caffeine diary

I am leaving behind CDs filled with episodes that:
+my girlfriend also has on CD.
+and on VHS.
+and in most cases on DVD.

I am leaving them with the kidlet. She can send them to us if for some reason Gvambat's CDs and tapes and DVDs go bad all at once. Not to mention new DVDs are purchasable! It's not like these are really arcane source texts or anything.

Nor is it like we are frequently struck with the urge to watch "Jeremiah Crichton," you know?

[As a sidenote, the gf is gvambat (I mean, you can try to stalk if you want, but almost everything from 2006 on is flocked and she hasn't updated in a year or so) and so I've sometimes called her Gvambat here. Sometimes I've called her Roommate, which is less confusing when we're actually living together. Lately I've called her just my girlfriend for minimal confusion. When we're living together again, I'll probably go back to calling her Roommate because that is what we call each other.

You think I am kidding but no.

Gvambat: What does my roommate want for dinner?
Ari: I don't know, whatever roommate wants.]

*wakes up, and is all groggy* Behold the power of sleep.... I'm exhausted, since I haven't slept well all summer. And I'm miserable. I cursed my mom out this morning, which is something I hate doing since it makes me feel all dirty inside. And I said some pretty hurtful things, I think. I just want to get out of here, dammit, preferably as soon as possible. We're leaving tomorrow morning; we'll spend tomorrow night in New York, and then Friday night in a hotel in Virginia, and then Saturday I move into my dorm and meet the person who will be sharing my room.

Speaking of roommates, mine called me "Ruth Ellen" while I was staying with her, and it was sublimely weird. I'm Ari, and have been for most of college. I wibble about names. Sometimes I like to think of Ruth Ellen as a special name reserved for the most important people, but then some of the most important people call me "RE" and some "Ari" so I don't know. It's sometimes marginally easier to introduce myself as Ari. Sometimes not.

I think I need to put Della to bed now so we can pack her up and put her in the car. My head hurts and my heart hurts and I haven't heard from my roommate since I left Kansas.