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Feb. 18th, 2010 10:02 pmAn update of various bits of randomalia:
1) That whooshing sound you might have heard was the sound of me sighing with relief: Harold the Hoopty Olds is now fixed, stickered and street-legal, with brakes that don't play mariachi tunes and windshield wipers that actually have their choreography down. And it only cost me four figures! *hari-kiri* Situation best summarized by the following Actual Conversation:
Woman at Repair Place: So, that'll be [very large sum of money].
Me: Thank you. Would you like the arm or the leg first?
Woman at Repair Place: Whichever is most convenient.
2) One of our bookshelves has Issues with a capital "Ish," in that it's shallow and top-heavy [insert reference to favorite reality television star here], and has a tendency to lean forward a bit under the best conditions. This led to what can be referred to as an "incident" the other day (where "incident" equals "unfortunate defeat in a battle with gravity"), so our already squalid living area looks like it was either pounded by a paperback tsunami or sacked by a wandering horde of Visigoth librarians. I've decided to treat this as a blessing in disguise, though: the shelves in question are really better suited to DVDs and will actually hold the whole collection, which the previous shelving situation couldn't claim; in addition, changing the shelves' purpose also meant a location change, which meant dispensing with a bunch of boxes that frankly had needed dispensing for years now. Apartment is slowly getting back to normal. Slowly.
3) I gots me some Girl Scout Cookies. Abbey's in scouting, so yeah, I've got the hookup. Awwww, yeah.
4) Being without a vehicle has meant an extended hiccup in my Taste Something New Every Day in 2010 project, so I'm probably going to need to do an extended day-long splurge at some point to get caught up.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
rubian77 helped by sending a small package of carob spirulina bars, which are quite tasty, and I've grabbed a few things here and there when possible, but something tells me a strafing run through the shops and eateries of Boston is in order.
7) At Arisia,issendai gave me her old PlayStation 1 system, and I finally borrowed some suitable games from my ex-inlaws and got the system going. Woohoo! (Quote from rafaela on the matter: "Oh, God, I've lost him.") It's got wireless controls, too, whihc is nifty, except that I'm quickly finding out just how much body English I use, mostly by tracking my cussing when the character won't move because I'm leaning left and losing the signal.
23) Right now? I just want a month to myself, so that I may spend time with everyone I want and need to spend time with, uninterrupted and unconstrained. My kingdom for that, Powers That Be.
9126) Feeling a bit down tonight, in spite of all the good that's been happening. Don't know why.
1) That whooshing sound you might have heard was the sound of me sighing with relief: Harold the Hoopty Olds is now fixed, stickered and street-legal, with brakes that don't play mariachi tunes and windshield wipers that actually have their choreography down. And it only cost me four figures! *hari-kiri* Situation best summarized by the following Actual Conversation:
Woman at Repair Place: So, that'll be [very large sum of money].
Me: Thank you. Would you like the arm or the leg first?
Woman at Repair Place: Whichever is most convenient.
2) One of our bookshelves has Issues with a capital "Ish," in that it's shallow and top-heavy [insert reference to favorite reality television star here], and has a tendency to lean forward a bit under the best conditions. This led to what can be referred to as an "incident" the other day (where "incident" equals "unfortunate defeat in a battle with gravity"), so our already squalid living area looks like it was either pounded by a paperback tsunami or sacked by a wandering horde of Visigoth librarians. I've decided to treat this as a blessing in disguise, though: the shelves in question are really better suited to DVDs and will actually hold the whole collection, which the previous shelving situation couldn't claim; in addition, changing the shelves' purpose also meant a location change, which meant dispensing with a bunch of boxes that frankly had needed dispensing for years now. Apartment is slowly getting back to normal. Slowly.
3) I gots me some Girl Scout Cookies. Abbey's in scouting, so yeah, I've got the hookup. Awwww, yeah.
4) Being without a vehicle has meant an extended hiccup in my Taste Something New Every Day in 2010 project, so I'm probably going to need to do an extended day-long splurge at some point to get caught up.
rubian77 helped by sending a small package of carob spirulina bars, which are quite tasty, and I've grabbed a few things here and there when possible, but something tells me a strafing run through the shops and eateries of Boston is in order.7) At Arisia,
issendai gave me her old PlayStation 1 system, and I finally borrowed some suitable games from my ex-inlaws and got the system going. Woohoo! (Quote from rafaela on the matter: "Oh, God, I've lost him.") It's got wireless controls, too, whihc is nifty, except that I'm quickly finding out just how much body English I use, mostly by tracking my cussing when the character won't move because I'm leaning left and losing the signal.23) Right now? I just want a month to myself, so that I may spend time with everyone I want and need to spend time with, uninterrupted and unconstrained. My kingdom for that, Powers That Be.
9126) Feeling a bit down tonight, in spite of all the good that's been happening. Don't know why.
