Updates and relocations

I re-invited Amy and Brian to join the blog. Now that they've conceded that "Rock on WM '04" is actually the coolest thing to happen to the virtual world since Napster, I feel we can graciously allow them to participate. ;-)
I also went ahead and made everyone who has signed up an "Administrator," meaning you can invite people to the blog and change the settings and whatnot. At the risk of proving the old adage "too many administrators spoil the blog," I thought we all deserved to have the same amount of control in this little community.
In other news, I have moved to beautiful Sarasota, Florida to pursue my career in hospitality services and am now working at Outback Steakhouse. Since I don't eat steak and am one of two people working there with a college degree, I don't know that I am going to fit in very well with the Outback crowd. Plus I refuse to fake an Australian accent. (I am just kidding about the career in hospitality services thing, by the way.)
What I am actually excited about is my writing career, which is starting to take off. I'm still only writing for one publication, but my editors have given me a lot of good feedback about my writing. They seem impressed, and say they'll give me as much work as I want to take on. (Three cheers for an outstanding WM education!)
My new house is incredibly interesting, and I would love for any and all of you to come visit me! Right now we officially have 4 1/2 people living here. The half person is aspiring archeologist Bill, who will be staying here until he leaves on Feb. 1 to work on a dig in Mexico. We also have Erika, a thesis-writing senior at New College who speaks Spanisih and lives in the garage; Guapo, who makes his own bio-diesel fuel, loves Macs and works in I.T.; and Mary, my friend since 6th grade who is now working in waste-water management but wants to get a job on the beach.
My room is the sun porch, and it is absolutely beautiful, though I can't wait to get some curtains up. It has a view of the canal behind our house where we keep our sailboat. The bay is just across the street. Our yard has several citrus trees, a swing, a hammock, high-speed wireless internet, and some friendly cats who like to visit.
We do not have a T.V., which means that I have one fewer thing to do when I want to procrastinate writing articles! It's nice not to have that distraction, but I miss TLC and Degrassi. Someone will have to keep me updated.
We do have a projector, which we use to play movies on our wall. That's pretty fun.
My housemates and I like to cook together in the evening, so we have been eating very well. They have a penchant for organic vegetables, which is fine by me--I can feel my immune system surging with all the vitamins! I'm still not a fan of vegan cooking though. Tofu is not an acceptable substitute for eggs.
I will try to post some pictures soon. I really want to get a digital camera!