Current mood:

rejuvenated

Update
So here's my life....

Good things.
1. Still in Vegas.
2. I'm working hard, and making more money than I've ever made in my life...waiting tables.
3. I can't believe I'm still in Vegas.
4. Kate and I live in an apartment complex a block away from the Las Vegas Strip, specifically the MGM Grand. It's a nice working class family neighborhood, mostly latino and black families.
5. We're actually making friends here, and the city is growing on us. We have our haunts, dives, and strange hangouts that we frequent, so when we leave, there will be more las vegas in our hearts than we intended.
6. THe union local I came here to work for, but am no longer doing so ended up winning everything it set out to win this contract fight round, for thousands and thousands of workers. I'm very happy, and proud of my co-organizers and the fight they led.
7. I'm smiling a lot cuz I'm still in love with my honey, and will be more so every day.
8. My car works, and probably won't break down for some time. I love that kind of security.
9. I'm about to learn French. And I'm about to move to France. This fall.
10. I'm doing nice drugs often. Fun times. And I'm still being responsible. Nice.
11. It's nice to take a break from spending 90% of my time awake thinking about and being active building an international working class revolution. Now I do the thinking 89% of the time.

Bad things.
1. Still in Vegas.
2. I'm working too hard, and am not making the kind of money that I need to save to get to France.
3. I can't believe I still live in Vegas.
4. Our street is the one where all the city's taxicabs take people from the strip to the airport, a very dangerous road to live on. I caught a guy breaking into my car, trying to steal it, and he ran. I don't like cops, so I didn't call them. I caught a guy shooting up on my front porch, and at once felt moved to invite him into the foyer to do it safely, as well as pissed that he would it in a neighborhood that children are playing around in.
5. I'm probably never comign back to Vegas once we move from here, so we'll miss our good friends.
6. I miss union organizing, and wish I could organize my workplace now, but have to leave, so I can't.
7. My honey has a new schedule that makes it hard for us to see each other.
8. My car needs an air conditioner. SOon, it's getting fucking hot here already. It's not even spring yet.
9. I miss Philadelphia, and want to spend more time there before moving to France, but won't have time.
10. I need to take a break from drinking and other fun things.
11. There aren't many radical groups here at all, so it's politically stifling in this city for a liber-commie.