Okay, so, uh...

All righ. Here, as the kids say, is where I'm at: My flight to New York is Friday. Before then, I need to pack the stuff I'm taking with me, fax something or other to the FedEx place so they'll send off the stuff I'm shipping, rent a car so I can take the last few boxes to the post office and also to return my walky-talky and work shirts to the courier place (and pick up my final paycheck that's been sitting there since June 20th, hopefully sell a couple pieces of furniture, etc., and wait for Salvation Army to pick up the rest. It appears that I will have a roommate in New York, my college pal Smack, whose ramblings you may have noticed in the comments from time to time, which is an enormous relief. I cannot accurately say that I am champing at the bit to get out of here (yes, "champing" is the right word), but I am certainly not dreading it, either. Mostly, I'd say I'm excited, though I'm still not sure the rerality of the situation has hit me yet. I expect Wednesday will be the day I start to panic and realize how much shit I have left to do, but we'll just have to wait and see.

As for my general feelings about the move, I can really only say that I'm optimistic. I think the fact that I'll be looking for a place with a friend who knows the city will make that process infinitely less intimidating; I was definitely nervous about the prospect of moving to a strange, new city and trying to find a place to live and a job before I'd have time to acclimate myself. I'm still a little jittery, but I'm pretty sure that's part of the fun. Whether I like it or not, my life is bound to become significantly more active, and I don't think I'll have a chance to sink into the sort of inertia that's had me strapped to my desk chair these last several decades or so.

So, yeah, that's basically it. As for this site, I want to know that the sort of stuff I used to write here can be sold in book form before I devote myself to it once again. I'm fairly confident it can be. My hope, though, is that I'll have enough on my plate to preclude this from ever being a daily thing again (or, ideally, anything more than a means to promote my myriad, high-bidget entertainment projects), but it's highly unlikely that that will happen any time soon. Again, let's wait and see before we start in with the finger-pointing and name-calling, 'kay? Great. I hope the rest of you are enjoying your summers, and I also hope you'll keep checking in periodically. Perhaps one day I'll even be funny again.

XOXOXOXO
Rob