I made it here in one piece. Poor Sam (my cat) was fairly traumatized by the whole flying experience, but he's now recovered and has been happily strutting around our new, empty apartment.

Guys, I live in an amazing place.

After 3 years of living in Augusta, Ga and Little Rock, Arkansas I'd forgotten what a real city looks like! I live in the Vinings area of Atlanta, which features lots of high end shops and restaurants, complete with millionaires and famous people wandering around. Buckhead, one of the trendiest neighborhoods, is adjacent to my community and there is already so much to do and see that my head is spinning. My apartment complex is very pretty, and the apartment itself is beyond adorable and cozy.

Also- tonight I found that I can WALK to a freestanding Banana Republic. That may not be much to you, but it's pure heaven for me.

I'm still exceedingly nervous. My first day at work is tomorrow, and I've laid out my clothes in preparation, and did a "test run" driving different routes to the CNN Center. I love the GPS in my rental car (which is a hideous poo brown Taurus- my first unnattractive rental), because I can drive around, stress free and cheery.

So far, so good.

I'm still nervous as all get out, but I'm not immersed in floods of tears like I was in previous entries. I desperately miss my parents, but Haley lives literally a few doors away from me, and my other ATL friends have all gotten in touch, so I'll be okay.

Thank you so much to the lot of you who offered up kind and comforting words. You don't know how much it means to me, really! This is a terrifying time of life, but I'm going to do my damndest to enjoy it and kick a little ass along the way.

I think I'm due for an LJ Life Update!

I've got a little problem, and it's name is "High School Musical".


We're fresh faced "teens"!


Guys, I tried not to love this, but during my week of solitude (when I skipped out on Prophecy) it came on the Disney Channel- and I loved it. It has the same ridiculous, so-bad-it's-good quality that makes me watch reality programming on Bravo! and it has the yummy/somewhatgay boy element that made me watch Newsies about 600 times as a pre-teen.

"High School Musical 2" came out last week amongst a tidal wave of media promotion, and I got swept along. The sequel isn't nearly as satisfying, but it still has the same doe eyed innocence as the first- and I like that sort of thing in my guilty pleasure viewing.

Also, Hannah Montana is the shiz. Just putting that out there.

Other Matters:
-SpinnersCast is going along swimmingly. Now that things have calmed down from the HPDH release, we can concentrate on the show and the site again. We lost an editor but gained a promoter today. I'm alright with it, as it's the same person- but the editing workload is rather a lot. I'm trying not to stress about it! Also, I really want the SPC Army to be more of a presence online. They happily send emails and the like, but I want them to be a vocal, overbearing, yet refined mob of listeners. Not sure how to go about encouraging that without inciting riot activity, but we'll see. Episode 45 is delayed thanks to some exporting issues, but again- not going to stress about it.

-I'm confirmed for Wrockstock, and Terminus!! I'm probably going to Portus as well if SPC performs there.

-Still looking for a proper job in LA. I found a fantastic position with a great company to help create a podcast-- but the job is freelance, and I really don't like the trepidation of non-fulltime/contract/permanent work. I like having a real salary, with insurance, benefits and the like. That's possible to find- right? ...please say yes.

-I finished my "Pay it Back" gift for forcedrhyme last night. Immediately upon completion I found a knitting project that I think she'd LOVE. *facepalm* Oh well. I tried to start on Mikey's gift today, but my hands are cramping from excessive knittery.

-I've been working out and trying to do good things for myself, and overall- it makes me a Happy Kim. I may actually start a separate workout blog, since I rather enjoy writing, and it could be a nifty source of encouragement to help trim the excess booty.


Ah, that's it for now I suppose. There are other tidbits on my mind, but I don't feel like writing about them at the mo'. Also, that chamomile tea is kicking in.

Sleepy.