Shitloads Of Links!
► My hands are sore tonight. Actually, my body aches all over.
Dad and I have been looking for a new bookcase for my room (to take over the spot where my unused drawing table is) for months now, to no avail. I've been wanting a bookcase that's 4 feet tall, 3 feet wide, and 1 foot deep. Apparently that's an impossible task in this town. On the weekend Dad suggested we try looking at the big Home Depot outlet on the north end of the city. We went today but all they had were wall mounting shelves and small closet organizer units. No luck so we went to Walmart where I had to pick up a few things anyways. That finally paid off.
While I didn't find any appropriately sized bookcases (there were either over 6 feet tall or under 3 feet), I did find something else. Walmart had a display of stackable shelf units, in squares and rectangles. They squared ones were 14.5" by 14.5" by 14.5", and the rectangles were 14.5" by 14.5" by 29". We both agreed they were my best option. I was going to buy 1 of the rectangles to start with (and get more another time), but Dad said he'd get it for me. I said if he was going to do that I might as well still buy a second. Long story short, Dad bought me 3 of the rectangle units and I bought one of the squares.
Took me the better part of 2 hours assembling all 4 units, all while in from of the fireplace. I removed the top of my drawing table and it's now in the back hall out of the way (I haven't used it in years anyway). The evening was spent going through boxes and crap I had stacked on the table, throwing a lot of junk out. Still have so much more to get rid of. I'm trying to keep myself from putting too many things on the new shelves, since one of the main reasons I got them was so that I'd have room for future DVDs and books.
Surprising how much more room I have now that the table has been moved out. Although I now can't see my bedroom door from my bed. I had planned to buy myself another of the rectangle units at the end of the month, but I wasn't prepared for how high these 3 (and the square unit on top) actually are when stacked. These are plenty.
► Along with the shelves, I bought myself a big jug of Tropicana orange juice, 4 bags of plain potato chips, a big bottle of extra strength Vaseline brand hand lotion (for my chapped hands), a pack of 8 boxes of tissue paper (Deana asked me to get some for the apartment, and the DVD of Inkheart starring Brendan Fraser for $5. The possible makings of a really weird party.Kai: not that weird a night. You gots snacks, you got wank-lube, you got cum-rags. The only odd thing is the film. ;)
► Pat Robertson: Haiti "Cursed" Because of Pact With Devil - Pat Robertson's batshit crazy, right?
► Pitch of the Day: 'Under His Wing' - I would totally want to see this if it were made into a movie.
► Ivan Reitman to Direct 'Ghostbusters 3'! - Yay!
► Daniel Craig in Talks to Star in Jon Favreau’s Cowboys & Aliens - It does sound like a fun movie concept. I'd like to see a new movie with cowboys & dinosaurs. Something like The Valley of the Gwangi.
► Dexter's Michael C. Hall Has Cancer - Nice to hear Hall's recuperating.
► Peter Sarsgaard Battles "Green Lantern" - Sarsgaard will be playing Hector Hammond. My guess is he won't be sporting the humongous head. Set up villain for the sequel maybe?
► Keith Giffen and Judd Winick team on Justice League: Generation Lost'Justice League: Generation Lost, a 26-issue bi-weekly series featuring many of the characters from Giffen's classic run on Justice League back in the late 1980s.'
'According to Giffen, the new bi-weekly series will feature Captain Atom, Booster Gold, Blue Beetle, Fire, Ice and Rocket Red, among others.'
Half the characters are dead! Martian Manhunter, The Elongated Man, Sue Dibny, Maxwell Lord... look, there's a lot. Blue Beetle Ted Kord too! Unless this plays into a mass resurrection at the end of the Blackest Night crossover. Bring Ted back!
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Quote of the Moment
Brian: There's no pleasing some people.
Ex-Leper: That's just what Jesus said, sir.
- Life of Brian (1979)
Drinking: Tropicana orange juice
Eating: ibuprofen tablet
Last Watched: Criminal Minds (latest episode; naughty Jonathan Frakes!)
Dad and I have been looking for a new bookcase for my room (to take over the spot where my unused drawing table is) for months now, to no avail. I've been wanting a bookcase that's 4 feet tall, 3 feet wide, and 1 foot deep. Apparently that's an impossible task in this town. On the weekend Dad suggested we try looking at the big Home Depot outlet on the north end of the city. We went today but all they had were wall mounting shelves and small closet organizer units. No luck so we went to Walmart where I had to pick up a few things anyways. That finally paid off.
While I didn't find any appropriately sized bookcases (there were either over 6 feet tall or under 3 feet), I did find something else. Walmart had a display of stackable shelf units, in squares and rectangles. They squared ones were 14.5" by 14.5" by 14.5", and the rectangles were 14.5" by 14.5" by 29". We both agreed they were my best option. I was going to buy 1 of the rectangles to start with (and get more another time), but Dad said he'd get it for me. I said if he was going to do that I might as well still buy a second. Long story short, Dad bought me 3 of the rectangle units and I bought one of the squares.
Took me the better part of 2 hours assembling all 4 units, all while in from of the fireplace. I removed the top of my drawing table and it's now in the back hall out of the way (I haven't used it in years anyway). The evening was spent going through boxes and crap I had stacked on the table, throwing a lot of junk out. Still have so much more to get rid of. I'm trying to keep myself from putting too many things on the new shelves, since one of the main reasons I got them was so that I'd have room for future DVDs and books.
Surprising how much more room I have now that the table has been moved out. Although I now can't see my bedroom door from my bed. I had planned to buy myself another of the rectangle units at the end of the month, but I wasn't prepared for how high these 3 (and the square unit on top) actually are when stacked. These are plenty.
► Along with the shelves, I bought myself a big jug of Tropicana orange juice, 4 bags of plain potato chips, a big bottle of extra strength Vaseline brand hand lotion (for my chapped hands), a pack of 8 boxes of tissue paper (Deana asked me to get some for the apartment, and the DVD of Inkheart starring Brendan Fraser for $5. The possible makings of a really weird party.Kai: not that weird a night. You gots snacks, you got wank-lube, you got cum-rags. The only odd thing is the film. ;)
► Pat Robertson: Haiti "Cursed" Because of Pact With Devil - Pat Robertson's batshit crazy, right?
► Pitch of the Day: 'Under His Wing' - I would totally want to see this if it were made into a movie.
► Ivan Reitman to Direct 'Ghostbusters 3'! - Yay!
► Daniel Craig in Talks to Star in Jon Favreau’s Cowboys & Aliens - It does sound like a fun movie concept. I'd like to see a new movie with cowboys & dinosaurs. Something like The Valley of the Gwangi.
► Dexter's Michael C. Hall Has Cancer - Nice to hear Hall's recuperating.
► Peter Sarsgaard Battles "Green Lantern" - Sarsgaard will be playing Hector Hammond. My guess is he won't be sporting the humongous head. Set up villain for the sequel maybe?
► Keith Giffen and Judd Winick team on Justice League: Generation Lost'Justice League: Generation Lost, a 26-issue bi-weekly series featuring many of the characters from Giffen's classic run on Justice League back in the late 1980s.'
'According to Giffen, the new bi-weekly series will feature Captain Atom, Booster Gold, Blue Beetle, Fire, Ice and Rocket Red, among others.'
Half the characters are dead! Martian Manhunter, The Elongated Man, Sue Dibny, Maxwell Lord... look, there's a lot. Blue Beetle Ted Kord too! Unless this plays into a mass resurrection at the end of the Blackest Night crossover. Bring Ted back!
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Quote of the Moment
Brian: There's no pleasing some people.
Ex-Leper: That's just what Jesus said, sir.
- Life of Brian (1979)
Drinking: Tropicana orange juice
Eating: ibuprofen tablet
Last Watched: Criminal Minds (latest episode; naughty Jonathan Frakes!)