yes my friends – i have taken a long and ridiculous hiatus in order to adjust to my new life – find a job – “slow down”- figure out how i feel about being an academic – about york – about my diss – and i am slowly but surely doing that – but i meant to get back on the blogging track pretty quickly – and instead i got on the 40 hours a week on my feet track really quickly and i spend almost NO TIME online at all anymore when three short months ago i couldnt be teared away from it – i am losing track of dooce and kaybeeblog

I can’t even deal with what a bad emailer i have been – like really really bad – that is SO NOT LIKE ME -

at any rate – i must accept these things – and fill you all in on the info that is relevant while i am sitting at my computer -

1 – i live in a house of 10 other people – yes there are 11 of us – and its awesome – three apartments – and all of them are incredible people that i LOVE – we make music videos and watch alot of lword – yes its true i got into lword – but its easy to suck you in -

2 – i work at Vosge Haut Chocolat and i eat ALOT of chocolate – like pretty serously amazing amounts – and its awesome – i also work with the mayor and julia martin – which is pretty stupendous – i couldnt have asked for a more reassuring job when i am in transition – chocolate makes me feel better -

3 – me and eric finally live in the same place and its awesome – we sleep in and dont have to worry about going back and forth to buffalo – he meets me in soho all the time and we hang out and watch twin peaks and giggle alot – he is a gem and its been incredible to be with him all the time -

4 – probably the biggest change has been not being a student or teaching or affiliated with a university in any way – the leave of absence is working out in a BIG way – all i think about while i am working at vosges is how fucking burnt out i was with school – and how good it will feel to go back well rested – i need to stop treating it like a rat race and start treating it like what it actually is – something i enjoy doing. {you’ll notice i used a period there – that means business} we shall see what else comes from this break – time will tell

so thats it – my life in brooklyn is a whole other ballgame now – welcome to the show

so i am writing this post from my  iphone…..yes my friends I have an iphone! its kind of a ridiculous story but iI now have the internet in my pocket 24/7 and its pretty fucking great!! its not made for serious typing so i will keep this short but iI am still getting settled in ny. its great to be here but still surreal. i miss  my canadians like its my job though… more to come once i get my computer onto a desk  which has yet to happen so be patient with me friends

my apologies friends for not posting sooner -  i was going to write some digs about how i am going to be a bit out of commission during the move and the holidays – but alas – i got to deep into packing and saying my canadian goodbyes – but you should know i will be back in action come 2008 – and its going to be new york style this time -

hugs and kisses from milwaukee