People - they're the worst.

I really don't understand this world.

Girlfriend.

It's really nice to hear from everyone.

So I started dating this girl, we'll call her Samantha, about three months ago. We've been friends since we got to grad school (about 5 years now), but we just started dating in Aprilish. She is in a math program in Portland for six weeks right now, and then she is moving to Ohio. I didn't write much about her, because I wasn't on the internet much while I was dating her - I was trying to spend as much time with her as possible.

Basically, we haven't really broken up. This is good and bad. It is good, because I enjoy dating her. It is bad because we still have to try to figure out what is going to happen to us in the long term. I'm going to be in Boston for about 4 years, and she is going to be in Ohio for one year, and then in Oregon indefinitely. Does anybody have any advice?

Speaking of Boston, I don't have any news for you. My stuff in Madison is about half-way packed, so I am ready to go on a moment's notice. That moment hasn't quite arrived, yet. I'm really hoping it does soon, because I would like to:

1. Move my stuff to Boston.
2. Spend at least a week and a half in Minnesota.
3. Make the permanent move to Boston at the end of the month.

We'll see.

Merry Independence day, y'all. I've spent most of the day packing. Actually, that's a lie - I've spent most of the day browsing the internet and watching Sports Night. However, I did do some packing, so I have set the moving wheels in motion.

I think my brother found this unfortunate URL at the Taste of Minnesota: