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I just spent about the last two weeks hanging out at my parent’s place in Billings. It always seems hard to find things to do there. But at least this time I didn’t get called faggot from passing cars every time I decided to go for a walk. Then again I didn’t really walk much this time visiting.

I finally got to see my sister play her clarinet at some school concert. When I moved out she had just got her clarinet so I would be hearing squeaks and squawks from her bedroom and this was quite the change. The first song she played was “Hitler has only got one ball” and I muttered along with the lyrics, or at least the first two lines that I could remember since when I hear it in pop culture it usually doesn’t make it past the first two lines. I asked Taryn when she was done if her band teacher also taught her the lyrics to that song and she just looked at me bewildered.

Since my roommate moved back home for the summer (and potentially moving out all together meaning university housing may give me a new roommate this fall..) I went thrifting while in Billings for basics like new plates, silverware, and pretty things. After what had probably been the end of when I first worked at VV I added a huge amount of silverware to my collection. That is now out in the kitchen and not hiding in my room since I don’t have to go through explaining how to clean silver and that its not alright to leave food on them. Plus I found that the vile toothpaste my parents sent me two christmases ago is perfect for shining silver and now I’m not being wasteful. Hopefully this culminates into a dinner party one of these nights.
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