mmm.... It's good to have land

Home is a place not only of strong affections, but of entire unreserve; it is life's undress rehearsal, its backroom, its dressing room. ~Harriet Beecher Stowe Sorry I haven’t posted in awhile. That’s a side-effect of being happy. But even in my happiness I'm allowed guilt trip posting. Shall we catch up? We shall. But this is the short version. Hopefully I’ll post long version later. I flew into the airport in Pittsburgh to be greeted by Caitlin wearing a huge doll-head (and some other people.) We drove into our tiny little college town and attended a dinner where some people gave some very mediocre speeches. Then we went to the condo, where there was not drunken revelry, rather puff-painting and Disney movies. We came back to campus and I got to see professors and people of all shapes and familiarities. Then when they all had to pack, Caitlin and I went and did funner things. Then my parents came and I was pleased to see them. Then some other things happened, including my graduation ceremony. Allan gave a wonderful speech, and I cried even though it wasn’t sad. Then I got a fake diploma, took many many pictures with other people’s cameras, then drove home with the ‘rents. Be it ever so humble, kids: I’M FREAKIN’ EXCITED TO BE HOME! I was welcomed with a party, which was nice. People gave me money which was very nice. I should write my thank you notes, which would be nice. Since then I have done nothing but lie around the house (Except for that one day I helped Dad at a job in Lexington and today when we went to see X-Men 3 [which was slightly unimpressive] and two nights ago when I was really sick… but that was still at the house so I guess it might not count). That’s been fun so far, but I’ve found that doing nothing is extraordinarily boring (Look Ma, I’m Type-A!) so I’ve started my job hunt. I don’t think I’m just looking for a summer job. I think I might be looking for something that might keep me here, or at least in this vicinity. Cost of living is just too amazing to go back to NYC right now. I LOVE the creative arts, but I really think that they can be a hobby for me as long as I can find a job that’s fulfilling. So I’m looking for a job with the state. I’m about 15 minutes away from the capital and I know a lot of people that work there, so I’m giving it a shot. In the meantime, I’m trying to think of how best to spend all this new-found thing I’ve encountered called extra cash. You see I have my rent deposit return, my last internship check, that check from when I helped dad out this week, graduation $$, and 15,346 ‘than you reward points’ from my credit card (sad sad fact: points do not = dollars). I think I’ve settled on buying a game console. And this is where audience participation kicks in: the last gaming system to come into my possession was a Sega Genesis. I’ve tooled around with games enough to know that they’re fun, but I don’t know what’s the best, and even though I don’t need to be as strict with my frugality, I’m only purchasing ONE. You’re in my shoes. What would YOU buy? PS2 – Melikes Metal Gear games Xbox – it’s controller is bulky, but I do like me some Pansy Dragon Nintendo GameCube – it’s the cheapest, I think PSP – I could take it anywhere in my handy dandy manbag OR Splurge on an Xbox 360 – and later force myself to buy an HDTV for the graphics Wait for a Nintendo Wii - because it’s supposedly amazing Wait for a PS3 – because, like my name, it has a 3 at the end of it. As you can see, my reasoning is useless on this issue, and y’all’s help would be much appreciated. So to my techno geek friends: justify yourselves. Did I mention I’m relieved to be home? Because I am.