Portland Pride

So I am back in the Portland library, after spending a day attending the Portland Pride parade with Elise and some of her friends. It was awesome to see her and chat, and to know that not everything has changed. It was interesting to see, and quite a bit different, but a lot of fun.

Otherwise, enjoying my new netbook! It was a HUGE impulse purchase, but it's nice to get connected now and catch up on a lot of the stuff I've missed (or haven't really MISSED, in the emotional sense). Also this allows me todo a lot of my precious research, which is always helpful.

So, current-ish plans:
I want to see NickC when he and his bro roll into Portland, so I'm sticking around this area for a week (sorry mom and dad. i SWEAR I'm headed ebd [Eastbound] soon!). I'm going to visit Arrow down in Salem, and try to connect with Nikki and Rick in Hood River. I may be skipping Big Sky, but I happened to notice the UP might stop in Pocatello, which gets me in range of Big Sky via idaho falls (Idaho...:shudder:) and West Yellowstone. It's a risk, but it might be worth it just to swing by and visit Kris.

That's about it. SHOULD take 4 days to get to Chicago, and another 2 to get from there to NYC. I told Val that I would visit her, so I will either in-between or afterwards (I'll even take Amtrak if I have to. HAH!)