david taus

Mission Control

music: Neil Young, 5/8/03

Two days until the dreaded first of September and I’ve successfully moved my stuff into my room. I now occupy the back room on the second floor of the 1-2-oh-my-god!, painted pumpkin squash orange by Jojo some time last year. It’s a good space and I’m using it well. I’ve actually not been as excited about a living space as I am about this one since Chowdahaus. Now that my personal living space is set up I can go about working on the rest of the house.

More than finally having a couple square feet to call my own after almost three months of transience and milk crates, I am appreciative of having a homebase from which I can launch into several endeavours this fall. The primary and biggest one will be work, something yet to start but looming large on the horizon. Because I’ve been so busy setting up my living space I haven’t really had time to give to getting ready for the school year, and it’s about to kick me in the ass. I’m sure to be taking the end of this week and all weekend to set myself with enough structure and materials to feel a little more comfortable and confident as I start my first years of teaching. An ordered and efficient living space is the foundation for success in that realm, and I’m glad to have my room in order. In order is probably an understatement- this place is humming like an ant farm. Peet and Marla helped me build a bed for myself and I scrounged a pretty nice mattress from the basement. Tmo put up shelving in the pantry while I overhauled the common room yesterday. Vast improvements on each front. Everyone else is trickling into the place, readying to assume control of this building, ready to start building something positive this fall, winter, and spring. The cast of characters is eclectic yet strong, and while we aren’t without our weaknesses we’ll do some good things in this house this year. Myself, tmo, and Chleurrrrr! round out the second floor, while Marla, Ron, and Matt and Gina take on the first floor. Peet will be bouncing here and there from couch to couch for a spell, and Upstairs Chuck continues to hold things down from up top. One, two, oh my god.

And never mind the fact that so many of our friends are moving close by. Dunk n’ Balls up in Arlington, OGD and JZ on the other side of Davis. JoJo and Lil’ Brother in Central. Molly and crew somewhere in Cambridge. Teacher friends all over the place. And an old buddy from college back in JP. He rolls with a very positive crew based off Thompson Island and will be good to have them in the loop this year. Never mind all that.

Things continue to take form as we push into September, and the momentum, for the most part, is positive. This week is a trying one with all the moving and setting up, but getting there. The 1-2 crew does not mess around. The moving has been tough (besides thru-hiking I can’t think of a better workout than moving), but we are getting there. Working together, making sure it all gets done. And for the most part, we are succeeding beyond my initial hopes.

Posted by davidtaus at August 30, 2004 11:43 PM