Though I’ve talked about this pretty incessantly the last few weeks, I feel I need to reiterate, at least on the basis that it might provide me some comfort. This month will likely test my ability to handle pretty dramatic changes. Returning home from a short vacation in North Carolina I have much to address on both a personal and professional level. The girlfriend and I are moving to a new apartment on the otherside of town; a nifty little one bedroom abode located directly above the party store at which I currently work. I’m pretty excited about the move, but wish it wasn’t taking them so damn long to finish painting the place. In any event, we should begin transferring some of the many boxes inhabiting our basement very soon.

On a more professional note, I’m working on a collaborative project with my cousin. Partially, the motivation for such work was inspired by weeks of utter boredom. Mostly, I’ve just grown increasingly interested in the type of work that can be done between people online. Although many of us operate blogs, communicate with faculty and friends, and contribute importantly to networks and social groups, I feel that there is room (at least on a personal level) for more intense online relationships. With this in mind, I recently participated (as blogged previously) to the formation of an online reading collective and will soon be designing a site with my cousin that will likely showcase some of my collage work/illustrations and his minimalist dj sets.  In any event, this is all a breath of very fresh air.