adventures in Philly / adventures in apartment
I had a great time with Chelsea last night and today. She drove up to my new apartment and didn't even get all lost!! We went to the Yo La Tengo show--I drove us downtown, and I didn't even get all lost!! The Troc is a very cool venue to see bands, and a major plus of seeing shows there is that they offer $5 discount validated parking with the convention center garage across the street. There is nowhere in Philly where one could park for $5. This is a spectacular deal. I am considering going to see bands there that I've never even heard of just so I can park there for cheap. And after the show, I drove us home from downtown and I didn't even get all lost!! I discovered that 16th Street takes one back to 676 West, which is Vital Information To Know. And today Chelsea drove home by herself, and even better than not even getting all lost, she drove all the way home without having to call anyone to check on directions!! I am so proud of her. Next time she comes, we'll do more fun city adventurous stuff and actually go exploring and to a museum. I want to take her to South Street, she'll totally love it.
Today my parents came over. My dad built a floor for my storage closet. (It's in the basement, which gets wet when it rains, and if I want to actually keep anything down there I need to be able to put it up above the wet.) He actually built a functional floor. I can walk on it, it's that sturdy. Probably six inches or so off the actual floor, so it's well above where the water would go unless there's a dire and horrible flood. Right now my storage area contains perfectly good cardboard boxes that I'm saving for someone's next move, because I can't bear to throw things away, and holiday decorations. There's tons more room in there. It's awesome. Dad also hung a bunch of pictures for me (in the apartment, not in the storage closet). My bedroom now has lots of pretty things hanging in it. I need to get Indy framed again, and a couple of other things, but now I know where everything is getting hung up. Only problem is that I don't have anywhere to hang my Zelda picture. But there's still some sort of undecided things, so we'll see, a spot might open up. The apartment is looking really awesome. And laundry got done this weekend, and things are good. I'm glad I'm feeling better.
Now I need to go to Target to exchange my DVD player. I bought the thing, and opened it up only to find it didn't have the cable that connects it to the TV, you know, the one with red yellow and white connectors. Why didn't it have this cable? Probably because the thing had been purchased and returned previously. How can I tell? The pencil drawings of Superman all over the wrapping material were a big clue. I don't think Samsung is including kindergarten Superman sketches in their packaging these days. Maybe I'm wrong, but I'm taking it back anyway and demanding a DVD player that is actually new. I'm also going to Walmart for frames for the things I need to frame--I just need cheap poster frames, really, and that's the place to get 'em.
Today my parents came over. My dad built a floor for my storage closet. (It's in the basement, which gets wet when it rains, and if I want to actually keep anything down there I need to be able to put it up above the wet.) He actually built a functional floor. I can walk on it, it's that sturdy. Probably six inches or so off the actual floor, so it's well above where the water would go unless there's a dire and horrible flood. Right now my storage area contains perfectly good cardboard boxes that I'm saving for someone's next move, because I can't bear to throw things away, and holiday decorations. There's tons more room in there. It's awesome. Dad also hung a bunch of pictures for me (in the apartment, not in the storage closet). My bedroom now has lots of pretty things hanging in it. I need to get Indy framed again, and a couple of other things, but now I know where everything is getting hung up. Only problem is that I don't have anywhere to hang my Zelda picture. But there's still some sort of undecided things, so we'll see, a spot might open up. The apartment is looking really awesome. And laundry got done this weekend, and things are good. I'm glad I'm feeling better.
Now I need to go to Target to exchange my DVD player. I bought the thing, and opened it up only to find it didn't have the cable that connects it to the TV, you know, the one with red yellow and white connectors. Why didn't it have this cable? Probably because the thing had been purchased and returned previously. How can I tell? The pencil drawings of Superman all over the wrapping material were a big clue. I don't think Samsung is including kindergarten Superman sketches in their packaging these days. Maybe I'm wrong, but I'm taking it back anyway and demanding a DVD player that is actually new. I'm also going to Walmart for frames for the things I need to frame--I just need cheap poster frames, really, and that's the place to get 'em.