u-haul, me-haul, goodbye LES

yesterday kelly and i went to pick up the u-haul van. we loaded, and unloaded in two locations in under 3 hours and even got a nice tour of manhattan along the way. i thought, dang, 19.95 for a day rental is cheap--next time i have friends over, i should just rent out a van and pack everyone in for a cheap ride around the city. but of course i missed the fine print and was charged mileage in addition so it isn't the greatest deal on earth anymore.

moving the last bags out of the hole in the wall apt i called home for two months, i felt a tinge of sadness leaving the lower east side. shady, ghetto, largely dominican and whatever else people say/think of it, i've grown to love the couple of blocks that make up my first neighbourhood experience in ny. i still haven't been to schiller's and now i will actually have to take a bus down there.

in limbo now and it's so frustrating living out of suitcases and boxes. i can't wait to move into the new place but i have to first get a bed. you never realize how expensive furniture actually is until you have to buy it yourself. i'm thinking of scrimping and stacking two mattresses if that's any cheaper. or maybe a futon.

i'm exhausted and i have a headache. i'm going to a comedy club with richmond who happens to be with greta georges (of all people!!). i'm praying hard it won't be weird, and the comedy will be good.

got my paycheck today and had a total of 712.48 in tax deducted. what federal withholding, social security, medicare, state tax, p0001 withholding (have absolutely no clue what this is even!). all these euphemisms (can they even be called such??) for "uncle sam wants your money". sucks man. i'm a poor girl with no love here.