living life in the fast lane, give it up cause you got no game

Honey, I'm home!

I got all my big stuff moved into the apt in Bloomington Saturday!! What a trip! I must say I am highly disapointed Teeners mom didn't play the "learn Italian" cds for the 15+ hour drive. I would be a pro by now!

The ride out wasn't bad at all! It took about 7 hours and I think I've gone that far for a show before. Ohio was what I expected the whole way accross...flat, boring, ugly.

ok so I'm not educated in geography, at all, and I didn't realize I was moving into tornado alley. That has me a little nervous, that and dad saying when he lived there everytime it stormed there was a tornado. eeek! I have been dreaming/having nightmares of tornados ever since. I also didn't know I was moving into the midwest. When you get there, that becomes overwhelmingly apparent. "oh look a farm, oh look some horses, oh look a farm".

The town of Bloomington is off to itself in this little bubble in Indiana. You have to drive a desolate wooded highway to get to it, and I was getting even more nervous about that on the way in. I was ready for some "The Hills Have Eyes" or "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" action minus the hills.

We kept seeing boat after boat passing us on the way in, and I'm talking boats you'd take on Lake Erie or the ocean not little boats. Apparently we have a HUGE-as* lake in Bloomington. Link to Lake Monroe

We get into town and it's a mix of my three most favorite places on Earth. (Savannah, Boca, Franklin) which is perfect for me. Depending on what street you went down you'd get a feel of each one of those cities. One street we drove down at night is dubbed "Restaurant Row" and had I been taken there blindfolded I could have easily believed I was in Delray or Las Olas in South Florida. Everyone was sitting out at tables in the sidewalks and walking around looking like South Florida city slickers or the visiting New Yorkers I ran into in Delray. Beautiful night life AND they had an ethnic restaurant for whatever your heart desired (and vegan ones too) and outside each of these "ethnic" eateries were decorations making the atmosphere complete similar to the way Epcot is. As if you're visiting each country with each restaurant.

Then a few streets over the architecture was so similar to Savannah that I felt like I was on River Street. I'm told it's because we are so close to the southern states.



The people overall reminded me of the people I know around Pittsburgh. I saw A LOT of camo shorts and Ramones shirts. There must be a big local music scene there and for the most part people seemed to be between the ages of 20-27. The townies are mostly hippies and huge pot smokers and there is this beatdown grocery store near me that made me think of Clerks immediatly. I'm waiting for the day Jay and Silent Bob are standing outside. "fifteen bucks little man..."

Then one of the streets was just like downtown Franklin, it was so weird and overall everyone was walking around and looking very..well...Franklinish. (insert Franklin slogan here, I can't remember it)

I loved our apartment a lot, I'm living with my bro Bill and his fiance Teener. Here are some pictures of the apartment, keep in mind we're still moving in. (click on pics to see them larger)

Our Front Door

My closet

My desk

The Bathroom


Living Room

and The Kitchen

There are more rooms but I didn't get pictures of them yet. (Bill and Teeners room, the dining room, etc)
I am in Franklin until July 27th then it's hello Bloomington!!!!