reason 32 I love Gainesville

Riding home from work and finding two three foot tall speakers with an amplifier, all in working condition. Well not completely working, but an upgrade from my boombox. Nothing that I couldn't fix with ductape. And did I mention free! The guy who put them out plays in Towers of Hanoi and even gave me two of their cds. The speakers are flanking my bed as we speak... I speak... I type... whatever. O THE BASS! And there was also a poster of the World and a box full of vhs tapes, including one awesome... read more

Wow, it's been a very busy month. Picking up from the last time I posted a blog (or as close as I can get given my horrible memory) brings us to our trip to Gainesville...where I spent a good 6 years of my life. The crew left the dining decisions to me since I was supposed to know the most about the area. Unfortunately, a LOT has changed since I lived there. It's a college town and in college towns (in Florida at least) change is drastic and frequent. Still...I was not prepared for just how much...

Analysis of Gainesville tap water from 1999-2003 . I detest bottled water, but I do use a Brita filter, I wonder if it takes out those contaminants. Hmmm.

I don't know if I've experienced such aggravation with a doctor's office before... Gainesville Dermatology & Skin Surgery (yeah, that's right, I'm calling you out!) seems like a nice office but I have never been so frustrated with how much miscommunication I've experienced over the last few days. I called up the office to say that the new medicine they put me on for the eczema was causing me to break out into hives all over. They assured me someone would get back to me "in a few minutes". The next...

Disclaimer: Under no circumstances do I wish to start a political discussion about Dennis Kucinich *or* republicans vs democrats vs lolcats or the iraq war or any other political issue out there. This is not an appropriate community for that sort of discussion. That said, if you'd like to see national politicians get involved in Gainesville, you can start with Dennis Kucinich. Supposedly if enough people in any city "demand" him, he will come (I saw the number 10 originally, but can't find...

My summer was great. Just.. yep, great. I finshed it off on a high note by spending a week in Gainesville with Megan. I know I'm depleting my checking account, and I'm terrified to check the balance. Gas is a tiny bit cheaper now though (you will never hear me call them "good"), so it could have been worse. I spent a lot of my time before I went up to Gainesville with Megan as well. We went to Rapids the day before she left, and my shoulders started to ...moult. haha, it was awful and that's the...