Les bois!

les bois: French for the forest, Boise, ID nickname in "the city of trees"

I spent spring break in Boise. It was...strange. The family stuff was normal and a healthy break from my thesis and the dreary Portland rain. We played Playstation Move. My obliques are sore. I'm hooked. I ate dinner at the Olive Garden with my sister Jess. Bread sticks and talking about ozzy osborne make a surprisingly entertaining combination.

But the other stuff was oddd.

I had a date with Gill (my tattoo artist). such a clown, that man is. We ate falafel (for Gill this was exotic. te he.) and we agreed that I will, from now onward, keep my eye out for a morbidly obese cat or a dog that's missing a leg (apparently Gill has a preference for the right front paw to be missing, oddly I don't find this preference weird at all, totally understandable).

Then there was my near-impossible search for an album that I was going to give to Nick (an old Mission of Burma compilation). Sadly, this search ended in me having a semi-frustrated conversation with the sales guy at the Record Exchange and then angrily going to eat a sandwich at the co-op.

Okay so that's all mild.

The real strangeness began later in the week. My stomach started to hurt nearly 24 hours before I was supposed to meet up with T. Probably not a good sign. Things just come unhinged around him. We did the normal stuff, got something to eat, became confused over his indecision, and then made out...three times (note that I pointedly asked if he was seeing anyone at the moment making extra careful sure, but there's still something I can't quite put my finger on about him). It took so long to feel okay and now it's like I am trying to rewind a movie that I only sort of liked in the first place...maybe. I don't know how I feel. I wish T would be decisive once in his life and just straight up tell me what to do. tough luck with that though.

Despite T, this trip has made me realize that I'd like to spend the next couple of years in Boise. There's something unusual about Idaho that I enjoy. so begins the battle to find housing :P

update: found housing, a roommate, and a job. go me!