June at 18

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i've been working very hard lately. i've been very stressed lately, but i'm working on it. i've enjoyed living in seattle, but not as much as i thought i would. i'm currently a forensic mental health clinician for a housing program at Sound Mental Health. it's a local county-funded entity. i've also been baking and delivering pies for a local pie company, but i am almost done with that due to this new job. i recently haven't seen many shows because i just haven't been in the mood. i saw john vanderslice and karl blau (very good) at the tractor tavern, which was fun. i missed seeing lords and akimbo just down the street, which is a bummer. i also missed seeing themselves and talkdemonic, which i really wanted to see, but didn't. i've been eating many meaty sandwiches at deli's in the downtown/belltown area of seattle, where i work. i haven't been drinking at all, but i've had 2 beers tonight, which feels nice. i drink at least 2 cups of coffee daily. i've been running a mild amount (3-6 miles at a time, about 3 or 4 times a week) and hope to kick it up and run the seattle marathon. i've been driving a '92 mercury topaz. i've been putting up booker youngblutt's graffiti stickers around town so that i feel a little more at home, chicago-like-home. i've been watching a lot of movies with my lovely girlfriend janine. i got an iPhone from work and have been playing a lot with it. I got used to capitalizing things more, due to typing at work, and I now sometimes capitalize the beginning of sentences, as well as "I"s. i hung out with frances (from flagstaff) a couple times, which is cool. i've been intermittently playing guitar, which feels nice. i feel like i need to be conscious as much as i can, enjoy myself, shave my face, meditate, before i'm on the floor and unable to speak. that still happens sometimes, but i'm glad it's only for existentially brief moments.