Moats and boats and waterfalls, alleyways and pay-phone calls,

So Brady and I decided to quit smoking a few weeks back, not because of any health concerns but because it is expensive.  We’re currently on Day 6 without a cigarette and it’s going pretty well so far.  I quit for a few months earlier this year using Chantix and decided to start taking it again.  I’ve read horror stories about the side effects like vomiting and night terrors, and some dude who tried to kill his wife when he was on it, but the only side effect I noticed was incredibly vivid, wacky dreams.  However,  I forgot that when I first started taking it in January, I started with 0.5 mg pills once a day for a week before taking two one-milligram pills a day.  About 20 minutes from when we popped the 1-mg pills, we both felt HORRIBLE!  Completely loopy and, for lack of a better term, straight-up TARDED.  Brady was pretty discouraged after that but I decided to cut back the dosage for a while and let it build up in my bloodstream, and that seems to have worked.

 

Brady and I finally took a trip out to the coast last weekend, which was amazing!  It was pretty stormy, but I was just enthralled to be near the ocean, and it cleared up by the time we made it to the lighthouse.  Anyway, here are some photos from the trip:

 

This week, Brady started his new job and we’re pretty excited about it.  I’m reading Grapes of Wrath for my English class and although I read it in high school, it’s a good read and we’ve been having some pretty lively discussions about it.  This Thursday, I think we’re heading over to the PLC building for the UO film series “Horror and the Horrific.”  They’re showing The Night of the Hunter, which I’ve always wanted to see but never got around to watching, so that should be fun.  When we visited Amy and Andrew in Portland last weekend, they got me hooked on Edward Sharpe (of Ima Robot) and the Magnetic Fields.  Their song “Home” is addictive, I can’t stop listening to it!!  Also, at the Eugene Public Library I picked up a few good finds.  One is a tribute album entitled, “To: Elliott From: Portland.”  It’s not bad, some decent covers, if you pick it up do yourself a favor and avoid Track 4, it’s the worst.  The other goodie I picked up was Bonnie “Prince” Billy’s album “Letting Go,” which is fantastic.  I just recently downloaded an album by the now-defunct Carissa’s Wierd, which was composed of two dudes who went on to become Band of Horses and Sera Cahoone, who put out a solo album after leaving Carissa’s Wierd.  Good stuff.  Anyhow, that’s enough procrastinating for now.  I have some t-tests for my stats class with my name on them, as well as some literary terms to research for my next English paper.  Peas!

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