Sunday, October 4, 2009 at 10:03PM A friend linked to this on Facebook and it completely blew me away.
PS We're all moved in! I LOOOOOOVE my apartment, it absolutely beautiful. Pictures will be posted as soon as we have furniture (end of the week, hopefully)
Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at 8:16PM
My life is good and also a little sucky! On one hand, the sucky hand, I have a godawful head cold that makes me want to tear out my sinuses and just give up on breathing. Also, I'd appreciate it if someone could just separate my throat from the rest of my body so that I can stop feeling like I've somehow shapeshifted into the body of a fire breathing dragon, who has spent many years eating shards of glass without chewing them first. My solution to my mild case of death, as usual, is to drink triple my weight in orange juice (NO PULP for the love of GOD), and to whine excessively. Ususally, my whining takes the form of a medium-high pitched "WAaaaaauuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" with some accompanying arm flailing and head lolling. I also tend to wrap myself in a blanket to keep me warm on my shuffle walks around the house, which usually results in me curled up on the kitchen floor (i may or may not have a bit of a balance... issue). I am not the kind of person to go to a clinic when I'm feeling under the weather. I much prefer to "tough it out" aka annoy the hell out of everyone around me. Which is why I'm at Starbucks and not at home.
On the other more awesome hand, I FINALLY HAVE A HOME! After what seems like sixty years of looking, we finally got a duplex in Osborne Village. Its the 2nd and 3rd floor of a house, and it has beautiful hardwood floors, tonnes of windows, a balcony, and IN SUITE LAUNDRY. Which is a big-freaking-deal.. you may recall my rants about laundry/general chore-doing. We're able to get in on October 1st, but won't be moving in until the 2nd. I'm so absurdly excited to have our own place again. Chad and Xal have been magnificent, but I'm sure they'll be thrilled to be able to walk around naked again. I'm not one for casual nakedness, but I AM a big fan of lounging around, drinking coffee, looking like an escaped mental patient (I have pretty ridiculous bedhead, most mornings). Also, I subconsciously talk to myself, or to cats, ("You're a cat! You have whiskers! I don't have a tail...") or to inanimate objects ("Hey there fridge, please have some ice cubes ready or else I'll never defrost you again"), and these are all things that make me look like that escaped mental patient I mentioned earlier. Pictures of the apartment to follow....
PS Today's featured song is from Empire of the Sun, who are this insane Australian duo that blow my mind with their awesomeosity. Their album, Waking on a Dream, has been playing on my iPod for a week straight, and I am nowhere near sick of it. If you dig this, check out "Standing on the Shore" or "Waking on a Dream"... just make sure you play it loudly with the windows rolled way down. Just don't watch the video too closely, because upon seeing what the two dudes look like (and the way they dress?!), it makes me like them a bit less. I'd rather not have a creepy face to link with their rad sound.
Friday, September 25, 2009 at 12:23AM Despite the frequency of its occurrence, I find myself very VERY freaked out every time I hear about the latest one of my highschool (or elementary school) classmates to find themselves suddenly and unexpectedly pregnant. Being in a different city definitely delays the Guess Whos Preggo Now gossip grapevine, but holy damn. If I had a nickel for every time a classmate of mine got knocked up, I'd have at LEAST fifty cents. Maybe even sixty. I've heard of extreme "cases" in which the former classmate now has a handful of kids. ALL WITH DIFFERENT FATHERS. What an awkward conversation THATS going to be, ten years from now. "But Mommy, why do I have a different Daddy than Billy? And Susie? And Maxwell? And Ted?" BECAUSE MOMMY COULDN'T KEEP HER KNEES TOGETHER, THATS WHY.
And you know what, every time I hear about the latest addition to the Mommy Club, I go "Guhhhhhhhhhhhh" and shudder, and reach for my phone to auto-refill my birth control prescription. Because otherwise? Hello and Welcome to my Worst Nightmare Realized. I am so SO SO SO SO nowhere NEAR ready to deal with that kind of responsibility. Mentally, physically, financially... guhhhhh.
Anyhow, heres a picture of a kitten with a lime on it's head.
Kitties!, Much needed distraction Monday, September 21, 2009 at 12:15AM Not Quite What I was Planning is one of the most interesting books that I have ever read (...while on the clock at Chapters. Instead of actually working.) I've been thinking about it for ages now, and have been trying to come up with my own six words or less, and it's proven to be far more difficult than I ever could have imagined. My entire life (so far) in six words or less? Ack. Where would I even begin? Oh. I know. I'll just spew out a handful of random phrases from various points from the past 22 years.
If only I'd remembered to floss.
My cats dictate my sleeping schedule.
I wish I'd been more honest.
Q-tips; crucial to my daily routine. (no but seriously. If I can't Qtip my ears immediately after getting out of the shower, there'll be hell to pay)
The good outweighs the bad, usually.
Give me coffee; avoid serious injury.
I trouped, traveled, loved, lost, trusted and was betrayed... ** yes I realize this is more than six words. But this just happens to be the greatest Life Summary I've ever read, bar none. Credit goes to Patrick Rothfuss, as this is a passage from his first book, The Name of the Wind, which I'm presently devouring)
Also, check this out. Don't giggle too hard... I definitely woke up Bryan due to lack of giggle restraint.
Friday, September 18, 2009 at 9:25AM ... and I really wish I was joking.
FYI This is where I work, with a lot of really spectacular people. Also where I spend a lot of monies.
