I don’t know if I mentioned it before, but we’ll most likely be in the Denver area for the entire month of July. Last night we stayed and tonight we’re staying at our friend Jarrett’s new house. He’s out of town and offered his home while he was away. Our “house” is parked at a Walmart a few miles away. We didn’t park here because Jarrett has a HOA and we didn’t want to get him in trouble in the first weeks he lived in his house. We’ve had plenty of experience with HOA’s in Vegas. They’re not an entity that you want to call attention to yourself.

The weather is beautiful here. The back door is open and the wind is blowing. It’s slightly overcast but still sunny. It may or may not rain. The birds are chirping and I can smell the outside. I feel like my body has been clenched up like a fist in a protection against the Vegas landscape. It’s probably a boring thing to read about, but for me, it feels like I want to shout my joy from the rooftops.

And now, after shouting for joy from the rooftops, on to something that actually made me cry:

www.couchsurfing.com is no longer. Here’s our cached profile in case you’re bored at work or something. Although since the initial depressed letter to the members that couchsurfing.com blew up and that it was a sign from above that it should be no more, rational minds are prevailing and I think they are putting the pieces back together.

For me, being a part of couchsurfing filled a need that needed to be filled for a long time. I am a searcher. I need to belong. These needs have rarely been met for long since to belong to something it’s usually required or expected to hold some sort of exclusive belief…. religious, political, or a specific enthusiasm or interest. I have never done well in these situations since they always seem to breed bureaucracy and bickering. Couchsurfing was so simple and perfect, “I’m human, you’re human, you need somewhere to hang out, come and hang out with me”. I have my fingers crossed that the CS team will get it back together.

Tonight: Superman Returns in 3D IMAX.