Everything is going smoothly. Aside from paying WAY too much for food, I haven't been annoyed or inconvenienced. It looks like finding an apartment isn't going to bee too hard...once I settle on an area and learn more about what is where it shouldn't be too hard, right? Eek. I've only been here 2 days. I'm still waiting for it to hit me.

But anywho, I will be leaving very early in the morning for my 9:20am flight. I have completely indulged myself in carbohydrates this week, what the hell...I'm still running 3 miles (or so...) every other day, I can eat Sonic, and chocolate cake, and ice cream (in the same day) right? Ugh. No. Bad idea.

I probably will not see a computer for the rest of the weekend. I'll write on monday. Hopefully I'll be able to ascertain my graphics-software situation asap...we'll see what happens. A little blind faith will be involved. See you guys on Monday!

So tomorrow I'll be packing, getting some kind of a haircut (I think I'll get one of those sticky-outy haircuts), and buying an iron. I want an iron. Ugh. I'm suburban.

Also, be sure and check out Stephanie's weblog. I've really enjoyed reading about her adventures in Japan for the summer. I've been thoroughly entertained by her stories thusfar.

I'm feeling silly. I've been cleaning out a bunch of my grandmother's stuff today, getting ready to move and such, and I just feel silly. I think I sniffed too much dust. Too much Pledge in the ol' lungs. Good grief. Hey, this is great: at my grandparents' house, there is this OLD radio, one of the "floor units," with an 8-track player, radio, and record player. It is rad as all getout, and I've been blasting it all day. I need some records. OH yeah, I found a Dr. Zhivago 8-track inside. Hehehe...8 tracks...

I took a run tonight down some country roads where my parents live. I realized a few things: 1. running outside is nice 2. I have no more gym-priveleges (aka no more air-conditioned workouts..ugh) 3. I have no health insurance for another 2 weeks 4. Creeper Lagoon is really good joggin' music. Yeah this is all random stuff and you may be asking yourself what this has to do with anything (like my log ever has anything to do with anything) BUT the point is I'm not thinking about computers or websites or graphics work or freelance stuff...I just get to do nothing for a few days. Then I'm gonna start a new job in a new place! I'm thinkin about dishes and shower curtains. Haha. Aah! I'm so excited!

I graduated from college this morning (well...in theory anyways), and now I am moving. I feel like I've moved a million times since college started. I've got really mixed feelings...it's like climbing a rope, and then all of a sudden realizing there's no rope there to climb anymore. Bizarre.

Gotta pack the Taurus, grab some fast food (sonic!) and hit the road. See ya'll in TN.

Yes that's right, I'm reading the infamous Bridget Jones' Diary and it is truly laugh-out-loud-and-make-everyone-wonder-what-theheckkindadrugsyouareon-book. Anyways, yeah. It's a good read, and I was thinking that there is truly a piece of every woman in Bridget. I also thought it would be funny if I could have a week here at l.p of Bridget-esque entries, but I feel that becoming even more obsessive-compulsive than I already am could potentially ruin me for life. So just take my advice and go read the book.

MRM is here visiting me!!! I'm so excited! It's a shame that Liz couldn't come along, then it would be a party...but it is so nice to have one of the "ya-yas" in town for a little while anyways.

I'm gonna be crazy busy this week because like many others, I have to move, and graduate, and get my new site off the ground somehow (I would appreciate any help if anyone wants to volunteer some time). And I'm not gonna have a computer soon! AAAH! But it's all good. Relax. Humm....

I have realized tonight that I will be moving from Athens in a week, and how much exactly I have to do in that time. I have to not only pack and move, but I have 3 Calligraphy projects to complete, I have a Statistics test in Tues, and oh yeah, gotta finish Lay-C.com. You know, after I leave Athens, that's it: no more computer, no more graphics software, no more anything! AAAHHH! So I better get anything done before I leave, or else I'm outta luck. I am already feeling a little stranded...I need to be detatched, right?! No computer, no art? Or I have art, I just can't use photoshop or illustrator or quark or dreamweaver....man that's leaving me feeling a little panicked. I hope I get this job...then maybe I can get a Mac this fall :)

We get US News at my apartment, and I rarely read it I'll admit, but this week's issue caught my eye and is VERY interesting (this entry is chock-FULL of capital words). The cover story is called "Boys: The weaker sex?", and yea of course I had to read that! But anyways it talks about how they are encouraging families to start their sons a year later in Kindergarten because they develop slower than girls do. This apparently is due to girls having more gray matter in their brains, and boys having more white matter, which gives them good motor skills and also more spinal fluid which, interestingly enough, gives them extra cushion for blows to the head. Ha! So go read the article and become enlightened with yet another theory about which sex is better.

Sorry there's not much logging here lately...I'm trying to work on getting my act together before I leave for Chicago, and besides that I've been really grouchy. And as the old saying goes, if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say it at all. Aah, wisdom.

Lay-C.com is coming along nicely. I hope to have it up before I go away to Chicago on thurs. I'm going to be recycling some of my portfolio imaging (from lacey.collab)and html to save myself some time, but it will basically be a consolidation of lacey.pitas and lacey.collab. So if you like l.collab, tell it goodbye, and yes, laceydotpitas is in its final times. Enjoy while it lasts... :)

And a comment: I truly admire Laura's ability to balance a cat on the stretchy skirt. THAT is quite a feat!

I also saw Snatch this weekend, and despite it's similarity to Lock, Stock; I still thought it was very entertaining and I wish I had seen it on the big screen. Go rent it on DVD and watch it on a big tv with surround sound.

• orange sherbert
• frozen lemonade concentrate
• pineapple
• chocolate syrup
• and of course, ice :)

And that, my friends, is THE perfect summer smoothie. Another good thing to use is fresh mango, because it seems to expand in the blender, and makes this frothy stuff. Mm. Use more of the sherbert and ice than anything, and be sure not to kill it with the chocolate...it's what takes the bite out of the citric acid. Enjoy :)

This is right before jaz and I interviewed for g-school back in '95! We both ended up getting in, and we shared a room and had the TIME OF OUR LIVES...we were sophomores in high school. It was a blast.

This is a shot of Jaz and I (again) after my family moved to Atlanta and after I came back from Europe. She came with me the first time I saw their house in Atl, and was with me through all the drama of that.

And here is one of our great adventures in ceramics from our freshman year of college. We took one of our professors' pots and put it on the wheel and made it look like we made it. He got very mad that we did it...but he only found out after we got the pictures back and died laughing (because it was a big ordeal...we had a slipfight to top it off). And finally...

You internet geeks are gonna die, because it's a vintage shot of some of your favorite internet people (hee hee). You see here, in '95, is Rachel (of crayonbox fame), Michelle (who she is living with in Balitmore now), Liz, MRM (of futurefate fame), the other 2 Rachels, then Jaz and me on the bottom right. We used to have girly parties...this was one of many many many that Jaz and Liz and MRM and I used to have.

So there you have it. My meager birthday wishes from across the sea, and the hemisphere...Jasmine, dahlin, happy birthday, I love and miss you so much. We all do! And just so you know, "Basket Robbin, it's not just and ice cream, it's a Sunday!"

My vacation was great...and I thought this place needed a little sprucing up. A little minimal, but this place isn't gonna be around forever and I thought I'd just try it. Enjoy.