Casa Nuevo!!!

I am in my new apartment.

I'm writing this tucked away in the corner of the master bedroom. MY bedroom. I've not had the big room in two years, it's a nice change. Everything's organized, I know exactly what I have, it's a good feeling.

Our kitchen appliances are new. Black. Shiny. Pristine. They smell like plastic. They are lovely and fantastic and convienient and I am highly protective of them. And the whole kitchen was broken in properly by a talented saute chef, who made brunch for me and Jo the morning after the move. :)

There's a car washing station down the block. 

Our pool/hot tub are open year round. 

Our street is called Ambiance Way.

And we're literally 4 minutes from the highway, as opposed to the 20 we were at the other place. Steak N Shake, Publix, Starbucks, Backyard Burger-- all at our fingertips. Cool Springs? Just down the interstate. It's all really quite lovely.

Except our upstairs neighbor is... how do I say this politely...

Like a triceratops. 

A very restless, potato chip filled one, covered in concrete and tied to a trailer filled with rabid cattle who paces his apartment DAILY until the wee small horas de la dia. If I had a potato gun, I'd probably shoot him with it. He is at the top of a list I never wanted to make: People I Have Never Met Who I Cannot Stand.

Other than that? It's fantastic.

I'm gonna go make some spaghetti. :)

I know it's VAL'S birthday and not mine...

But I'm just saying... someone should probably buy me this shirt.

I don't even care that it's yellow. :)

Vague

There's nothing quite so frustrating as being misunderstood.

Fortunately, today was a really good remedy for that. :)

Also, I've been co-working on a new project that I'm really getting infatuated with. 

I hope one day to tell you all about it. :)

"It's not in my nature to be mysterious... but I can't talk about it, and I can't talk about why."

Swaggers & Such

You know you're really getting to know someone when you can barely make out their face and form in your periphery, but you recognize their stride. It's really pretty cool. I've worked at my restaurant for over a year now and we do quite a bit of striding, especially down the main aisle. Sometimes I'm focused on one thing, like polishing glasses, but I'll see someone coming-- even sort of feel their approach. And we're all-- kitchen and front of house staff alike-- dressed in black, so the past few months, I've been averting my eyes to their footsteps and their pace and the way they carry themselves, and trying to guess who's coming up behind me or passing me before I look up. Some are easier than others to distinguish... maybe because there are some that I watch more than others... but it keeps me somewhat entertained anyway.

Currently Reading: The Screwtape Letters & The Dark Knight Returns

Currently Listening: Consolers of the Lonely- The Raconteurs & the Newsies soundtrack

Currently Watching: Finished Firefly & Serenity and thinking it's high time I caught up with *Smallville.

*I was speaking of the tv show, Dr. B. But I hope you're doing splendidly as well. :)

Things That Would Be Oddly Satisfying That Probably Will Not Happen

• Going to a nice restaurant where the table is set for dinner, complete with wine and water glasses and six kinds of flatware... then pretending to be really appalled by the meal, jumping up and turning the table over. Like flipping. The entire table. Then storming out.

• Playing a character who dies heroically (right after admitting to true love and singing a killer "death ballad") on a Broadway stage.

• Slapping a really obnoxious person on a power trip with a huge, cold, disgusting fish. (Seriously. Take a moment. Choose a person. And imagine how incredible this would be.)

• Reading everything ever written by C.S. Lewis. (This will probably take up at least half of my life.)

• Dating a superhero. Long term.

• Writing a blog entry everyday. (But I might really try this. At least for a month.)

Walt Disney Set Me All Askew.

Ariel never faced a moral dilemma about whether or not to date Prince Eric based on his religious views. Hell, she dated one dude and got married after like 5 days. There wasn't even time for inter-relationship drama to occur.

Charming didn't have to deal with any of Cinderella's co-workers or ex-boyfriends comin around and gettin in their business. Also Charming wasn't an alcoholic. Nor did he have a gambling problem.

Jasmine didn't have to worry about Aladdin's mother putting words in his mouth or poisoning him against her. Granted, his mom was dead... but there were also no older brothers or sisters or estranged fathers to deal with either.

The Beast had a lot of bad habits... but none of them involved illegal, mind-altering substances.

In fact, none of the Disney princes had ever been married before. None of them had crazy exes or superfluous children lolling about from past failed relationships. They were pristine. And for ranging in age from about 17 to 25, also all appeared to be incredibly level-headed multi-taskers.

Not to mention the fact that they actually went after the women they wanted... and the fact that NONE of them went to university, and therefore NONE of them had to deal with their fiancee's ever-accruing student loans.

Someone should make a fairy tale for now. One where the Princess is 27 and single, still freaking paying off her semester abroad. Trying to live right, but keeps getting caught up in dead end relationships, so she doesn't know how to maintain or even recognize one with true lasting potential. And the Prince is like 32, and divorced. A good guy-- just a little misguided and unmotivated from lack of accountability in his life. But then they meet and they hit it off, and she burns him some cd's and he gets her to quit smoking, and THEN-- after she gets doubtful and tries to leave before she gets hurt, and after he fights past his fear of falling in love-- they have a giant fight, and then there's a giant apology and a fantastic kiss and the last wedding either of them will ever have.

Or something like that.

Space Cowboys

Wash: Psychic? Really? That sounds like something out of science fiction!

Zoe: We live on a spaceship, dear.

Wash: Yeah. So?

Today, I finished watching Firefly. And like every other fan, I can't for the life of me figure out why that show got canceled. Even if it couldn't pull a mainstream audience, SciFi or somebody should have picked it up!

The writing is rutting fantastic. :)

And I have the movie too, no worries. I'll be watching it as soon as I have 2 hours.

If you're nerdy at all, I highly recommend it. Just make sure you watch at least 3 episodes before you give up on it. Two should do the trick. But three for sure.