2006-07-03

like-minded, non-toxic, sexless vegans only, please.

Trying to find a place to live in the South Bay that allows cats is close to impossible and I am getting a bit frustrated. Not only is there a dearth of places to choose from that will even admit the possibility of having a cat, you have to forgo the ones that specify only vegans or Chinese speakers. Naturally one would like to avoid the place that calls itself a "toxin-free zone"--which apparently means that you can't use deodorant in the house. Then there are the ones that call themselves "Christian homes," and announce that there are no men allowed (as in no men allowed in the house, much less letting your boyfriend stay the night) or refer to "kitchen privileges" and say they prefer a commuter. If I have to pay $650 a month to rent a room, I damn well better be able to fuck my boyfriend, stay every weekend and use the kitchen.

Aforementioned boyfriend is out of town. He is on vacation in NYC for a few days then going to Ireland for the weekend. Literally--he is getting there on friday and leaving for California on Sunday. I guess it was either that or give in to his parent's suggestion that he meet them for a week in Boston (because they don't particularly like California), so he actually decided it was the less painful of the two options. He says that he is generally ready to leave Ireland after three days anyways, but we'll see if he'll ever want to do this again. Anyway, I'm trying not to be a freak about not seeing him for two weeks. Normally I wouldn't be that kind of girlfriend, but historically speaking (because this relationship has a long memory), anytime that he's been gone for two weeks, he's decided that we should break up. This time it should be different and I really don't think that will happen (we even talked about it), but I still have some anxiety. And I miss him, but I won't bore you all with more details.

So I hung out with Di this weekend. We went kite flying in Bodega Bay and had a picnic, which was very relaxing, despite the fact that we had to make a hasty retreat into the sand dunes to escape the wind. She lamented that she may need to find a new platonic life partner now that I have a boyfriend.

xanthium at 7:39 p.m.

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