I just took a shower for the first time in my condo. My bathroom—like, I can paint it red or change all the tile if I want to…because it’s mine! What a cool feeling: ownership. I spent most of yesterday moving—thanks to Phoebe, Ray, Peter, Gilles, Rabah, Dave & Fred for helping me out! It was all done in about 4 hours. Whew. Had a lil’ 10 footer from UHaul and we did it all in 2 trips. I brought Misha over last night after the move to introduce him to the new place…he’s still flipping out a bit…walking everywhere, exploring, meowing a lot. He’s figured out where the litterbox…

Whoa–this is trippy. Check this out–it’s a non-animated gif…just an optical illusion. A friend of mine just sent this over. Last night, I went salsa dancing for the first time in MONTHS. It was great! I can’t wait to start up classes again next week. It was pretty eventful—around midnight, some girl’s nose got broken. A crowd started forming in the corner and next thing I know, there’s a girl lying on the floor with blood all over her white pants. She was likely doing some insane spin and got elbowed in the face. She was kinda small and short–so vulnerable. Ugh…I felt so bad for her. What a shock.…

Wow, my life’s been eventful lately. After the craziness of all the family during the month of September, I finally got my life back together….and *finally*—bought a condo! I am now officially a homeowner. I LOVE my new place—moving in 2 weeks. It can’t get any better than this: loft, deep tub, great kitchen, Capital Hill, hardwood floors…I’m absolutely ecstatic and scared at the same time. It’s been crazy dealing with all the financing and the papers that I have to sign—the numbers are mind-boggling. Locking in a rate was like a big gamble: “Should I do it now? or should I bet it’ll be better tomorrow?” I ended up…