i put 350 miles on a rental car this weekend going to celebrate victor’s birthday in eugene with a contra dance and multi-threaded conversationing, and on my way back i meandered through willamette and mt. hood national forests to take advantage of the car and get to know my way around a bit better. it was fun. i like going on trips. here are some things i learned.

saturday:
• the rental car place down the street from you has half-price weekends and that means it only costs $15/day to rent a compact car. this is both exciting and dangerous.
• victor is a good painter, and will one day be a right lovely contra dancer.
• eugene seems like a place you could enjoy getting to know better.
• remember to take pictures when you visit people.
• coconut bliss needs no description.
• you think it might be nigh on time to move into a big house of people again.

sunday:

• you remembered how to do the one part of the last tier of the rubik’s cube, but forgot how to do the Other part. seriously. knuckle down and just actually figure it out already.
• you used to think it scared you, but really, you get a kick out of the strategizing required to drive on roads that aren’t really two cars wide.
• if there is any chance that you will spontaneously decide to go camping while on a given journey, bring a hat. even in the summer.
• ditto for gloves. the waterproof ones.
• the new tent is very waterproof, and the mesh circulates the air beautifully, but the side effect of this is that it does not contain much heat. wear warm clothes to bed.
• on that note, if you decide to engage in any sort of behavior that has even the remotest chance of leading to an unintentional plunge into a body of water, consider not wearing the warmest items of clothing that you have with you.
• similarly, do not engage in any sort of behavior that has even the remotest chance of leading to an unintentional plunge into a body of water when there is no one else with you. doing so will lead you to feel that you are needlessly depriving your mother of rest.
• next time, go somewhere that involves more walking, and use your powers to summon stargazing weather.

tomorrow night i fly a redeye to indiana to meet up with renee and head down to bonnaroo. i’ll try to post tomorrow before i leave, but if not, see you in a week!

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