moni will be thrilled
attention all motorists in ocean beach: due to the high crashability nature of my car, i humbly beg you all to please resist what seems to be an overwhelming magnetic attraction to my car seeing as i will now be a resident of your 'hood.

that's right, i'm (unofficially) not homeless. ((insert crowd going wild here))

in the 11th hour of my search (i put over 450 miles on my car JUST house hunting in the last month), it came down to 2 options, and believe me, it wasn't an easy decision. for every positive on one place, there was a negative on the other, and vice versa. just when i had convinced myself that i was going for one, someone said something that made me swing the other way. so i finally put 'em down to one last test:
do i see myself living here? check.
do i feel comfortable, and safe in the area? check.
will i be happy? ahh. well, with my nomadic tendencies, will i really be happy anywhere? that's a scary thing to consider.
in the end, though, i realized it doesn't really matter how big the place is, or how quiet, or whether or not i share walls and with whom. what matters is i took the place with the month-to-month lease, and am letting the rest of the universe unfold as it should.
current mood: everything's going to be alright