39. Weather in various locations

Good morning. I am not writing to you from Missoula MT because I have left that place. It was a dark day, the day I left Missoula - a dark day indeed. It was as if the place were saying to me, "Go away please." I brought the rain with me to LA, although it took a while for it to find me - the evening I arrived and the next morning were lovely, and then in the afternoon the rain rolled in and soaked all those poor people attending the Golden Globes. I've since hopped over the ocean and the rain hasn't made it this far yet. It's quite summery here, in fact. In fact, it's quite sunny and quite hot.

I'll be back in Missoula whenever. If I decide to internet in a literary fashion, and I'm not saying I will (because I kind of don't feel like it at all), it will be here. Yes, the name is clever and hilarious. TTFN.

38. Weather, devolution

Good evening. I write to you from Missoula MT, which for the past few mornings has been covered by a dastardly fine layer of ice (unnoticeable to me and my snow tires). Apparently also the days have been dark and gray, although I haven't noticed. Oh what's the point in trying to talk about the weather here, when there's such tough competition at the Missoulian? I can't be that cute! I won't do it anymore.

My life has devolved into that of a couch-hopper. My journal has devolved into a collection of to-do lists. My most current to-do list includes the following item:

• write list

Tuesday night I wrote a list of songs to play on my radio show, the most preparation I've done in six months (if not three years). Here's a list of things I've accomplished in the last week:

• moved out
• went home
• got resickened
• got new shoes
• changed the power back to the owner of my old house
• sent in receipts to the insurance company, now I twiddle my thumbs to see what comes back
• moved my bike to campus to wait for my return

I am full of good ideas (as you well know) and the name of my Australia travelblog will be blaugstralia.blogspot.com. Or it might be blaustralia. I haven't decided.

Can't stop coughing. Good night.