Last night in the Pacific Northwest

I moved the rest of my shit out of the Winston yesterday. I thought I would cry or something, but I didn't feel any strange emotions about it. I mean, don't get me wrong I will miss it, but I guess I just have the frame of mind that I WILL come back to it soon enough. It's more the people that I miss already I guess...

Val, girl, you know how much I care. Remember way back before we even knew each other and I had your film reels for so long? I am really glad that I got to know you so much the past few months. You are a great neighbor and friend. I can't wait for you to come visit and meet sexy punks with me in Berlin, ride around on the U-Bahn at night for the fuck of it, and explore the city with me. It will be great. Thanks for always being there and available for talking/shmokez/and venting purposes. You rule, more than you know.

Lauren, neighbor. Sweet nayyyburrrr. I am really sad that I did not get an official goodbye with you, but how lucky are we internet fiends that we can chat online all ze time. So for that reason, I am not worried about missing you too hard because we'll probably talk to eachother quite a bit. Anyway, love you girl.

Sam. Sam. Sam. You are the best "room mate" one could ask for. Considerate, sweet, polite...wild and crazy, sometimes reckless. Keep being exactly who you are because you are a completely wonderful person who I look to for inspiration on so many things. I could go on forever but my mom is afraid of some April 1 virus and says I have to shut down the computer before midnight (paranoid...). I'll miss you Sam.

I am now finally finished packing. Smooth as buttah and got it down to two suitcases which I must tell you is an amazing feat of wonder! Bleh...tired now.

Last minute panics begin...

Oh lord, I had such a ridiculous night last night. So, I had t take Phoebe to the vet last month for her to get her rabies vacc. regiven and have a health certificate (in Deutsch) written up so she can come to Germany. I then had to go all the damn way to the USDA vet office in Olympia to get the forms endorsed and all that burreaucratic bullshit. I hadn't seen the papers (in a big white envelope) for a couple weeks and just realized, "shit I leave in 6 days!" and thought I'd better find it sooner rather than later. I tore my apartment and car apart looking for these papers and couldn't find them anywhere. I've put most everything in my place into storage anyway so there weren't many places for it to hide! I get a call from Angela and Chancellor who are downstairs at the Rose and I think I will have to go to uplift my spirits, but alas! I fucking found the papers, underneath a copy of the Stranger and an empty coffee cup, how Seattle. So instead of a horrible night, I went out and partied to celebrate my near miss.

Now I lay in bed making some last minute preparations while eating sour patch kids, mmm.

Met Holly for coffee in the U District this morning, and she told me about this time when Mari saw the East German dude wandering around Berlin at night on a full moon making Nazi-march...haha "Ze were-nazi!!"

booty

Victoria (myself) is srsly waiting up for some one at 3:41am who she srsly isn't even that into. Srsly?

Yes I am back.

I booked my flight to Berlin for April 1. I'm not excited to fly with a dog as I like to travel as lightly as possible, but once we get there things should be smoother. Things are coming together just as I had hoped they would. Found a flat and a language school.

I found my flat/flatmate on Craigslist (which I am obsessed with) and I can't wait to move in. Anne is 26, German and works in the film industry. My other flatmate Johnathan is I believe 32 or 34, English, and also works in movies. Anne says our flat has a private garden where we can grow vegetables this summer. I am very excited for this. Some of you may know that I tried to plant flowers in my flower box outside my bedroom window last March, thinking the frost was long since gone, then the NEXT DAY it snowed and my flowers never did sprout...

The next month is going to be very chaotic for me I predict. On Thursday, my friend from Couchsurfing (Abi) is playing a show with her band at the Comet that I said I would go to. Then on Saturday The Weekends are playing at the Rose, I don't remember who The Weekends are but I must have put that in my calendar because they're good enough for a listen! March 4 is Sam's 21st birthday so festivities are in order, then for his birthday/just for fun we are going to Portland the weekend of the 6th. Also to visit cutie Portland boys and party in their neck of the woods. March 9 is Alissia's 21st birthday, festivities to be held on Tuesday, March 10 at the Wld Rose's "Taco Tuesday"...we'll see haha. Not sure if camping in the Olympic Natonal Forest is going to happen before I leave, truly disappointed about that possibility. March 20, I fly to Chicago and then to LaSalle, IL to visit one of my oldest friends Kayla, whom I haven't seen in almost 2 years. And finally, I have to make sure everything is in line for Phoebe to fly! By the way, Sam and I were discussing this very thing the other day. The image of Phoebe flying, actually flying. The window was open and she was looking outside and we both commented on how comical it would be if she just flew out the window one day and it took us hours to get her to come down. Gave us a chuckle. Also! Mon amour Holly Chernobyl is returning to the Emerald City for 10 days in March!

My new favorite place.

What I miss about Berlin...

1. The "free" rides on the Suck-Bahn
2. Cheap beer
3. Cute punks!
4. Dive bars with gross bathrooms
5. Art on every square inch of the city
6. Faggotty forks to eat my fries
7. New music
8. Walking home alone at 8am after a wonderful night
   
9. Delicious vegan voku
10. No hills=bike riding heaven
11. Random, chance meetings with amazing people
12. Seeing these amazing people again, randomly
13. Forming friendships
14. Finding random Washingtonians
15. Sugar fix from the Ice Bar
16. Homey squats
17. Friends who check to see if I'm okay if I pass out on the bathroom floor
18. Appreciation for central heating
19. Only spending 12 Euros on so much food you can hardly carry it home.
20. Good public transportation
21. Everyone speaking AT LEAST 2 languages
22. Solidarity
23. Every day is different
    

wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving.