the battle of pirate hill

I dreamed about you last night!

All of you!

The lot of us, plus Lucas S-B for reasons that will become apparent, were hanging out in a barn on a mountain in NY state and it was great. Which pretty much already happened. And we had guns, which also already happened. But they were real guns! Also an airplane! And we got bored so we divided into two armies and started having a battle. My side had Evan and Lucas and Micah and Meg and Steve, and we holed up in the barn and took shots at the airplane as it buzzed us at twilight. After a while I started to worry a little bit that this was a dangerous pasttime for friends, but we had no way to communicate that to the folks in the airplane (you were merciless!) so I had to keep shooting and was running out of ammunition and then looked down and my gun had turned into a sawed-off shotgun with a cork tied to the muzzle with twine, and when I pulled the trigger it shot out water. But it didn't shoot straight because of the cork. And then the battle was over.

There was something about winter coats, too, and drawing on the walls of a cabin.

Thanks for not shooting me, guys.

new news

Hi folks,

I miss all of you so much! This is an I just got a job post and a holy moly I have to move to New York City post! I am going to work as an editorial assistant for a college text book publisher and I am so excited (but also nervous about moving). I need somewhere to live! If anyone has a cool friend who needs a roommate in Brooklyn starting in August...or even a couch that is crashable for a week or so while I get on my feet, I would much appreciate any leads. (Seriously, email me, mklinger at wes and save my life)

In other news, I saw Meg yesterday! We went to Cockaponset/Pattaconk, mostly just for the names, went for a hike and a swim and saw some chipmunks and a swimming hotdog dog. We went panning for gold in a pretty and somewhat oily lake using our bare hands and got covered in a brown oily scum, the prospector's curse!

What are you all up to?

I hope you all post updates soon and I hope that all is well with everything!

A guy from a high school group of friends that I've mostly lost touch with passed away suddenly this week. At the wake today, I saw all of his friends huddled around, looking just awful. I can only imagine what they're going through right now. Since then, I've been thinking about my own friends and how much I care about all of you, and how devastated I - and everyone - would be if anything happened to you. So, if you'll excuse an Evan moment here, I just wanted to say that I love you all. Take care of yourselves.

Perspective

It is 4am and I have been trying to unclog a toilet for about an hour and a half.

At this precise moment, you are all doing better than me.