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In the ghetto…

Saturday, May 27th, 2006

If Fort Lauderdale is the Venice of America, then the area I’ll be living in must be Rome…that is, the parts of Rome you don’t want to go after dark, where gangs of half naked children pickpocket you for crack money. Okay, it’s not that bad. In fact, the place I finally found to live is very cute! But the places I could have been living in just don’t bear mentioning. Oh, all right then…

Mom and I drove down Thursday morning to scope things out. I’d called up lots of different people I’d found on craigslist and set up appointments to view several places. I’d been told by one of the guys at Citrix that Hollywood was a good place to live. This guy was young, hip, and said he had a few tattoos, so I thought, sure! Hollywood must be where all the cool kids live! Kelly and I had even driven through the downtown area after my interview to check things out and I’d thought it was really cute. Having decided it was the place for me, it was the only area I’d bothered to research online.

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Soul Patrol!!!

Thursday, May 25th, 2006

All right Taylor Hicks!!! Way to represent Alabama, brother!

Okay, so I have been watching American Idol. Give me my guilty pleasure! But come on, how can you not love Taylor?

Can it really be true that more people voted last night for the winner of American Idol than voted for any previous presidential candidate…ever? How sad is that? Maybe if Taylor were to make a run for the White House…

Heading south for the summer…and evey season after that

Wednesday, May 24th, 2006
After the 2004 hurricane season I swore I would never again spend another one living in Florida. All the waiting in line at the gas pump, fighting for ice in the supermarket, and evacuation gridlock on the Interstate (not to ... [Continue reading this entry]

Oh dear blog!

Tuesday, May 16th, 2006
You may have thought that with all the free time I've had lately that I might get it together with this blog...but then you would be very wrong indeed. The fact is I've managed to keep myself incredibly busy (for ... [Continue reading this entry]