6/9/2001:

Mmmmm, moving gnomes.

I've been moving myself in and out of school for 2 years now. I've come to believe that moving oneself is good for the soul. You get to see all of your supposedly useful stuff for what it really is: masses of kibble. Usually, I forget what a pain packing is and the agony is repeated upon me again, but after last summer's hellish double move, I am indeed wiser.

Last year, I had a single and that meant that everything in there was mine, from the fridge to the lamp. Last summer, I lived in a frat house on campus (b/c it was cheap and had Ethernet connections) so moving took a couple trips up there. First, I packed and then unpacked up there. Getting the rest home was supposed to be one trip but ended up taking two. I drove up Friday night, dropped off the carload and then came back down Saturday morning scant hours before I had to be totally moved out to get the rest.

This year, I dropped off a lot of winter stuff a couple weeks ago. I also drove a small VW-sized load up and then took my parent's suburban assault vehicle back down. Now I'm contemplating moving the rest, but really, it's quite manageable. My roommate took the frickin' huge TV last night and the fridge, so yes, the rest of the room is mine, but it's at least not so heavy.

For those of you readers who've emailed me worried that Sil won't show her face until she gets back, I say, wait until Wednesday's strip, k?

To make up for the incredibly long blurb last time, I'm going to cut this one short.

Song: It's from William Finn's musical A New Brain. It's called I Feel So Much Spring.

listen to this song

i feel so much spring within me
blow winds blow
spring has just begun
and something's taken wing within me
what was dark so long
had felt like winter
finally, there's sun
and so i sing
that i feel so much spring.

i feel so much dawn around me
sun comes up
rotten times have been and gone
and dawn
is much around me.
birds are whistling for their crazy mama
flowers join in song.
i hear them sing
and i feel so much spring.

in this mood
i hear music.
i dance nude
and won't close the blind.
i think i'm finally losing my mind

and i feel so much spring within me
blow winds blow spring has just begun
and something's taken wing wtihin me
what was dead so long
had felt like winter
finally
there's sun
there's sun

i feel so much spring within me
blow, winds, blow
spring has just begun
and somethings taken wing within me
what was dark so long
had felt like winter
finally there's sun

and so i sing
that i feel so much spring
i feel so much spring
i feel so much spring
i feel so much spring

-kip