Mother Nature, Is That You?

You know you're getting ready to peace out for Thanksgiving when you begin thinking maybe you finally started your first period.

I was talking to the guys, specifically, but ladies, if you feel the same way, it probably applies. In which case you shouldn't be reading my blog, fourth grade girls.

Wow. That was the most obscure and terrible joke ever. Except that I'm going to leave it on here, because it only exemplifies the mood I'm in. And it usually takes me a good, painful metaphor to get going on whatever I'm actually writing about. So this weekend was ridiculous in excelsis. Not only was it a lot of fun but also it was a shit show of fourth grade drama (so maybe, 4th graders, if you're still reading, you should keep on). All of it, though, is only an indication that it's time to stop spending so much time with the same people and take a break- that's probably why the powers that be (specifically the Mayflower and those two other ships I can't remember-was one named Nina?) created holidays. Thanks, Pocahontas.

Alas, in my wildly inventive state of mind, there is nothing cynical or biting left to say about the past weekend, only the stale aroma of playground squabbling and peed pants. (If that doesn't whet your appetite for more story, I don't know what would, honestly. To be truthful, it's much less dramatic than it seems.) Except not really. Is it? I dunno. Maybe it is. Is it?

Allora (well), needless to say I'm off to the TF in about three weeks (thank God...weird?), and then my life takes me to darling Italia, where I should hopefully continue to write (in English, please) about the goings on there. With any luck, life will be a little less dramatic, significantly less busy, slightly more drunk, and substantially more enriching. I drive a hard bargain, I'm aware, so I'll be lucky to get a smattering of those. If anything, I can find comfort in the fact that I'll be teaching you readers Italian as I go. Already you know the most useful word in the human language for stalling. Allora.

I've sadly said nothing about where I'm at life-wise, and I don't have the time to begin at the moment. Rest assured in the fact that I'm terribly content with a lot of things. I'm just tired. Take that or leave it.