Anticipation

Somewhere in the world, at this very moment, is a pink phone on its way to me.

I can barely contain my excitement.

Plans about plans upon plans within plans

I've got a plan. It's going to take a lot of work and probably a lot of money, but it HAS to be done. I have to be vague to protect my plan from being discovered by spying eyes...but if this works out...it will be amazing.

Sunday, John and I are meeting the landlord of the apartment we want. We have to fill out an application and I guess he's going to let us know soon whether or not we can have the place. It's a good situation, because he's not advertising the apartment except by word-of-mouth. Therefore, we are not "competing" with other people to get the place. I absolutely love the apartment and I sooo hope we get it. We'll be able to have a formal dining room, an office, a bathtub without a crack in it!

There are other plans I'm working out in my head...but I probably shouldn't disclose them yet because I don't want to start gossip.

Life is just great right now.

Ah-Ah-Ah-Ah-Choooflgdlkbblikshnugh

Things to might know, not know, not want to know, be surprised to know and/or be sorry you now know.

Am sick. Have sneezed more times this day than I ever have in my life.

Was going to go to the Danish Cookie show in April but changed my mind.

Have become addicted to 24. Watched 16 episodes while home sick this weekend.

Actually had a friend (Bob) utter the word "chillaxin" in conversation.

Learned what an "octodog" is yesterday. Wants one.

Wish I wasn't such a cynic. (Or, wish I wasn't forced to be so cynical by the load of cynics around me)

Bought John a heiroglyphic dictionary of words from the Egyptian Book of the Dead because it was 50ff and because he's morbid and appreciates that kind of thing.

in that vein...

Have a deer skeleton sealed in a metal trash can with duct tape which husband collected while vacationing in upstate NY. Has been this way for 3-ish years. Soaked it in bleach for a time, it is no longer in bleach.

Have a husband who buys such things as artificial hips, surgical tools and muskrat skulls on ebay.

Wish to buy husband an embalming pump but have yet to locate the right one on ebay.

Cheers
~M

Bloody blah!

Hostel sucked. (unless you like porn) It was a great idea, executed poorly. Although, the woman getting "torch"-ered near the end was cool.

My apartment is a death trap.

I'm truly lucky to be alive. John and I are looking to move like, yesterday.

Just the other night we were doing laundry in the basement and started chatting with some neighbors. We learned that the entire building is full of lead paint and that when the landlord de-leaded the hallways he didn't have the proper ventilation, vacuum, etc. So, when they were done, the residents could see the residue on the rug in the hallway. Anyway, they didn't even touch the lead paint in the apartments. I know I'm an adult and that a little lead paint on the windowsills won't necessarily kill me but we were NEVER made aware of the existence of lead paint in the building before we signed the lease. We were a young, newlywed couple when we got that place, what if we had kids and never knew about the lead paint!?

Additionally, a building inspector found a leak in the chimney seal. We have 7 oil burners in the basement of the building which, I believe, are all vented through the chimney. This presents the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning. Wouldn't it have been nice if everyone just went to sleep one night and no one awoke in the morning?

The dryers are in the middle of the basement and the vents on the back attach to this forest of giant white tubes dangling between the dirt ground and the first floor. Apparently, they have never been cleaned and are probably full of lint just waiting for a spark to ignite them. The outside of the tubing is absolutely revolting. It's covered in dirt and cobwebs. I know basements aren't supposed to be pretty, but this is ridiculous.

The maintenance guy that the landlord uses is in love with caulk. There is a stockpile of caulk in the basment storage room and he caulks EVERYTHING. (It's a miracle in itself just to get a visit from this guy because the landlord never returns anyone's phone calls about problems in the apartments) One of the basement stairs broke - he put the step back and CAULKED it in place. No nails. He used caulk to affix a ceramic tile to our neighbor's floor. He caulked a crack in our fiberglass tub (which didn't fix it).

A while back, John and I had been made aware of an available apartment in East Brookfield, upstairs from two families with whom we attend church. The landlord there is a building inspector for the city and he personally renovated the entire building (re-wired, new windows, leveled floors, new wood floors, etc.) The apartment is gorgeous and, although we had originally turned it down to stay in the death trap, we still might be able to get it. He is just finishing work on the apartment and no one else is interested at the moment because he's only advertising by word-of-mouth. I reeeeaaaaallllyyy hope we get this place!

We're off to see Hostel tonight with our friends Jenn and Todd! I hope it's repulsive and foul and abominable and distasteful and detestable and vile.

~M

I'm not feeling! He's the one who is feeling!

John and I bought this book yesterday, "Don't Know Much About The Bible". I wanted it because honestly, I've never actually read the entire Bible and I thought it might shed a little light on these stories of which I often hear. The book is crap. It is so laced with skepticism and sarcasm that you get the impression the guy is angry about something. It's like the Liberal's handbook to arguing with a Christian. Something I, being a Republican, Far Right, Fanatical, Fundamentalist Christian, would not find of any use. We'll be returning that book to B&N and looking for something better.

Tonight will find us at my mother's house for our weekly dinner there. Even more exciting than the Chicken Cacciatore will be playing Dance Dance Revolution with my mom! My mom has seen the game in arcades and she is all excited to play tonight. John and I recently purchased it for PS2. We first saw it at my sister-in-law's house at Christmas. A bunch of people were playing (even my mother-in-law!!!) and I thought it looked like so much fun, I just had to get it. I'm also becoming quite addicted to Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. I had never considered getting the game because of all the hype about how it's so violent and should be banned. It's no worse than all the war games out there. It's so cartoony that you can hardly call it violent...so whatever.

Back to wizzerk...

I hey ooh kays, because I'm bored.

Wondrous pop-up box
Lets me talk to all my friends
Instant Messenger

Photoshop a man
Make him an ugly woman
Retaliation

Working on MySpace
Posting pictures and blogging
Day spent slacking off

The spider goes splat
Under the weight of thrown shoe
Arachnophobic

I know this dude Beej
Says he gets paid to not work
They're scared of his face

Extend olive branch
For reconciliation
Receive cold silence

Sterdying the Berble und erther miscerllerny

We had some customers here to visit this morning and I am just delighted that I was not invited to join the meeting because it lasted a good 4 hours! I wouldn't have been able to get anything done all morning. Since I was able to skip the meeting, I got to make a considerable dent in the pile of papers in which I'm buried. I'm really good at organizing work that needs to be done but then once it's filed away I end up forgetting about it. It's better for me to have stuff all over my desk and work through it until I can see woodgrain again! I just hung up some red shiny foil Cupid garland in my office. See? Would I have been able to do that if I was in the meeting? No. Anything to offset the horrendous pink walls and rug. YES, I have pukish pink rugs, walls AND matching blinds on the window in my office. I love my office, but I'm not a big fan of the color pink in any shade.

In case anyone is wondering, my friend Jenn and I have this beautiful little feud going with our friend Brandon. It started with us posting his picture in each other's comments because he wouldn't put it on his page. He retaliated by creating photos of me and Jenn as she-devils and Saddam's counsel. I would just like to laud Jenn for her outstanding job on the comeback. It's some fabulous artwork and if you haven't seen it, check out the comments on my page.

John and I are holding our 2nd ever Bible study for young adults (17-27-ish). We had the 1st one last week and it went pretty well. I'm not sure what the topic is going to be tonight, I'm sure John has something in mind. Last week we didn't really have a plan, we decided to just let a topic present itself and I think we ended up wasting a lot of time. I'm hoping that we have a few more people there this week. It was a smallish group last week and although it went well, I think it would be nice to have a bigger crowd. Anyway, if you're a believer, pray it goes well!

I'd like to close with this little piece by my favorite author, Neil Gaiman. Enjoy:

Dark Sonnet

I don't think that I've been in love as such

although I liked a few folk pretty well

Love must be vaster than my smiles or touch

for brave men died and empires rose and fell

for love, girls follow boys to foreign lands

and men have followed women into hell

In plays and poems someone understands

there's something makes us more than blood and bone

And more than biological demands for me love's like the wind unseen, unknown

I see the trees are bending where it's been

I know that it leaves wreckage where it's blown

I really don't know what I love you means

I think it means don't leave me here alone

I was in the kitchen and I heard it, so I came out.

So it's back to 5-day work weeks. No more holidays until the end of MAY! I'll probably take some time off before then. John and I got a membership to the MFA for Christmas, so maybe we'll take a little trip to Boston for a few days. I haven't been to Boston since I went to see David Gray at the Avalon (which SUCKED because my car broke down on the way there and we got there wicked late with a rental car and then David Gray threw a hissy fit on stage when his microphone wouldn't stay where he wanted it). Anyway, there are a few other places I'd like to go in Boston and rather than drive out there and back each time, I figure we could just spend a few nights. I haven't been to the Science Museum since I was a kid - same with the Boston Aquarium - might be nice to go there.

Work today was crazy. So much paper, so many e-mails, ugh! A headache is developing and it's name is 077-973-M301 (a glass part that we manufacture - but we can't seem to make them as fast as our customer orders them). I've got the customer calling me trying to find out when we're shipping, I can't get any definitive information here, we're having some made at another facility and they won't get back to us! It's Suckfest 2006 up in here.

I can't believe this snow. It's like Slush Puppy consistency...I suppose it would be good for snowballs that go splat when they hit someone. Maybe I'll hit John with one if we get home at the same time...hahah...I'm sure he'd be pleased. Yeah...as you can tell I really have nothing interesting to write about...so I'm going to stop here.

Latesta yo.