I don’t know how I feel. Or even what I SHOULD feel.

In the next hour, I will be picking up the U-Haul, for my move. Since it’ll be my first time on wheels in nearly 3 years, I’ll no doubt trip over to Fred Meyer (across the street from U-Haul) and might even pick up a spot of lunch. When I get back, Patrick will help me load boxes into the truck.

Probably by 5-6pm, we’ll be finished, more or less. We won’t pack everything.. some things I don’t feel safe leaving in a u-haul overnight. Computer stuff, mostly, and some clothes.

Tomorrow, bright an early, it’ll be a quick load up. Breaking down the remains of my computer (it’s been bare-bones for days).. gathering up wires, etc.. and then, without much ado, I’ll hop in the truck, and head on down the highway.

I’m supposed to be sad about this. I’m leaving a relationship, of a sort. Well it used to be a relationship. Now it’s just a piece of chain, and those kinds of cobwebs you only ever see haunted mansions, in the movies. What’s left is a sort of friendship.. sort of family connection.. and leaving that, even just that, should be sad.

But I’m not sad.

It’s easy to say that my other housemates are crazy.. they’re not. They have their moments to be sure, but the simple fact is that I don’t really like them very much. There’s been a good deal of animosity and “not talking to” going on for most of the time I’ve lived here. There’s been a significant amount of untruth floating around as well.. stories from both sides of the divide, not to say lies, but outlandish tales that test one’s ability to beleive. Somewhere between Camp A, and Camp B.. is the truth, and I can’t see it.

I’m tired of the animosity game, tired of the yelling drama, tired of their kids running away from home, tired of 9pm sounds of screaming and door kicking.. tired of running into someone in the kitchen and saying “hey there, how’s it going?” and the only response I ever get is “meh”.

I will be glad not to live here anymore. Even factoring in the dislike I have for leaving that relationship.. the time has come, and as Mr. Wu (in Disney’s “The Love Bug”) so eloquently said:

“When you come to last page.. close the book.”

Thursday August 27, 2009 - 2:23pm | Filed under: Blog | Post a comment

Long story short.. I’m moving.

After just completing an unexpected move of my shop to the Adult Continent, and in the midst of redoing all my XStreet listings (removing unacceptable keywords, white text, updating landmarks, removing trademarked terms, etc)…

in the middle of all that, Not to mention ripping up the Ventura Mystery House (aka the Latex Fetish Doll Complex) for a 14th time and starting over..

I am now moving out of my home for the last year and a half.

The good news, is that I’m moving in with a friend, someone I’ve lived with before.. the rental agreement is good for my needs.. and her house is well located.

The bad news.. I have 9 days to pull it off.

U-Haul (the truck rental place) wants 156$ to rent a truck from them, if I do it by August 27th. After that, their rates more than double for the “Back to school” rush.. and let’s face it, I’d be moving to a University town. The rates drop again on the 29th of September.. once school has started.

So, my options are, hurry and rush and try to get moved in the next two weeks, or take it slow and sit around for a whole month, living on borrowed time with people I really don’t like too much.

Meanwhile, my housemates (the good ones).. will be gone in a couple of weeks.. leaving me here all alone.. other people in the house, but no one I can talk to. No one to cook with, no one to bum a ride from, no one to talk to or vent to, no cats to pet.

Given the choice.. and let’s face it, it’s not much of a choice either way… I’m going for the “hurry and move” option. The rental truck is reserved for the last cheap day.. and I’ll work my butt off to try and make deadline. I figure, if it doesn’t work out, I can cancel the reservation, and reschedule.

But for the next couple of weeks.. I’ll probably be working more, and being around SL and forums a lot less.

Tuesday August 18, 2009 - 12:22pm | Filed under: Blog | Post a comment

New computer gets an A+, Windows Vista gets a B-.

Unexpected move of ER to Adult Continent (Kloimar).. completed. Land all juggled. Old location in Healy now hosts a mini-store. tr.im is closing, forcing me to rethink my slx-buttons in the shop(s) (workaround in progress).

Vendors up and down.. HippoVEND problems, SL problems, Move problems, and then a few simple mistakes by me thrown into the mix. Things are more or less stable again, finally.

Unexpected move in RL coming soon.. adding more stress to an already stressful situation.

Oh yeah, and it’s freaking HOT at 2:30am.

But I’m building a boat.

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Monday August 10, 2009 - 2:25am | Filed under: Blog | Post a comment

I’m so excited. Looks like the machine is on it’s way, and it’s in the hands of FedEx as we speak. I paid the extra 10USD for 2nd day shipping, so in theory I’m looking at a Thursday delivery (according to the FedEx tracking page.. before 7pm on Thursday!)

I can’t help it.. SQUEEE.

Tuesday July 28, 2009 - 4:44am | Filed under: Blog | Post a comment

Just a quick note.. I’ve run into some rather severe computer issues, and I can’t currently log into SL from my computer. A new computer is on order, and I’ll be trying to kitbash an old junker PC for the interim.. but worst case scenario, I may be offline until around August 4.

I can still check emails, and I have full access to the web controls for my vendor system.. so if you’re running into any sort of transaction problems, delivery failures, etc etc.. just make sure you IM me with the relevant details (I can’t get in to read notecards right now). It’s not like I’m very busy right now, so I can usually resolve any problems within an hour or two.

Venus fittings will not be available until after 8/4. Sorry.

Thursday July 23, 2009 - 10:57pm | Filed under: Blog | Post a comment