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Greetings, Dear Reader. I am afraid that by the time you read this, I will already be gone from this world. At least, I will be gone from Orlando. On this Tuesday morn, (well in all honesty, Tuesday late morning to early afternoon), I will be driving up to Niceville. I have a few business meetings to attend while I am up there, and then I am off to Austin. It is terrifying how fast this is all moving. But it is terrifying in a good way. You know, the kind of terrification (I hereby coin this word, it needs to exist) that you feel when you attend a totally bitching haunted house. You are scared, edgy, paranoid, but ultimately having a blast. That is what I feel now. A tight, anxious feeling, layered over excitement, exuberance, and giddiness.

The timing of things and events lately has been extraordinary. I went from not knowing where the money for my next meal was coming from to having one job, and suddenly the opportunity for two. That happened. That was amazing. I’ll be financially independent and solvent once again! Most websites I’ve perused have recommended a planning period of two to three months for a move of this magnitude. I’ve done it in a week. In ten days, I will be picking up a shiny and brand new key to a new apartment. I’ll open the door, set down my travel bag, and hook up my computers. I’ll poke around the Internet for a few minutes, and after that hour or so has passed, begin unpacking the PODS container. Things are working smoothly and efficiently. I can only assume that since the entropy of this system is low, that I am doing the right thing. More to the point, I gave a fantastic interview. Their words, not mine. I’m going in for a job at my dream company. I’m finally on the ladder; now all I have to do is to start climbing. I’m in! I have miles to go yet, but the path is shiny and bright, with flowers and other cheery crap all around.

Officially, let me give my endorsement of the PODS system. It is expensive, yes. But no more so than a U-Haul rental would have been. The service as a whole is rather genius; spend your time casually loading your kit into it, then they pick it up, and magically deliver it to a new place. As a happy addition, the price also includes a month’s rental; you have that month to fill the container and have it moved. I challenge you to take longer to move. If I decided I needed a day or two more, rescheduling is as simple as a phone call. There are no fees for doing so. Ultimately for this kind of move, I cannot recommend them highly enough. Their helpfulness and business model have conspired to alleviate a good 60% of my primary worries and fears regarding this move.

I am typing this blog as I lay on the floor of what is now my old room. I am lying on my stomach, chin wedged up with my pillows, staring straight ahead at the monitor. I am in this unusual position, which is like oddly painful flying, because my furniture is all in my PODS container. It is a strange sensation, having one’s life completely packed away. I took a long hard look at what I needed to be happy, and to live, in Austin, in case the PODS container gets manhandled or lost. The list wasn’t long. It was entirely populated by computers and clothes. Truly, everything else I own is rather optional. I love my books, my movies, my tchotchkes, but they aren’t essential. I have my iPod, cell phone, Kindle, and DS with me; with these things, I can be entertained for ages. So really, all I absolutely need to survive, I can pretty much carry on my person. Or can load easily into my car. All this preparing for the zombie invasion has done me good. Also, I require Internet and power at my destination. But even failing that, I could get by. I think I am more self-sufficient than I ever have been. And that can only be a good thing.

Today is Monday. This is my last day in Central Florida. I have a pretty packed schedule, so I’m afraid I won’t really be able to fit other people in. But I do implore you to send me a message if you would like to; I’d love to hang out with as many people as possible. I may be able to squeeze in a few more; or arrange to have a mass outing. A flash mob of Jake fans. If I missed you, or didn’t get a chance to see you, I’m sorry. It’s not that I don’t care, it is that I am forgetful, and amazingly stressed and absentminded with this move. My days have quite literally been packed dusk to dawn with plans and errands. Well, more like noon to dawn, with my sleep schedule. Regardless, we now have the magic of the Internet to help us. There will be Xbox live, Steam, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, cell phones, World of Warcraft, Ventrilo, AIM, my website and blogs, and other various creations of technological wizardry to use and abuse for our pleasures. If you have not done so already, please friend me on Facebook, dear reader, and remember to follow me on Twitter @Chiron7936. Until later!

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