Hey mindsayers.  its been awhile.  My life has taken many crazy ups and downs these past several months.  Perhaps, time permitting, I shall go into more past detail, but for now I want to focus on the present.

I'm moving to Austin Tx with three of my friends.  I've gone and fallen in love with my friend Erin-Lee and I'm looking at a full year of psycadelic looniness

wish me luck

Well, I left Phoenix yesterday and am currently heading North to Wisconsin.  There is a bit of a rush involved..  My parents and I just found out that our twelve year old dog, Dengar, has a tumor on her spleen that may be cancer.  Right now, I'm trying to cherish every moment I have left with Dengar, cause I don't know how much longer she has.

On the slightly brighter side, I found out that theres a three day psytrance festival in Wisconsin on the 30th.  So that'll probably be fun

Well, as part of pre Gemini fest festivities, I talked my friend Ashli into coming and spending a week with me before the festival.  First of all, this is great, because shes one of my best friends and I havn't seen her in a year  (well, almost a year).  In our recent phone conversaions, Ashli seems a lot more.... warm and fuzzy towards me than I remember in the past  That, and that she keeps talking about wanting to get an apartment with me, has made me consider the possibilities of having another shot with her.

I'm trying to figure how I would approach the issue.... sensetive romantic Stu or naughty playful Stu.  And then theres the matter of whether her feelings for me are any different.  I don't want to ruin the friendship we have.  Although I do not ask for it usually in these posts, any advice would be appriciated..

 Well, now that its for sure that I'll be able to go to Gemini, the questions start to arise of precisely how I'm going to get there.  Since dad plans to leave Phoenix almost a month before Gemini, I might need to catch plane, bus, or train to some central hub.  From there, I need to hook up with either the Dallas crew or the Phoenix crew.  I'd probably meet the Phoenix crew in Phoenix and drive all the way to Belden CA.  If I opted for the Dallas crew, I'd probably meet them in Reno and then ride with them to Belden.

I just need my Dad to figure out where the hell he wants to be at that time so I can figure out my route of getting away,