Places I've lived

Little yellow house: Age 0-2
Danville, IL
Reason for leaving: Family moved to MN

Parental Unit Home: Age 2-18
Fairmont, MN
Reason for leaving: Goin' to college. Gettin' out on my own!

Dorms @ U of M Twin Cities: Age 18 (2 months)
Mate: I forget her name
University Ave
Minneapolis, MN
Reason for leaving: Dorm life sucked, got out of my contract just in time to move in with Katie!

Sweet upper duplex: Age 18-19 (4 months)
3229 29th Ave. S.
Minneapolis, MN
Mate: Katie, then Haley too a few months later

Reason for leaving: It burned down!

Transition after fire:

• Walked around with all my worldly possessions in a backpack for a few days (and the Kvande's?)
• Stayed at a lovely Clinton area Minneapolis studio for a night (a friend's place)
• Stayed in a hippie house's basement for a day or 3 (left because they wanted $50 more for sleeping in the scary basement)
• ummm....

Cockroach hotel (efficiency apartment with a bathroom shared with an old lady whose apartment--and the bathroom--smelled distinctly of hot dogs): Age 19 (2 weeks)

11th and 18th in Minneapolis, MN

Reason for leaving: Cockroaches and Katie found a new place for all of us. Tried to sublet the roach motel for two weeks, but that sure as hell didn't work out.  Had to leave a lot of items behind to avoid infestation.  My only two weeks of living alone until my late 20s.

Phat pad: Age 19-Age 20

Mates: Katie, Danielle, Eric and Pat
Lake and Portland

Minneapolis, MN

Reason for leaving: Lease over, too expensive to heat, and a crackhead landlord (the best was when he came in at 3:00AM asking to fix the sink which we had been bugging him to do).

3-month sublet: Age 20

2 other subletters

North Minneapolis, MN

I painted here.  Rode bikes a lot to the Wespank.

Pagan Penthouse: Age 20

North Minneapolis, MN

Eric and 4 women and a kid and a cat or 5

3rd Avenue Apartment: Age 20-Age 21

Overlooking the Franklin Avenue madness by Coin Laundry

Shared with my buddy Eric

Minneapolis, MN

Reason for leaving: Soul adventure

Spice Factory/Art studio (simultaneous to house on 3rd): Age 20-21

Mates: Tracey, Justin, Erin, Wade, others, randomly

25th and University

Minneapolis, MN

Reason for leaving: Confidential and no way am I posting why online.

Danielle's apartment in Seattle...then Mpls., then...

West Seattle Ferret Factory: Age 21-22

Mates: Eiche, MarcAnthony, Iafay

Good times

Seattle, WA

The Rat House

Mate: Eiche

West Seattle Basement Plex: Age 22 (a few months only)

Seattle, WA

Frederick Street lofted room in revolutionary syndicate home: Age 22 (a few months)

Mates: Top Secret

Olympia, WA

Reason for leaving: Other people stayed for free, but I had to pay. Also, overrated.

Deer Run Apartments: Age 23 (a few months)

Mate: Let's forget

Olympia, WA

Reason for leaving: BLACK MOLD!  Also, cwazy woo-mate situashun.

Little house on Walnut: Age 23 (2 months)

Mates: Lora, her friend and her friend's daughter

Olympia, WA

Reason for leaving: Intentionally temporary

Little house in West Oly: Age 24 (3 months)

Mates: Anna and Jesse

Olympia, WA

Reason for leaving: More mold, my room was a converted garage and we liked it cold for environmentally friendly reasons.  Healthy times, but enough Oly, time to move back to Seattle...

Sweet house in the Central District: Age 24 (? months)

Mates: Eiche, Ajay, Jenn

Seattle, WA

Reason for leaving: Back to Olympia 

Cooper point duplex: Age 24-25

Mate: Eiche

Olympia, WA

Reason for leaving: well, the break up sorta i guess

Hilltop House: Age 25-26

Mates: Jo, James, Ryan, Lacey and Alex (RIP)

Olympia, WA

Reason for leaving: Got a place in Skokomish

Cottage in the Woods: Age 26-present

Potlatch, WA

I love living by myself.

But I'm thinking about moving again.