it's official; spring break has begun. i got home last night after 11pm after an inordinately long car ride (the traffic on i-75 sucked to high heaven), my mom & her boyfriend getting lost trying to figure out where i was, none-too-prompt service at applebee's, and taking the local streets home instead of the highways.
i started feeling sick yesterday afternoon and now i definitely have a cold/flu-type affliction. being sick sucks, of course, but i'd rather be sick now and have plenty of time to sleep things off and just generally chill the fuck out rather than have had it come out this week during midterms, or just while at new college. although it would be endearing if there was someone at home to "take care" of me, i.e. make me tea or something. my mom is too busily obsessed with glenn (her boyfriend) to do anything but fawn over him. speaking of glenn, i'm not sure whether i like him or think he's an obnoxious prat, but at least my mom seems happy for the first time in a long time.
right now, though, with my gross sniffly self sitting on my computer, "the odyssey" in my lap, while my mom & glenn canoodle on the couch together, i can't say that i don't feel lonely. there aren't many people around since everyone's spring break seems to have been last week or the week after mine, and i wouldn't want to subject anyone to my infections really anyway. also, talking to a friend/flame of mine from pre-college days also brought out the worst emotions in me. oftentimes i have to wonder why i remain friends with him as our interactions always bring me down.
maybe i'm just making excuses for feeling so isolated, though. this whole week has been a mindfuck and a whirlwind of work and bullshit and drama. perhaps i am so used to my life being like that already that this period of decompression seems isolating when really i need this time to be mostly on my own. or perhaps i'm just not used to sleeping alone in my own bed in my own bedroom at home.
on another note, i'm getting around to planning my tattoo. right now i have to figure out who i'm going to go to in order to get it done, whether i want to have an artist from down here work on it or one in sarasota or tampa or orlando. i'm really upset that this is the one weekend that marco serio is tattooing in tampa for a long time, because his work is amazing (go check out the site, he's doing the half-sleeve of one of my best friends, and his sister's chest piece and brother-in-law's back piece are shown in the section showcasing his work) but i'm not sure i want to make a trip to nyc just for that (although i'd visit a lot of people in the process). i'll figure it out though. does anyone have any suggestions as to good artists in south florida/sarasota-bradenton/tampa?
additionally: OMG BONNAROO. check out the lineup: radiohead? elvis costello? SONIC YOUTH? clap your hands say yeah!? beck? bright eyes? cat power (if her stage fright doesn't get the better of her)? stephen malkmus and the jicks? the dresden dolls? come on now, i have to be there. jackie and i are discussing getting a bunch of people together and renting an RV to drive up there and camp out in. yay for the prospect of june-time road-tripping.
but enough about me. tell me now, how are you?
i started feeling sick yesterday afternoon and now i definitely have a cold/flu-type affliction. being sick sucks, of course, but i'd rather be sick now and have plenty of time to sleep things off and just generally chill the fuck out rather than have had it come out this week during midterms, or just while at new college. although it would be endearing if there was someone at home to "take care" of me, i.e. make me tea or something. my mom is too busily obsessed with glenn (her boyfriend) to do anything but fawn over him. speaking of glenn, i'm not sure whether i like him or think he's an obnoxious prat, but at least my mom seems happy for the first time in a long time.
right now, though, with my gross sniffly self sitting on my computer, "the odyssey" in my lap, while my mom & glenn canoodle on the couch together, i can't say that i don't feel lonely. there aren't many people around since everyone's spring break seems to have been last week or the week after mine, and i wouldn't want to subject anyone to my infections really anyway. also, talking to a friend/flame of mine from pre-college days also brought out the worst emotions in me. oftentimes i have to wonder why i remain friends with him as our interactions always bring me down.
maybe i'm just making excuses for feeling so isolated, though. this whole week has been a mindfuck and a whirlwind of work and bullshit and drama. perhaps i am so used to my life being like that already that this period of decompression seems isolating when really i need this time to be mostly on my own. or perhaps i'm just not used to sleeping alone in my own bed in my own bedroom at home.
on another note, i'm getting around to planning my tattoo. right now i have to figure out who i'm going to go to in order to get it done, whether i want to have an artist from down here work on it or one in sarasota or tampa or orlando. i'm really upset that this is the one weekend that marco serio is tattooing in tampa for a long time, because his work is amazing (go check out the site, he's doing the half-sleeve of one of my best friends, and his sister's chest piece and brother-in-law's back piece are shown in the section showcasing his work) but i'm not sure i want to make a trip to nyc just for that (although i'd visit a lot of people in the process). i'll figure it out though. does anyone have any suggestions as to good artists in south florida/sarasota-bradenton/tampa?
additionally: OMG BONNAROO. check out the lineup: radiohead? elvis costello? SONIC YOUTH? clap your hands say yeah!? beck? bright eyes? cat power (if her stage fright doesn't get the better of her)? stephen malkmus and the jicks? the dresden dolls? come on now, i have to be there. jackie and i are discussing getting a bunch of people together and renting an RV to drive up there and camp out in. yay for the prospect of june-time road-tripping.
but enough about me. tell me now, how are you?
heavyhitterlarry:
applebees always sucks. the one by the ellenton outlets on 301 is always bad. i prefer chilis.