injuredcyclist

today was a study in contrasts, and sorta reflects my feelings about having all this idle time. you see, i havent worked in a month. i graduated, quit my job, packed my shit, and moved out here. been here about two and half weeks. the long vacation has been nice. i havent spent a whole lot of money, and ive had a good time over all. but today i woke up and for no reason at all was pretty irritated. i walked down the street to get some caffine so i could smoke and call the combination breakfast. but walking down the street, dealing with the people and the honking and the street lights and stop signs, i started getting impatient. had a strong need to get away from everything. came home and tried to relax, watched a bunch of west wing episodes ive already seen (i think theres only one episode in seven seasons i havent seen, and ive watched a bunch of them twice. if you care, john wells really starts to get good at his job about mid way through season five.) but i discovered that my laptop, for reasons i cant fathom or figure out, wont play any sounds unless i have headphones or my speakers plugged in. anyway, i was just getting mad about nothing all day. im ready to have something significant to do. i mean, i loved being able to do nothing. but after a month of it, im ready for law school to start. orientation is monday, classes begin in a week and half. at which point ill be crying for the days i had time to sit on my ass and do nothing.

blah blah. walked around a little bit. didnt realized there was a giants game today. all i wanted to do was climb onto a stop light and shout as loud as i could that barry bonds is on steriods. walked to pier 39 just for the exercise and ended up on pier 14 for a while. i think its my new favorite place in the city. if you can ignore the pollution haze over oakland, the view is nice. and you end up being just far enough away from the city to be able to breathe and relax a little.

i had some family ask me for directions today. the woman asked me if i lived here and wasnt put off when i answered with "sorta." im glad i knew where she was trying to go, but ive had other people ask and i know ive given one or two of them inaccurate directions. this guy the other day asked me where whole foods was and i had to think about it despite the fact that i walk by it all the time.

anyway. tomorrow should be good. going to make myself go to the benefit for tuffy. part of me is a little scared to socialize right now, but im in dire need of some interesting human contact. the roommate i was hanging out with suddenly decided she didnt really like me after all. not all bad, because her constant harping about my eating habits was getting annoying, but the contact was nice. ah well.

i miss my roommates and lansing and michigan state. its still odd not being a part of their lives anymore.