we found a place!

So, Jacko and I looked at one place, which was just a block from Long Island Sound, and some nice beaches, but... from what the vacating tenents said, the landlords were "ok"...that leaves something unsaid..and yet much said. My friend Julius calls us and says..hey, I have a friend who has a second floor apt for rent in New Haven want to check it out.. indeedy!! We met Kirk, and it turns out we know a slew of the same peeps in Boston! He liked us and we liked him AND the apartment, and we're moving in Sept 1st!! That was one huge issue we don't have to deal with anymore! So, we're now going to rent a truck and get moving next week... drive down to New Haven on 8/31 so we can move in on the 1st.... this apt is really nice, very sunny..and best of all its like ten minutes from downtown New Haven... Andrew, Drew, you have to visit now!!

My Kittens have passed...

Today, my beloved mama cat, Seraghina, whom I adopted when she was a kitten, passed away today along with her daughter kitty Miss Ashley Anne whom we called GothGirl. Both were struggling with health problems and the move to Connecticut would have been too much for them. They are over that rainbow bridge, and they are joyously reunited with Mary Margaret, Blanca. They will be missed very much... the mama always knew when to comfort me, and she was dutiful as a mama to Ashley and her other three kitties up to her last day... you will both be in my heart until the day I meet you at the end of that bridge and we're all together.....

Some of my favorite Hotties....

Ok, time to update my list of sexiest men, since I have no set number, I will list them until I am totally wanked out... tell me if you agree or disagree...

1. Aaron Eckhard ( see him in No Reservations with Catherine Zeta Jones)
2. Jake Gyllenhaul
3. Toby McGuire
4. Ewan McGregor
5. Zac Effron
6. Rob Lowe
7. George Clooney
8. Jaoechim Phoenix
9. Jude Law ( see him in Last Holiday....omg)
10. Matt Damon
11. Ben Affleck
12. Denzel Washington
13.Jared Leto
14, Enrique Iglisias
15. Mark Valley
16. Ryan Phillipe
17. Patrick Dempsey
18.Eric Dane
19. T.R. Knight
20. Adrian Brody
21. Daniel Radcliffe ( In the Jr Hottie contest)
22. Hugh Jackman
23.Rupert Friend ( See Mrs Palfrey at the Clairmont)
24. B.D. Wong
25. Jimmy Fallon
more to come.....

Hairspray.. good film

Today, was a throw away day... time off from work... went to the movies to see Hairspray and this sci fi film Sunshine ( it sucked)... Hairspray was actually better than the original in '88.
Saw Julius last nite, called him and Alex..got their voice mail, they called me back when I was at the movies..figures.. I have to call Ben now.. busy busy... I still miss my family, and want them here soon!! I hate being alone. Just a couple/few weeks...left? AMEN... by the way its like 95 here today and humid as hell...yuck

A Day with the Dead

Today, for lack of anything else to do, I spent with the dead citizens of New Haven. Here you can see Mr Eli Whitney's final resting place. Mr Whitney, is most well known for his invention of the cotton gin, which was a curse or a blessing for the agricultural south. It got those seeds outta the cotton so more could be picked and therefore more cheap help.. ( a euphamism and tongue in cheek meaning for slavery. The Grove St cemetery is quite interesting. I sat there for awhile, being the only living amongst the dead.. wondering what if these people were living in a parallel universe and their grave sites were actually their homes, all grand and glorious like the Victorians on Whitney St and the even older federal style homes of the 1700s. Yale presidents mixed with common folk, Roger Sherman, a native to Boston but a signer of the Declaration of Independance from CT... hob nobbing with Charles Goodyear of Tire Fame... and what the heck is Anne Gerry doing in New Haven? Her husband, Eldridge Gerry, a once Vice Prez of the USA and the originator of Gerrymandering all within the confines of these brick walls. Well it was peaceful, and it gave me something to do... I miss home, I miss Jacko and Connaugh, Squeaks, Cobalt and Brennie... I want us to all be here together and the next three weeks will suck... I wanted to go back to Maine but Jack said absolultely not!! He wants outta there so bad...so I will be miserable, poor, and eat cheetos for the next five days so as to get us here together. Sorry I digressed, but homesickness overwhelms me sometimes, I just want life to be normal again. Well, won't blog again for a day or two, my 12 hour day is tomorrow.. lucky me.

Saturday Morning

Sitting here on what should be an idyllic Saturday morning, drinking my coffee in the Book Trader Cafe patio, and across the street is this giant blue draped monstrosity owned by Yale U and I swear if there was one more Jack Hammer in the State of Connecticut ( or the Tri State for that matter...thats New York, New Jersey and Connecticut for you out of loop folk) they would have it here blasting away at old cement flooring. Urgh... At least the eye candy is nice, the heat of the day has not begun to nake the sidewalks sizzle, and because of the noise, Ihave the patio all to myself, save for a few maurauding sparrows hoping I have some bread to toss them this morning. Patheticially I have no plans for the day... I had contemplated sleeping all day, but that would be worse than pathetic eh? My Photo of the day, is that of "RED ROCK" a slice of New Haven, which is pretty neat when you think how flat and at sea level we're at...

New Haven New Life

Wow, how time flies. Here I am sitting in the heart of New Haven, with the Yale Repertory theater and Yale Drama School all in my eyes sight! I've traded the peace and maddening tranquility of rural Maine, for the hustle of a city, which is just 68 miles from NYC!... Its been so long since I have lived in a city that I am often jolted when I walk past a dumpster with the most dubious odors, or street people who talk to themselves or give you stares as though they want to carve your heart out. Since I don't have internet in the lovely ( tongue in cheek) Chez Duncan Hotel, I am at the coffee shop across the street, using someone's wi fi ...

Meanwhile, the cacophony of construction/destruction workers fill the air with jack hammers, and trucks, and god knows whatother noise they make... but it fills my head. Later tonight, after 4 it will be almost silent when these little macho worker bees go home to their families.

Jacko is still in Maine, feeling very very isolated. We rented our property out as of Sept 1st, and I will go back to Maine to help him pack up a U Haul truck with our belongings and bring us down to Connecticut. He has the unpleasant task of having our Mama kitty put to sleep along with her daughter kitty ( Seraghina and Ashley). They're getting on in years and just would not cope well with city life. I feel badly, but then they're old and becoming a bit daft in the head... the thoughts of this make me sad... but on the other hand, I;ll get to see my two best buddies.. Connaugh ( my dog and my shadow) and Mr Squeaks, my devoted black cat who thinks every hour should be nap time... haha.

Work... hmmm... ambivalent about this job I would say. I have decided to stay out of peoples lives the best I can, remain polite, conversant, but not share too much about me. There are too many personalities at this job and some of the nurses I think can be vitriolic... I have to remember, that this job is just to get me through grad school. The nursing ed dept keeps talking about me getting my RN ( I have to be there at least until 2/08 to qualify for them to pay...meanwhile, I have grad school beginning in January... not sure they'll be so flexible with my schedule to let me attend classes, so things are tenuous at best...

Another interesting aspect to living here is keeping to a budget. I have 65.00 dollars to technically last me until next Friday. This has to include my meals, and laundry and stuff....I have become pretty good at finding cheap eats, ( I have lost weight in two weeks!) and how to find entertainment thats cheapo...Saturday night, on the New Haven green is a free concert with jazz singer Regina Bell. I think Sunday, I might try to find a way to get to the beach... all free... I'm avoiding bars because I don't want to piss my allowance down the loo... Next Friday is Payday, and this coming Monday, our tenant in Maine will pay us for his first and last months rent.. I can't wait to get normalcy into our lives.

Meanwhile, the heat is building and time for me to go explore... .ciao!