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September 7, 2005
home again
With 12 days remaining in which I lack any significant responsibility, I have completed my month-long tour of seven states. Whew. I'm very much a homebody at heart, so while the past month has been extraordinarily fun, it's also been pretty draining. It's good to be home. Boy oh boy is the cat pissed. She doesn't particularly like it when we leave her alone. She usually gets over it though.
In what can only be considered a major deviation from my current behavioral patterns, I am in possession of several pictures from my varied travels. It should be noted that while I have these pictures on my computer, I did not think to take them. That was Christina. Or my parents. But still, pictures exist. And that is good. Hopefully I'll put them up in our online photo gallery in the next few days. Anyways...
I took my little sister to college recently. She's a freshman, which I find the be incomprehensible on one level and overdue on another. I don't know if I can think of another event that's more exciting than starting college. The excitement of living independently, meeting new people, and learning about life and, perhaps, academics. Of all the things I learned in college, I think maybe 20% was of an academic nature. I'm excited for her. From what I've heard thus far (meaning over the past week) it appears as though she's having a blast.
Wal-Marts are huge. Huge doesn't really capture the epic size of the average Wal-Mart. Gynormous might. Over the weekend, I went to one of those mega-stores. I see now why they're so successful, though I don't know that I would ever go to one myself. I'm happy to take advantage of the absurd cheapness. And thus, because of people like me, an immoral, ruthless corporation thrives. I mean, these stores have everything. Food, appliances, music, movies. Even gas. It's incomprehensible.
In other family news, my brother Pete and his friend J have moved to Brooklyn and have begun their quest for success in the music business. They've just launched a new web site, which is linked at the right. It's good stuff. You can read about them, buy music, get on the mailing list for gigs, and some other stuff too, I think. Check it out.
Posted by ben at September 7, 2005 5:37 PM