i write a lot. sorry.

[bryiarrose]

i think the cow may be my new best friend. really. i'm such an online junkie that i start to go a little nuts if i don't check my email for more than a day. so here i am at the cow for the second night in a row catching up on livejournal and email.

i'm mostly moved at this point. still have to go rescue my dishes and food and my big storage boxes from the basement of wilson, but otherwise everything is in my new place. yesterday was not so easy all in all. i do think i earned some moving karma though. menwy's car decided that breaking down in the middle of moving would be a good idea. needless to say it wasn't. so i kept taking time out of moving to try and help jump start it. then when we finally couldn't get it started i took trav to the airport. then i came back and helped menwy move the rest of his stuff, get his car started, have it die again (at which point he locked his keys in the car) and then move the rest of my stuff. lucky for me, borofish is a wonderful person and came down last night to help me just when i was about to drop. really, he's very good to me.
now comes the unpacking. oh help. i've begun to ask myself why i have so much crap. and i know part of it is because it's been ages since i went through everything and got rid of stuff. another part is that i'm a packrat and keep way too many things for sentimental reasons. thirdly, well. having my stuff makes me feel at home. makes me feel safe or something. i don't think i can explain it to people who don't feel this way. but it's true. it's something i kind of wish i could get over, but it's a hard thing to let go of. at any rate, part of unpacking for me is going to be getting rid of a lot of stuff. making everything fit into my lovely tiny new place is going to be interesting.


at this point i would like to thank amojojo for passing her apartment on to me. i can tell it's going to be a good place. i woke up in bed this morning and for the first time in ages just lay there thinking, wishing i knew where the books i wanted were packed. a place that makes me want to read is a good thing. i think it's the light... almost like underwater light. lovely.
i would also like to alert g_m_s to the fact that miss amo apparently wanted you to have her dishes? i don't know if there are further instructions from either of you, but justin was a bit baffled and left it to me. so grandmaster, if you want them let me know. amo, if there's anything else i should know (like what's with the gamecube, yo?) post or email me. :)


the downside of all this moving? my nose hates me. (my knee hates me too, but that's because i fell down half the stairs at wilson when my foot slipped.) someday they will have gene therapy and then the dust from moving won't send me into a week of allergic fits. unfortunately, that someday is not now and i'm miserable. they need to make better drugs just for me since the three kinds i've tried in the last two days haven't done jack.

missed getting a hold of zennerthanyou tonight. but really it's not my fault. his phone was busy the first three times i tried and then he left to go out earlier than he said he was going to. i miss that boy. i suppose it's good that he's learned to talk on the phone otherwise it would be much worse. also, the boy forgot the copy of photoshop one of our friends got for him, so i snagged it. hello new addiction. i pet the pretty photoshop.

any of you i owe responses to, they're coming. i promise. it's just been a hectic week.

lastly, because i know this is one hella long post, does anyone else move into a new place and immediately find a million things you want to do to it or buy to make it perfect? that's how i am. i spent awhile today thinking about curtains and how i'm going to arrange furniture and stuff. and what color i might want to paint it. if i paint it. so. give me your suggestions for painting. creativity encouraged. keep in mind that it's one room and has fairly low ceilings. too many dark colors would probably make it seem small, yes? at any rate. i know many of you have more experience with this sort of thing (or with say, set design) than i do. so. suggest.

now to write a quick email about cats, finish my pear cider and head home to crash. i miss you all. not having unco hasn't made me miss unco (at least not yet). it's just made me miss having people around. wish i could come hang in chicago. i suppose instead i'll try and find the cash to go to the state fair. almejor? i know you're going. when?

now seriously. goodnight.

Comments

[zennerthanyou.livejournal.com]

sorry i went out early. a high school friend who is leaving for latvia soon for 8 months had his birthday today, so i had to go see him. (thats right, latvia.)

as for the photoshop...whuh? who made me a copy of photoshop? when? was i drunk?

[minervacat.livejournal.com]

when? was i drunk?

Whenever I can't remember something, my question is similar: "When? Was I stoned?"

[amojojo.livejournal.com]

Re: GameCube. It works intermittently; I used to just leave it on all the time (which worked when I only had one game). You can have it. I'm sure you can get it fixed for not too much money. Or sell it. Or whatever.

Re: dishes. They go to whoever can use them. You, Silsbert, students, etc. Or if you want to sell them, be my guest.

Re: light. The light in that place is great. It is a bit like being underwater, and I spent many lovely mornings lying in bed looking and thinking happily. I loved it. And I love that you noticed, right away.

[g-m-s.livejournal.com]

Re: the dishes.

Yea. So I meant to pick those up the one time I was in Northfield... kind of forgot about it. I do need more microwave safe plates, but if you want/need them, go ahead and keep them. I am not sure when I will be able to come down to pick them up, anyway. It was one of those last minute "Sure. That sounds like a good idea... what? You are leaving town right now? Ummm. Then I'm not sure when I could get the dishes from- oh, ok, go catch your plane. Bon Voyage!"-sorts of things.

[amojojo.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I totally understand. Not having a car definitely hindered me as far as useful distribution. :)

State Fair

[almejor.livejournal.com]

I will go to the State Fair whenever possible. I can go today. I can go tomorrow. I can go Wednesday. Just call me or e-mail me!

Re: State Fair

[borofish.livejournal.com]

If we can convince briarrose to get out of bed, there is a carleton group going this afternoon....

Re: State Fair

[bryiarrose.livejournal.com]

Rose was still an allergic mess most of last night and today, resulting in very little sleep and a bit of crankiness. combine that with the brokeness and the still moving and everything (plus not knowing where my cell phone charger is packed) and today didn't seem like the day for me to be at the fair. later in the week, absolutely. mike, i know i can get you to go again. and liz, i think you must feel the same way i do about the fair. hooray for multiple people who understand. when i find my charger i'll call you both and we can plan.

Re: State Fair

[almejor.livejournal.com]

I feel that one can never eat too many things deep fried on a stick. And that you can only get U of M dairy bar ice cream once a year, so you should eat as much as possible. My phone number is in my caucus profile, Wednesday would work well for me (I leave Thursday for Chicago).

Re: State Fair

[bryiarrose.livejournal.com]

i think we may need to form a plan re: wednesday. borofish, i'm looking at you.