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I finally got my pin cloth back. I think I lost the fornicating fly pin in the moves though.. Still have a few nice tie clips though.

I bought this sweater on my last day at the VV. I debated being an awesome brother and bad son with giving it to Taryn, but decided to be selfish.

This dorm/apartment is nice, but too new and stark white for me. I’ve been running all about this town trying to find things to hang up on the walls. The thrift stores are full of midwestern crap (I think that working at the VV has broken me) and the antique stores are all full of Persian rugs (go figure) that are out of my price range.

I already miss the narrow small room in Ravenna.

We are on the main floor, so my bedroom window looks out onto the parking lot.. not a whole lot of fun for my voyeuristic tendencies. Meh. Maybe I’ll make friends with someone who lives on a higher floor and we can use my opera glasses to spy on passerbys. In of course a not creepy way *cough cough* Something about the artwork of Edward Hopper.

Tomorrow is the first day of school. I have French in the late afternoon. I think I’m going to go by the art department and talk with my adviser. The drawing classes were all full and I signed up for an art history class like the 300 level one I took my freshman year… Meh.

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