What does it mean?

I had the strangest dream last night.  

I dreamed that I was out in the ocean by some harbor and casually swam into the open mouth of a Blue whale that came up to the surface. 

The inside of the whale mouth was furnished with nice couches and tables, etc. but flooded waist-deep with water.  Also - the inside of the whale’s mouth was transparent (like glass) so I had a really nice view of the ocean from the whale’s perspective.  

My first thought upon seeing this - “what’s the rent on a whale like this, and can I afford it?” 

Then I noticed this girl floating / sleeping / drifting next to me.  She was a girl I knew from college.  On the far side of the whale, I saw a guy I went to high school with doing the same thing (floating). 

The whale then dived down back into the ocean and only then did I start panicking:  

 “How the hell am I going to get out of here??” 

I grudgingly woke up the girl floating next to me and explained to her my problem and she casually explained to me that the whale goes back to the surface for air every few hours or so and that I could probably leave then. 

Now calmer (but still a little freaked out), I swam over to the “window” of the whale and admired the view of the ocean. 

And then I woke up. 

ANY PSYCHO-ANALYSTS WANNA TELL ME WHAT MY DREAM MEANS?  

(Don’t say “I have a whale fetish” cuz it’s not true)

Moving - Phase I

I started “Phase I” of Moving this weekend by packing all the “box-able” stuff from my old Apartment and putting it into my new one. And while I was boxing everything, I noticed that I have a ton of useless junk in my place that I keep “JUST IN CASE” I ever need it:

• My assortment of funny hats
• Some old Halloween costumes
• A whole box full of VHS tapes
• Jackets that I never wear cuz I keep wearing this one hoodie all the time
• My old cell phone
• An artificial Christmas Tree
• My old cell-phone charger
• A portable CD Player
• I even still have my old laptop with the broken motherboard…..!

(Sorry, no pictures – pretty sure I boxed up my digital camera when I moved all my stuff, so I didn’t take any while moving)

I can’t believe I’ve accumulated so much crap in the last five years. I didn’t have this much in College. I had to store three, maybe four boxes tops. But now I have all these pots and pans and towels, etc. Dunno how much I’m going to be able to fit into my new place. It’s already fully furnished by my new roommate / the old roommate who left stuff there.

Everything I’ve moved in so far has been able to fit – even the useless junk listed above. (except the Christmas tree – I tossed that) But I haven’t moved any of the big stuff (my bed, desk, etc.) into my room yet and it IS a little smaller than my current one, so….I may have to get rid of some of that junk.

What I’m really hoping to keep is the big blue couch in our living room….but it has nowhere to go! Evan’s not taking it and I’m not gonna have room for it….so I guess it’s going to have to go on Craigslist….!

Anyway, Phase I of Moving is complete and now I look like I’m just squatting in my old apartment. Fortunately, I left some of the (boxable) bare essentials with me: my computer, some clothes & a few of my DVDs.

Plus – all of Evan’s stuff. We’re both planning on moving the majority of our stuff this weekend. (Memorial Day weekend)

SO IF ANYONE’S WILLING TO HELP *ME* MOVE THAT SATURDAY, (**HINT**) (**HINT**) I’D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO MAKE IT WORTH THEIR WHILE!


This could be you!

A lot on my mind - Housing

Like the title says, I’ve had a lot on my mind lately and I guess this is as good a place to unload my thoughts.

One of the more pressing things I have in the back of my mind is moving – something I really hate doing because of how time-consuming and tedious it is. But Evan is moving out, so I gotta scramble – sooner rather than later – and I’m currently without a plan. They say that finding a place is the hardest part of moving and I think that’s because there are so many questions that come at you all at once, causing you to panic.

These are the thoughts that are causing me to panic:

Where to live? Should I live alone or with a roommate? Can I live alone on my budget? Who am I going to room with if I can’t? How will this affect my (also slow & tedious) volunteering / job hunt? How will I know if I’m paying too much on rent?

Ideally, I would love to move back to Pasadena because it was a great city to me.

• It has the Laemmle / Regency / Paseo
• The Lindygroove / PBDA / Third Saturday Swing are so close-by.
• Gotta love the convenience of Peet’s Coffee & Tea on Lake Avenue
• A lot of my friends live close-by.

But the reason I moved to Glendale in the first place was because living in Pasadena got a little too pricey for me. But a friend of mine recently moved to a rather nice-looking Pasadena apartment in the Playhouse District for not too much of a month’s rent, so I’m hoping I can do the same. It *is* a buyer’s market after all these days….!

SUGGESTIONS ON WHERE TO LIVE FROM PEOPLE I’VE TOLD
Eagle Rock
Pasadena (by me)
Burbank
Korea town

And take a look at the typo in this email I got from a girl I told at Lindygroove:

Hey Stuart,

Are you still looking for a place to rent? The bedroom in my apt will be free at the end of June for $550.00 not including utilities.

O WILL IT NOW???