05.18.2006

44 days

by mwkelley

I feel really tired again today. Didn’t make any of the forward progress I’d hope to, aside from another uneventful day crossed off the calendar. Good enough, I guess.

I’m looking forward to the weekend.

05.17.2006

45 days

by mwkelley

You heard it hear first, folks: I will be leaving Tempe on the first of July.

“Where to?” Would you believe I still don’t even know myself? But I’ll be counting down the days until I’m out of this desert.

So: Watch this space.

05.15.2006

6 more weeks in this box, then I’m back on the highway headed west. This self-isolation is driving me half-crazy, yet too poor and responsible to go whole-crazy.

If I could leave here tomorrow I would. This place feels like purgatory, and it gets hotter every day.

05.13.2006

Digitize It

by mwkelley

Rippin’ mp3s. Uploadin’ JPGs. Eatin’ ramen. Yeah, it’s one of those days.

Actually, I should say I’m “importing” mp3s. Apparently the term “ripping” is a little too haxx0r for the iTunes set. Still, [Apple] makes a wonderfully painless mp3 encoder. I’ve just been feeding discs to the box all day and pressing Go. Read more

05.11.2006

An update on [last week's post]:

After a day of fretting, I hopped on an eastbound flight back to Michigan last Friday.

I got to Clarkston just as my grandmother was getting released from the hospital. The prognosis was simply negative; Read more

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