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Crowd mentality, group consensus, stage IV cancer, & wars between distant countries didn't like the food and left before the music got good.

7.02.2008

Clean hair

I'm over the hump!

I have a small health thing bugging me, but other than that, things are good. My greasy weekend was PMS, how boringly unoriginal. C'mon, is that the best you got body.

Some of Francisco's friends from NZ are in town at the moment, so last night we went out to El Metate followed by Tres Agaves for some fine burritos and tequila. They are fun people, and easy to relax around, as I find many kiwis to be. Last night really struck home how much I miss NZ. Not really the scenery or Wellington, but the people. I still find the people here a bit too intense, but my filters are back up now and I'm successfully ignoring much of the noise. My system easily gets overloaded, and I'm sure all you introverts out there can understand where I'm coming from.

Still mostly job-hunting. It's great to not have to stress about it, what with some savings and a lot of help from Francisco. I can really take my time finding an appropriate position. I'd be thrilled to find one in the next few weeks of course, but I'm not sweating bullets and signing up with temp agencies yet. I NEVER want to go back to how I felt in my early twenties. The rush and panic out of college, NO THANKS. All of a sudden all your friends are gone. Your new adult routine, home, academic intense lifestyle, all vanishes at once. Suddenly you're supposed to have a new solid plan with long-term goals. I do not envy Zoe one bit. It gets easier sis, I promise!

Joe and Kris are having a raw month, and I'm mostly joining in. We get this organic box every 2 weeks, and I am so into the piles of organic produce we have everywhere. I don't have to worry about anything I eat, and the peaches and tomatoes are insanely good. I recommend you get a box of your own; we get ours from Farm Fresh.

I like nit-picking good movies. We saw WALL-E two nights ago and I "complained" about how the environmental slant wasn't accurate because there's no way trash would ever become the critical problem, as other issues would kill us all off first (atmosphere, ocean, biodiversity). It amused me to read what these guys took offense with regarding the environmental slant.

Anyway, I loved WALL-E. Especially the moment in the beginning when you realize what the weird buildings are, and also when it gradually dawns on you what the humans have been up to since leaving. Pretty fucked up. I wish I had some kids to take to it.

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