VIM was reborn like unto the noble phoenix. And so it was as it always should be since the dawn of the end of times.
Blow away ~/.vim and .vimrc. mkdir ~/Documents/sarah-vim cd ~/Documents/sarah-vim ; git clone git@github.com:sarah/vim-files.git ; cd ; ln -s ~/Documents/sarah-vim/vim-files .vim ; ln -s .vim/vimrc .vimrc ; cd ~/Documents/sarah-vim/vim-files ; git submodule init; git submodule update ; (not sure on those two steps); cd ;