Success! after a lot of phone calls, faxes, stress, early mornings, long lines, and patient waiting for mail, i've managed to register my car in new york. why does doing the right thing have to be so hard and expensive? the shady way was so easy... but no regrets.

my next task is to alter a fence. my car needs to get past it so i'll have a place to park when i'm not driving. once i come up with a plan of action, i'll get to pull out my toolsand do some sawing and drilling and screw.... we'll see how that goes. i have more experience telling other people how to build than actually doing it myself. but i'm confident.

my house mates are out of town for 10 days. you know what that means! wait, i don't want to know what you were thinking. but i'm sure i'll miss them by the time they return.

if you're looking for me tomorrow, i'll be at the beach.