December 6th, 2005 - 8:03 am
» another sucky title
Things I do not like:
- oysters (salty salty salty & like chewing on a bit of slick pliable rubber)
- shrimp (cold shrimp, at least, has this sort of chewy, muscley, curdy texture that’s sorta revolting)
- having to cut things out of my holiday plans (like crocheted gift projects & gingerbread houses)
- the idea that I may not be able to justify the expense of the internet at home
- paper cuts & dry skin
Things I do like:
- my new apartment (I move 1/1!)
- my imminent raise (effective 1/1!)
- space heaters (currently toastifying my toes!)
- steal-cut oats (currently cuddlifying my tummy!)
Giles finally died sometime yesterday. I worry it might be because I didn’t feed him Friday or Saturday (and forgot to ask my fam to do it), and then made up for it a little on Sunday. Though he’s been looking old and droopy lately. Perhaps he’s another casualty of my over-stressed fall. (Salome too has been looking a little droopy and alarmingly crunchy. I am attempting to revive her, and hope there’s enough life left for her to come back around, because she’s only just started producing blossoms in the last year, and they were delightful — beautiful with a delicate, spicy scent. I would be quite sad to never see them again.)
I’m getting a headset for my phone at work. I got to pick out any one in the whole world, so I’m quite excited to find out tomorrow if it’s as nice as the price tag suggests it ought to be. Hopefully it’ll make the neverending phone trees at the annuity companies less irritating. I don’t so much mind sitting on hold so long as I’ve already made contact with a real person. Which…makes sense, since it’s the difference between waiting while someone sorts out your problem/question, and waiting to even get to tell it to someone.
Anyway. The apartment rocks. It’s in a small complex — just two buildings with five units each, built in the 40s. It’s full of charm, and the person before the current tenants painted it beautifully. The kitchen is yellow, the living room this lovely burgundy, the little hallway between the bedroom and the bathroom teal. I’m quite excited about the prospect of decorating — though less excited about the prospect of how much it’s going to cost to furnish the place, as I don’t have a couch or a dining set or — well, I’ve got hardly anything. A bed, a dresser, a desk, a bookshelf, an armchair. Ikea here I come.
Bryce said: December 7th, 2005 at 8:38 am
So Daniel says those oyster were “not very good” but I just can’t believe they could be improved to not taste like a bucket of seashells that’s been left in the sun. Actually, the general feeling is that all of the food was not as good as it has been in the past, which surprised me because I wasn’t at all dissatisfied (except for the oyster).
Yay for the headset! The only downside is you can’t angrily slam down the phone. And I know you were doing that allllllll the time. :-)
kyaaa! said: December 7th, 2005 at 10:41 am
::taps foot:: So, I guess it would be futile to ask for apartment pictures, as I am still staring at my empty inbox waiting for dress pictures, and apparently this little soiree the dress was for has come and gone??
rachel! said: December 7th, 2005 at 7:16 pm
::hangs head:: Yes, the soiree has come and gone. But, in my defense, I still haven’t been on my big computer, which is where the pictures are. The next time I get on it it’ll be to take the SF pics off my camera. And then I will send you both (provided those turned out…it’s hard to tell on the little camera monitor).
And I haven’t got pictures of the apartment. I really would’ve loved to take some, but there are people living there right now, and I felt too weird about that to ask. But I plan to take lots and lots as I move in. And Steph’s coming a few days later, so there will be lots more from that! I’m totally determined to make up for being a big old stupidhead about sending the dress pictures.
Matt said: December 23rd, 2005 at 7:21 pm
I am deeply ambiavalent about Ikea.
This is because I adore interior decorating and buying furniture…which Ikea only encourages in me.
Yet…
All the ones I’ve been to are maze like and by being well priced make me want to spend more on other things I didn’t know I need…which as an ever cheaper student costs me time and money I don’t have.
Still at least you won’t have to do what I did. Me, not being a driver…wound up nicking a trolley in order to shift the 100-150 kilos of furniture I just bought. Whilst my flatmate at the time just stood and laughed…he could’ve helped me carry the stuff…but he found my petty crime more amusing.
Still, I got a wonderful set of bookshelves, a table, 4 chairs, some hooks and storage bins out’ve that trip…so I can’t complain.
I guess what I’m saying is, take a car, don’t go crazy and be prepared to lose sense of time and it’s fun.
Also? Not knowing you’d named one of your plant’s Giles made that a distressing sentence to read. But then it’s late and I’ve never been the pointiest drill in the wood shed…
Off to read/comment more…hope you’re still well…
rachel! said: December 29th, 2005 at 8:45 am
Matt Matt Matt! I’ve just now seen your comment. I recently (okay, with in the last two months now, I suppose) upgraded my mt (blogging tool thingie) installation and I still haven’t entirely figured out the comment filter. And then there was this DNS swap thing, blah blah.
Anyway. I will definitely be taking a car to Ikea — we’d be walking for hours otherwise, since I haven’t a clue how the bus system runs between my new place and there, or how to get to the light rail from my new place, etc. And I know exactly what you mean about Ikea being a giant maze that sucks you into wanting all sorts of things you don’t possibly have a place for. So, so tempting though. I think it’s going to be much more dangerous for me there now that I’ve got my own place. Or will on Saturday, anyway.