infinite summer

So I’m officially halfway through Infinite Jest, just 10 pages off the pace for Infinite Summer (thanks to my bus ride this morning; Walser forgot to mention they’d need to hold onto my car to do the end-of-warranty work).  As the book is on my desk at work right now, I’m considering maybe just sneaking off to the bathroom to ...

the northland 5

Since my grandma passed away a couple years ago, there’s been some question as to what’s going to happen to my grandparents’ house in Menominee, Michigan. My parents go up there regularly (my great-aunt still lives nearby), and so does my uncle and his family. It mostly sits empty, though, and nobody particularly wants to live so far away. We ...

items of critical importance!

GUYS. Three things very quickly before we head eastward: 1) I’m officially over the $20 mark in the 5-a-day challenge, and my first round of ebay auctions haven’t even closed yet. I like it when people give me money for things I don’t need anymore! 2) Write to me and Wendy while we’re on the 3-Day!! Letters will be held ...

a headband will make me 46% better at tennis. 2

My bike is sitting in our front porch right now*, waiting. It has a new wicker basket on the front (maybe I’ll weave some flowers into it and get streamers for the handles, to complete the picture), and the tires are finally inflated. They were flat when I got it back from the parents’ house, and my tiny pump was ...