I have lived in this apartment for six months. It took me about two months to get the majority of my stuff unpacked and put away, rather than just living out a box pile in the middle of my bedroom. Another two months after that to get hold of enough shelf space that I could put all my books away. Today, I invited my mother and her hammer over for a ( Read more... )

Three Things (All The Feelings Edition)

1. Have not gotten over my mad infatuation with Cyteen yet. It doesn't help that I made
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It is very hard to imagine a more Monday-ish sort of Monday could exist. It is never a good start to the week when you you convince yourself, in that split-minute between your alarm going off and your brain going on that it is still Sunday and you can go back to sleep ( Read more... )

Signed the lease on my apartment today, hurrah! I am really locked into being an actual grown-up now - I have a ten-month lease, a two-year cable contract, and a 401k plan. I am shopping for coffee tables guys, that is how bad this is. To be fair, I mostly need a coffee table so I have somewhere to put my pizza while I'm watching cartoons, but ( Read more... )

Three Things (The OMG BUSY Saturday Edition ( Read more... )

No coherence for this entry, I'm afraid, work this week has killed my brain. Not necessarily in a bad way, just...omg, so tired ( Read more... )

Fact #1: Chile sauce (/paste/oil/powder/fresh chiles/whateverIlikechileokay?) is my most favorite of all kitchen condiments. I put it in everything. I am damned well determined to get through this entire bottle of sriracha by the end of term, and the way I'm going so far it just might happen. Because everything is better when it's hot ( Read more... )

Things I Do Not Understand About My Roommate ( Read more... )

In the process of making dinner tonight, I burned my arm, set off the smoke detector in Apartment Roomie's bedroom, and set one of my pot holders on fire. Not my most elegant of moments. But oh wow, the ribs with black bean sauce and the garlic-braised baby bok choy was totally worth it. SO GOOD. I've been a bit hit or miss in the kitchen this week ( Read more... )

Oh my god, I am so exasperated with my roommate right now ( Read more... )