Many of you know that I moved this past week, to this little apartment in Santa Monica. At the moment it is in a state of chaos, but I could care less – I mean, I’m living in Santa Monica! And that’s enough to make me happy.

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More specifically, though, here are five things that rule about my new place.

  • Washing dishes in a kitchen sink. After a year of living in a kitchenless place, and having to wash my coffee cups and such in the bathroom sink, you have no idea how thrilling this is.
  • Walking to work. 15 minutes, door to door.
  • Getting chilly at night and having to put on a sweater.  In summer!!!
  • Smelling the ocean during my evening walk home from work.
  • Being walking distance to a branch library, and biking distance to a main library. It’s library heaven, except for the “closed Fridays” thing, because I had really hoped to stop by after work today. Ah well.

This weekend will include an Ikea trip (more stuff!!!) and a passive purge (less stuff!!!) that should resolve much of the aforementioned chaos. Once that’s under control, there will be photos. And a guided tour for any of you locals who care to drop by.