Fill the spaces with wood in places to make it feel like home

So here I am at ASU. It's about a bajillion degrees out and I've already sweated through two outfits. I've lugged my duffel and backpack halfway across campus, then lugged 50 pounds of boxes (at the same time I might add) up to my seventh floor room, then did what I could to spruce up this place. It's actualy quite cute, and what I'm sure a realtor would call "charming" (read: tiny). I'd love to take a shower, but that's kind of an impossibility due to the astonishing lack of a shower curtain (didn't even think about that one). Also, the walls look rather naked. If you love me, you could send me a poster to make them less boring.

So in a rather geeky turn of events, I've accidentally been pulled back into fandom, at least partially. Now, I have no plans whatsoever to start reading/writing fanfic again, but I do rather enjoy watching the comms. I've always been more of a lurker than an active participant, however, I do know that my OTP is definitely Sydney/Vaughn. Easily. By a mile. Their love story can still make me catch my breath and sigh.

That being said, I recently started two new shows, Entourage and Doctor Who (the 2005 version). While I am less than impressed with Entourage (I guess I just don't relate to the lifestyle...) I'm incredibly hooked on Doctor Who. It's pretty much the best sci-fi show I've ever seen (this does not count Alias or Supernatural, those are spy-fi and horror-style-buddy-drama, respectively). It's funny and entertaining, and I highly recommend it. Oh, and British accents. Delightful.

It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you

So I'm packing. It's kind of a breeze, actually, which I was not expecting. I didn't realize how little I brought home. Really all I have to bring back with me is clothes and electronics, and a few dvds.

Packing is actually getting me a little excited to go back to school. I mean, I'd love to stay in WI for the rest of my life, but back at school there's a faster internet connection, classes (yeah, I'm a dork), and Pitchforks. So...there are exactly three things about ASU that don't exist here. Hopefully these three will be enough to get me through the semester.

Somehow I doubt it.

P.S. The title is a line from Africa, by Toto

August beginnings (get it, it's a pun!)

It's August. And I will be back in AZ in less than two weeks. Blergh. This has me so disheartened that I can barely get myself to write. Argh.