Well, you know it's been too long between posts when my page layout starts to break. Well, let's see what's been going on: * My moving plans are pretty much solidified. Leaving the glorious state of Pennsylvania and the even more glorious city of Pittsburgh the last weekend of August. My "sister(my darling sister at xmas last year)":http://feralboy.com/photoalbum/photos/20031225_xmas/P1010026.jpg is going to come out and help me do the drive down, which is awesome. I've got the truck rental reservation, and I keep checking and the price keeps dropping, so I have them update my rental. Down $700 so far from what is was initially going to be. I nearly shit my pants the other day when it looked like it had dropped $2000, but then I realized I had typed in "Tucson, AZ 15221 (which is a Pittsburgh zip code)" and it thought I was doing a local move. Ooops. Gonna get a trailer for the "new car":http://edmunds.com/new/2004/subaru/impreza/100273633/researchlanding.html (which has been loads of fun, BTW), and load the cats in the car and let them yowl for all they're worth back where I can't hear them. The heat is a bit of a concern, but I'll try and get sunshades in all the windows, do as much of the driving at night as possible, and of course I'm sure I'll be pulling over every 5 seconds to check on them anyway.

* My "audit":http://feralboy.com/log/archives/001139/ with Pittsburgh so far has been suprisingly easy. Called the city person on the phone, told her what was going on, and I'm just in the process of retrieving all my W-2s from my various employers from the last few years. Yes, I know I'm supposed to keep 7 years worth, but that's what former employers or payroll companies are for, right? Anyway, so far it looks like I was paying in the correct amount for every job besides this one, so I shouldn't get dinged too badly. I must say that for a city in the "middle of a fiscal crisis":http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/specialreports/pghincrisis/, they don't seem to be too eager to get their money.

* The plans for Tucson are already shaping up to be fantastic. "Paul and April(Paul and April at her birthday party)":http://feralboy.com/photoalbum/photos/20030331_aprils_birthday/P3312882.JPG are all excited for me to get out there, and we've got reservations at "Hueco":http://0friction.com/thumbz.php?area_id=45 pretty much every weekend of the winter. They keep telling me that it's better than Bishop, so I can't wait to check it out. There's some things I want to make sure I do while in AZ, like 1) Drink "more water":http://feralboy.com/log/archives/000861/. 2) Make sure to take my "psyllium husk":http://feralboy.com/log/archives/000793/ every day. 3) Convert my "cyclocross bike":http://feralboy.com/log/archives/000012/ into a "single-speed":http://www.singlespeedsanonymous.com/ to make my daily rides more fun.

* Poker has been good. My play at limit raise has been horrible, both online and during the "weekly events":http://feralboy.com/log/archives/poker/ (which unfortunately have been less than weekly lately). I'm convinced that most of limit play is pure luck; you either get the cards or you don't. However, I've been kicking ass and taking names at the $10 SNG(Sit-n-Go) single table tournaments on PartyPoker. I've cashed in probably 75% of the tourneys I've been in, and even won a couple for $50. Certainly it's the most consistantly profitible playing I've done. I might even be able to make gas money out of it! Oh! I'm also playing in a $50 buy-in tourney next weekend a little north of the city. Should be a good time, and I'll try and remember more than the hand I bust out on to write it up.