Xbox Wars, Bathtub Peace

Yeah, I can say it: I’m genuinely happy right now. Living in the most indebted neighborhood in the city and I’m happy. The people here are real and mostly decent and I haven’t been jumped in the street yet, which counts for something. Becca and I did seriously good work getting my new apartment into shape—she probably did more than I did, honestly—and even though my upstairs neighbor reenacts the Third World War on his Xbox starting around midnight, I’m happy. The bathtub alone is reason enough.

School and work are both going well. I’m class representative, which suits me more than I expected, and I’m about to start teaching PHP, HTML and CSS, which I’m looking forward to in a slightly evangelical way. Good designs for good projects. My girlfriend is sharp as hell—she matches every cutting thing I say and raises it, which is the highest praise I can give anyone. Gulcan. McDonald’s Monopoly. Little Britain. Snowstorms. All of it. The only thing I’m still missing is a couch.