this gypsy life

my life by residency up until now:
born: raleigh, north carolina - february, 1979.
moved to homestead, florida
moved to raleigh, nc
moved to homestead, fl
moved to raleigh, nc
moved to adak, alaska - house - kindergarten
adak, al - naval apartment
moved to raleigh, nc
moved to pensacola, fl - ugly green brick house - 1st grade
moved to virginia beach, virginia - townhouse - 2nd grade
virginia beach, va - house in rock creek - 3rd-7th grade
moved to raleigh, nc - apartment at pine winds - 7th-9th grade
moved to lawrenceville, georgia - house on meadow wood - 9th-12th grade
oakwood, ga - house with grandpa hc - 9 months
gainesville, ga - duplex on prior st - 3 months
gainesville, ga - master's commission apartment at the pines - 9 months
gainesville, ga - rented room on dogwood dr - 8 months
gainesville, ga - rented room on atlanta hwy - 2 months
gainesville, ga - one bedroom apartment on skyview dr - 12 months
gainesville, ga - apartment on whitmire dr - 18 months
gainesville, ga - apartment at caswyck on lanier - 12 months
lawrenceville, ga - one bedroom apartment on pine creek way - 2 years
gainesville, ga - hall county work release off candler hwy - 3 months
gainesville, ga - apartment with teresa at north pointe - 6 months
braselton, ga - rented room on braselton hwy - 3 months
gainesville, ga - apartment at mcever vineyards - 12 months
gainesville, ga - resigned lease for another twelve months

b'fast @ tiff's

so i finally broke down and rented the much-adored classic film made even more eternal by that catchy song, "breakfast at tiffany's". i have to admit that i spent the whole first half of the movie expecting to see a coffee shop or bakery within the tiffany's. and yet there was none to be found. but the movie was still splendid and worth all of the praise. (even though the dvd i rented had the sound off by about two seconds for the first thirty minutes or so.) i have always thought audrey hepburn to be a beautiful woman but i'd only once seen her in film before today. she was a truly adorable actress. the movie, based on truman capote's novella by the same name, is not at all what i expected from a movie of that era. i've seen quite a few older movies but none that really had characters in such unglamorous lifestyles at the start of the film. paul (george peppard) is a writer who's afraid of the sophomore slump so he acts as a boy-toy for a wealthy married woman instead of writing. holly golightly (hepburn) was an aspiring actress who, upon entering new york years before, gave up the dream. she realised she could live as a socialite, jumping from one man to the next until she landed one of the top fifty wealthiest men in america for a husband, without ever actually having to work -- even as an actress. so she lives for herself and mooches off different men each week until she meets paul. but even then she cannot break apart from the parasitic creature she's become. and it goes from there. if you haven't seen it, go rent it today. if you've already seen it, go rent "funny face" -- it's the one with the dance number currently being used by 'the gap' to sell tiny black pants and next on my list of films to see.

for becca

you know, becca if you want to see my face so badly you could just come back to georgia more often.