• 22:47 Just spent three hours in Goodwill. Spent $55. Got a lot of good clothes, though. Now I'm in Barnes and Noble leeching someone's wireless. #

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Sorry for the lack of real posts here, guys. I think that what happened was that I wrote SO MUCH in the months and weeks before graduation that I can't find the energy to really do a lot more writing. Hopefully that will be better soon. I kind of miss writing, even though I'm burnt out on it.

On the other hand, I've been doing a little more roleplaying lately, which is a good, low-energy creative outlet. Speaking of which, hey, fishlanterns, now that school's out for the summer, would you have any interest in picking up some more RP? Let me know.

I'm happy to be back in Colorado. It's surprisingly green here right now--apparently it was a rainy spring while I was gone. But the weather is just starting to warm up, and I'm sure things will get dryer soon. I finally have carved out some space of my own in my mom and stepdad's house. The other day, I finally got all my books out onto shelves, which was a wonderful feeling. I haven't had all my books out and available since high school. So, that's good.

I'm stuck on dialup at home, which is another reason for the lack of posts--I don't get online until the end of the day, and by then I'm too tired to do much but slog through my webcomics and blogs in Google Reader. Unfortunately, my mom's house is in this weird little low-income neighborhood, which means that the only broadband available is satellite. The phone lines aren't good enough for DSL, and the cables aren't digital, and while there is wireless broadband available in our area, this neighborhood is tucked away at the base of a mesa that conveniently blocks access to that. (As well as cell phone reception. It's not a great location, although its proximity to the river makes it pleasantly more humid than the surrounding area, and a few degrees cooler.)

Once I get a job, maybe I'll decide it's worth it to shell out the $60 a month for satellite internet, but since this situation is fairly temporary, I'm not convinced it would be worth the startup fees. So, for the time being, I can't watch videos or listen to streaming audio at home, which is frustrating. I'm spending a lot of time in the library, as you can imagine.

A few final pieces of housekeeping: First, now that school is over for good, I'm easing back into the whole instant messaging thing. I've abandoned AIM, but I'm on Google Talk most nights as museofastronomy. (I figure most of you probably at least have Gmail accounts.)

Second, amberdulen, I finally found those printouts I had from RWOnline. I'm happy to send them your way, if you want them--just e-mail me your address. (I should've saved it when you sent me those delicious cookies, but I didn't have the forethought.)

Third, I'm going to turn off the twitter dump to this journal. It's got to be annoying some of you, and it's just plain depressing that the last several weeks of posts are nothing but Twitter. Besides, my Twitter account (middlemuse) has an RSS feed, so even if you're not on Twitter, it shouldn't be that hard to keep up, if you desire.