester left to go, and other than my humanities professor being a virulent twat, I am liking it OK, and jsut wanting to be DONE, already.

Jack is good - he is doing his doggy thing in style.

I may be moving again soon, as my property management company/home owner people are crazy, and have (through their own internal squabbling) voided my lease. I am sick of thier shit, so there's my out.

For once in my life, my love life is not a source of things for me to bitch about. It's actually great. This is a novel concept for me, and I like it.

Honestly, that's it. I'm boring, sorry.


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Tickets are available tomorrow at noon.

I have already realized that I am going to die old and alone with 15 dogs.

So I guess everything between now and then is just getting me laid.

What a refreshing way to view relationship drama - totally takes the pressure off.

It has been forever and 15 years since I last posted.

What is going on -

I moved into a new house - it is approx. 2 blocks from the Red Cup, so I have been wasting a lot of time there.

Jack is fine, doing his doggy thing.

I am still working at the same law firm, still liking my job. Only thing I'm worried about is the general instability at the firm (financial) - that is the only reason I would leave here.

I have been seeing someone for a few months now, and he is quite wonderful. I won't gush here, but if you want more details, let me know.

I am getting pretty excited about the traveling I will be doing this year - I am going to Taos for Thanksgiving (if all goes well) and Paris in March. Yay. I may also go somewhere over X-Mas, but that depends on if I can get the time off of work.

I am not really writing poetry lately, but have been doing other stuff - I am having a bit of a physical renaissance - I have been working out a lot, and doing outdoorsy-stuff a lot.

I am also pretty darn close to graduating! Whee-Hoo!!


So, that's it.

School started today. First class is tomorrow. Good-bye, brain.

I am going to move to Canada.
Not immediately, but within the next couple of years. More specifically, Vancouver. Probably a little more than a year from now. I have to get citizenship and finish my bachelor's, as well as save up some money, but I am definitely doing it.
Why, you ask?

Things there ARE:

clean, fresh air
mountains, hiking, sea
metropolitan cities
socialized health care
a higher standard of living
more civic oriented governmental policies
compassionate government and programs
job opportunities
a more progressive national mindset
cheaper college
cleaner cities
legalized marijuana
shorter stints in law school
democracy
public transportation

Things there are NOT:

George Bush
Republicans
Wars
mass hysteria/paranoia
embargoes
drafts
nascar
rednecks
legalized homophobia
legalized sexism
the GOP
the Radical Right
HMO's
pharmacists with 'discretionary choice'
a Supreme Court with 8 men and 1 woman

Feel free to add.

The only thing I am confused about is why I'm not there already.

Life is so beautiful.
Stop looking for perfection,
and understand that perfection itself is in inperfection.
Enjoy.
Live.
Sense.
Feel.
I am free.
Liberated.
Life is so beautiful.