oh right, i have a blog.

i think that since i'm working on 3 papers due in 4 days, this is the perfect time to write my first blog post in alf months. i'm not sure if anyone reads this anymore (if you do, YAY), but as i'm sure i've said numerous times up in herr this is mostly for future me. i am now an arabic linguistics ph.d. student (WEIRD) at the university of michigan. sounds like i know what i'm doing? no. but that's ok, i am most enjoying doing whatever i'm doing. since this blog is public i probably should not get into the problems that i am having with certain people who have a close academic relationship to me, but aside from that i'm really enjoying my classes and not working 9-5 anymore. akboob is enjoying it too, although she still gets mad at me and pees on my bed from time to time...for old time's sake. i clean my sheets when she does this...usually. she is currently looking very cute with her new short summer haircut and a handkerchief that probably annoys her and rubs against her neck, but it's cute so it's staying on. she's still a psychopath who attacks rottweilers at the dog park, but i'm not really one to talk about aggression. i live with an eclectic mix of individuals in a house next to the stadium (which is convenient, since football is my thang), including my pharmacology ph.d. student landlord, marie (his mom and my bff/house mom), wallflower...ok he's such a wallflower that i just forgot his name...wow i live with this person...ummm...i'll come back to it, a younger dominican kid anthony, an akita named tomo with a skin infection who has to be bathed in oil every week, and a very shy lab mix named princess who has the most human eyes i've ever seen...on a dog. well, now that i can see akboob's eyes (since they trimmed her massive eyebrows), they are pretty human too. she still has her lovely overbite, they failed to trim her vagina beard unfortunately...can't believe i paid $45. NEIL. omg neil. ok good that was bugging me. also, i have a new bff, kim, who is attached to my hip and we are basically each other's only friends here (in a good way). well, we hang with other people, but we are getting so old and disillusioned and judgmental that it's hard for us to meet people we like. but we tell ourselves that it's their fault...perhaps somewhere in between. we both like electronic music, we both have hondas, i copy her clothes and perfume and jewelry, we try to work out, we both love food, and she cooks me delicious dinners sometimes. OH and she got me hooked on dexter. i think these are the most important elements of our friendship. oh, and she also studies arabic and is getting her master's from the center for middle eastern and north african studies...word. and we're going to see a movie tonight, so i better make myself look presentable and try to hide the fact that i haven't showered today with a hat/perfume.

hope that was interesting, you old lazy fart addie sitting reading your own blog posts from 50 years ago, zoomed in so far that only 2 words fit on the screen at any given moment. i hope you didn't pussy out and start to get easily offended (i doubt it, but if you did i'm sorry). i hope that you married dan and had a bussfull of gabies, who are now taking excellent care of you by putting you in the ritziest nursing home around. also, i hope dan is sitting next to you in his matching wheel chair with ranch all over his face from the ranch martinis you share all day every day. if this is blurry, you should probably switch to just sipping ranch on its own. HI GAN!!!!!

love,
me