friend of the built environment

Still very tired. Not sleeping incredibly well in the hotel.

 
A run-down of the past couple weeks: we continued to play house and get comfortable, finally sorting out the book collection. Celebrated my birthday with Salvadoran breakfast and German dinner. I decided I need to start exercising a little if I’m to continue with this non-stop [...]

After nearly a week of insufficient sleep, I finally crashed for a straight 10 hours last night, after a very filling dinner out with Dan and Eugene. We also visited the new late-night coffeehouse near Dan’s house which replaced a quite useless yuppie bar.
One thing American cities need far more of are coffeehouses that stay [...]

One problem with enjoying something which I truly love is that it leaves me rather jaded about enjoying much else in the world in its absense…
Cases in point:
I love reading Poppy Z. Brite. Her prose transports me to a world where every facet of her characters are as vivid and colourful as if they were [...]

My sister has a baby on the way. It’s been a rather private matter, so I haven’t chatted about it much, but it hasn’t been the most problem-free pregnancy. Now my brother-in-law’s father is having health problems of his own and so the future dad has had to leave town to be with his family. [...]

I’ll be an uncle in a few short hours… It will be a few more days before I even think of heading home, and I’ve decided to scrap the August trip back out here… So if you’re a Fresno reader who wants to share some coffee, this week might be your last chance in a [...]

On Thursday 14 July, my niece Ella was born. A little premature, she had a few complications for the first couple days, but as of last night, mother and daughter were safely home. We’re quite optimistic now.
As of Thursday night, I was massive worry-weary and family-weary. Once Friday arrived and most complications were resolving themselves, [...]

Most of my hotel rooms have conveniently had wireless access. Alas, I’ve had pretty tight time due to the long daily drives and an itching desire to actually see a thing or two whilst on the road. Rather than give a real ‘trip journal’ here, I’ll just relay some of the notes I’ve jotted down [...]

It’s been a really long month. Next month will probably be longer.

 
I don’t know what I want to do when I grow up, and I just turned 28. I’m not sure what kind of job to start looking for. All I know is that I’m ready to start working and I have promised myself that [...]