I just spent half an hour wrestling my new curtains ( Read more... )

Last night I stopped at Walmart on the way to my mom's house for American Idol--wait a sec. Hang on. I can't believe I just typed that sentence, and it's true. Dear God. ANYWAY--because I needed cat food and stuff. I decided to look at curtains while I was there, because I still need curtains for the living room. And I found some perfect ones ( Read more... )

Pictures of my apartment and of my trip to AWP are now posted on snapfish. If you want to see and didn't get an email invitation, comment with your email address and I'll send you the link. Comments screened ( Read more... )

Today my dad put together my new (and hopefully last) set of bookshelves. So I got to unpack all my boxes of unread books! Now all the books are unpacked. Every book I own!

There were three full boxes of books I haven't read. (Some of them, I've read *part* of, but I haven't finished any of them.) I counted: 109 books, ranging from Mrs. ( Read more... )

Last night after work, the roads were clear of snow, so I decided to go to Walmart. I discovered that the Walmart near my house is not nearly as good as the Walmart near my parents' house. It was... perplexing. I had a long list of stuff to get (in general, not just at Walmart), and it was odd which things they had and which they didn't. Like, ( Read more... )

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I got so much done tonight. Two loads of laundry. Unpacked two large and two small boxes of desk drawer-related stuff. Unpacked multiple boxes of clothes. Clothes are done now (or at least as done as they're going to get, honestly). Put together yet another pile of clothes for Goodwill. Put all the shoeboxes away in the closet space ( Read more... )

Dear God. If I ever doubted my true nature as a packrat, I believe it now. I just unpacked the boxes of desk drawer stuff. Apparently I've been hoarding office supplies for at least seven years. You should see the stuff I snagged from Harvard. It's a wonder I've never been fired for my kleptomania ( Read more... )

I get no cell phone reception in my apartment. I'm pretty sure I mentioned this already, I can only use my phone in the bedroom and even then it's crackly, and there's no reception at all in the living room and hardly any in the kitchen (conversations consist of "cracklecrackle...what?...are you there?...I'm here! Can you hear me?... ( Read more... )

Another normal typical day at my job, blah blah blah. After work I needed to hit the ATM, so I went to the bank on the corner of my street, and then I thought I'd go for a walk in my new neighborhood. I like my new neighborhood. There are interesting little shops and places to eat. I picked up a map from the visitors' association, and a menu ( Read more... )