A lot of things

It is today and as I sit here avoiding the inevitible beneathe a rather spectacular perigee-syzygy of the Earth-Moon-Sun system, we are removing our quarters, lofting our dusty hoard upon our backs and moving to a new abode.

I have come a long, long way and at this point I can safely say that I am still not craving a cigarette. I thought about them a lot recently, seeing (my attention focusing on) strangers flick their butts.

Having been screwed by our landlords I wrote a letter (that was never sent) which will explain what has been going on pretty well:

First and foremost, it is not our desire to leave [the apartments], as
evidenced by our history with you previously in unit [x] and currently in
[y], but rather it is due to unfortunate and extenuating circumstances. My high
paying job of nearly 5 years came to an abrupt and unforseeable end. I found a
new job very quickly, but it pays almost half what I was previously making.
Because of this, I think it is obvious why it is in both parties best interest
for us to vacate the unit as soon as possible.

I was told by your associate [Mr. X], that we can only be granted a 60 day notice and would be charged for breaking the lease. I did explain our situation clearly, but he stated to me that there was nothing he could do about it but send an email to you, of which he read to me over the phone 3-7-12 saying that we would not be given any breaks, except that we could pay the fee over 6 months.

I am writing you because we feel that being charged for breaking our lease agreement and not allowed less than a 60 day notice despite these circumstances is reprehensible, especially when we have lived at the courts at waterford for 6 years. We think of ourselves as family and this treatment is more than unfriendly. It is deplorable.

Although I do appreciate the offer to settle the debt in house without sending to a collections agency, I protest the mere mention of a collections agency at all, considering we have NEVER failed to pay a single month's rent and we have never even paid a day late.

Our desire is nothing more than to be released from our lease without fault on
3-31-2012. We are not expecting our security deposit or our pet deposit back. We
should neither be charged for breaking the lease nor should we be charged for
the month of April as we will have vacated the unit by then. You can expect our
full cooperation in showing the apartment during our remaining occupation to
facilitate its immediate rental and prevent [the apartments] from any financial
losses. I hope that our imediate rental payment history and good-standing
account sufficiently indicates our continued accountability and sincerity.

Please let us know the feasibility of our request and if we can do anything to make the process proceed smoothly and to your satisfaction. Also, please let us know if you would like us to speak directly with any other management parties about our request.

Because of these events, we have been living day-by-day in a slumber, avoiding thinking about it, thinking about it, getting mad about it, crying about it and punching the wavemaster punching bag. Hard.

Needless to say, I have not worked on MAYA the RPG. Because of the upcoming film 'Prometheus', I did do some work on one of the settings for MAYA called, among other things, "Beyond Acheron". Otherwise, I have been almost completely useless. Working an extra 2 hours a day at my job for 4 days straight, I am tired when I get home and have not been sleeping well. That is about to come to a halt and I am ever-so-grateful. Yep, we are gonna have a roommate. We are going to actually be able to save money now!

I have been very political, mostly because of my involvement with the game NationStates. A lot of interesting topics have been coming up in the forums there which also connects to Beyond Acheron because of the government system that I devised for it is also the government system of my nation in NationStates: The Republic of the United Nations of the Earth (RUNE).

Still eating the good stuff, though. Along with a lot of bad stuff. Weather has been so hot I am dehydrated now. I am drinking water as I type this [sip]. Dust in my lungs, dust in my veins. I can feel the histamine in my blood and I ache. Benadryl night. Coconut rum night. Goodnight to a lot of things. A lot of old, bad things. Goodmorning to a lot of good, new things. Gotta get back to packing!