Today, the Boston Blog 'n' Bowl is taking place without me. Sorry to all the folks who cajoled, begged and threatened me to try to come, but circumstances just couldn't allow it. Besides, I'm no longer a resident of Boston.

Strangely enough, the last time I was up there (when I met up with my friends to go to Montreal), I found myself thinking that the city wasn't as bad as I had thought it was when I lived there. I had concentrated so much on getting out of Boston that once I finally had, I thought maybe it wasn't so horrible. Or was I just being naïve because I was leaving?

I've officially eaten almost everything there is to eat in this house. Mom will probably be a little pissed when she goes to have those pizza leftovers and finds that I ate half of them at around midnight last night. I'm sure my departure will lower their grocery bills drastically.