Sweet home

Things I have done since returning to the States:

While on the ground floor in an elevator, pushed "1" to go one floor up

Referred to fish bones as "spines" and an avocado pit as a "bone" (from espina and hueso, respectively, which is what the Spanish call them - fish have spines, not bones, and stone fruit have bones, not pits)

Spent thirty minutes hunting for the Very Safe Place in my bedroom where I hid things like my extra credit cards, my bart ticket, my car keys, and my cellphone charger back in January

Responded, "...Uhhh..." when I dropped off my jackets to be dry-cleaned and the nice woman asked for a contact number

I have also eaten a lot of peanut butter, avocados, Mexican food and fresh fruit, drunk many cups of coffee, and generally avoided doing anything in particular.

However! Next week I start working (yes, a job!) full-time in San Francisco, so that'll be exciting and give me something to do (also an excuse to buy new clothes and shoes, not like I really need an excuse).

At the request of a few people and as a compromise for deleting my facebook (quite a process, I'll write about it later), I have decided to keep writing in this blog. Because yes, that's what the internet needs, yet another semi-anonymous blogger whining about and poking fun at politics, New York, California, current events, silly fads and trends, television shows (plug: Mad Men starts up next month!), how much our economy sucks, and the intermingling of all of the above. Now doesn't that make you want to keep reading?

Speaking of politics, sort of: if you can, make sure you vote tomorrow! Even if you don't particularly care about your Assistant-Deputy-District-school-board-member (not a real title, yes I know, but oh my god I really couldn't care less about the Police Chief Coroner)... at the very least, things like the Governorship of California are important.

Check back soon. I'm getting my wisdom teeth out on Thursday morning; my drug-fogged and pain-addled brain might think it's a good idea to post while on Vicodin. Could be fun.