normally i wouldn't do this, but this dream was so bizarre.

i had a dream. it was really intensely vivid.

it started out, i was a "little kid" - but still 25. derek, his boyfriend and scott and i were having a slumber party. then when we were eating popcorn, mavis was telling me that marcia cross was the daughter of someone famous, but she didn't know who.

then the dream morphed, and i was taking a shower at my current house, and scott was in the bathroom reading me "the little engine that could" - crazier. all of a sudden, mavis comes in, and says in one of those tv voices (like the ones on a documentary on E! "oh, yeah, she's the daughter of clint eastwood. tragedy struck, when he died today, marcia cross is devestated."

so i said, "I'm not so sure about that, mavis." and decided i should drive to topeka to ask my dad. because apparently phones and internet didn't exist (?)

so we get to topeka, ask my dad, he says yes, and i say "okay we'll go home now"
as we're driving home, scott says he has a sore throat, and that he'd rather just stay the night at my folks' house, and he tries to make a uturn on I70. for some reason, in dream land, when you make a uturn, you have to get out of the car at one stop, and get back on at another (kinda like on the subway, or a bus). well, someone steals the car, 'cos it's in the SKEEZIEST part of topeka, and then we have to walk to my parent's home, being hassled the whole way.

we make it there, and the next day are looking at kitchen faucets (why?) we're at home depot, and i tell scott i like "the one with the weird "lip thing that pours water!" i bring him over to show him, and i test it, and lo and behold, it's actually hooked up to a high pressure line. so water sprays all over me.

this lady i don't know says "jeez, what a toothpick!" and i go "excuse me?" then she says "we'll, you're the nutjob that turned on the faucet"

so i walk up to her, flip her off and go "listen bitch, who just assumes the faucets will be hooked up?"

so i storm off, and start talking about the insurance on scott's stolen car, and the lady comes up behind me, and won't leave me alone, telling me she'd like to "talk to my doctor about this" (((this is my old doctor, from when i was a kid))) dr. parr goes "listen lady, i don't have time for this"

and then i woke up.

it's a prepaid visa!

it seems we'll be receiving somewhere from 4-12" of snow this weekend. wtf?! i am most assuredly not looking forward to that.

i have to watch the film zodiac for my recent pop lit class this weekend, so i'll probably rent it and head to topeka after class tomorrow.

i sliced my middle finger open on the lid from a can of tomato paste today. it hurt, and i'm bleeding like crazy. :[ stupid cuts!

not looking forward to my PHIL discussion tomorrow. not only 'cos i hate the course, but i also hate the classroom. it isn't so much a classroom as a conference room that somewhere around 30 of us are crammed into. even shoved together, we don't all fit at the table, and it makes for an incredibly uncomfortable situation. -_-

i've been almost 48 hours without diet soda. blah... i've been drinking buckets-full of water, and now i pee every 20min. eventually, i'll detox from all the caffeine.

okay, i'm going to eat something before work, and finish reading oscar wao. later folks.

xeno xeno xeno!

a few things-

1) i'm giving up drinking diet soda. (well, all soda, but i only drank diet) because it is far too expensive, and it's terrible for my health.

2) fenugreek makes me stinky. seriously, it makes my body emit a nasty odor. i've noticed this in the past, but recently ate a dish with the primary seasoning as fenugreek, and have come to the conclusion it is, indeed, fenugreek.

3) i've started down a dangerous road of watching desperate housewives. fuck you very much lifetime tv!

4) i've planned a second (and am planning a third, with mavis) visit to the windy city. for the next visit, i've already picked flight/hotel, and am going to get a couple of tickets to the chicago symphony orchestra. (the CSO is absolutely amazing)

5) i am blessed with the greatest friends one could ever ask for. seriously. chances are if you are reading this, you hold a very, very special place in my heart. (you may now puke)

6) the wii just started glowing blue. i haven't turned it on since winter break, so i'm not sure why it is doing this.

7) chicago's mass transit is probably the easiest transportation to use/figure out in the world. thank you cta!

don't PUSH it rudy.

even though it was subprime conditions, i still managed to pull of a semi decent grade on my HwC midterm! huzzah! i'm actually really very excited about this!

i've gotten everything painted in the kitchen and living room that i wanted painted, so that's even more good news! i did a few paintings on canvas to make the kitchen look more "put together" too. i'm sure you've seen them if you're on facebook, but, you could come see them in person sometime too!

i'm going to be in chicago within about 25 hours, and that's pretty exciting. although, i won't have a car, so i'll be at the whims of chicago public transit. i was really wanting to take a jaunt out to schaumburg, but the public transit doesn't go where i need. -_-

i would really love some homemade blueberry cobbler with fresh homemade iced cream. mmmmm...

okay, that's about it. later folks.

whistle and bees

*squee!*

it's spring break! horray!!! horray!!! (okay, not technically yet, but i had two of my professors cancel class tomorrow. HWC 'cos we just had our exam today, so we have nothing to discuss in discussion, and ENG 325 'cos we had to watch a movie outside of class time. -- bfd about the movie, it was actually good)

after the exam, i came home and had lunch with ruby. then we took a brief walk. now i'm getting ready to do a little painting horray!

later this evening, scott and i are going to the apple store in leawood (ick) 'cos my ipod is acting wonky, and i've only had it since august, so it's still in the year warranty. though, every time i try to show someone the problem, it works just fine. >_< AND i hate kansas city, so i'm slightly apprehensive.

friday. i'm cleaning the house all day, and doing some more painting. unrestrained cleaning of the house! horray! and for SURE working on my rasterbation (or maybe i'll do that saturday?)

side note- in my western civ midterm today, the room was hovering somewhere around 92°. it was bordering on intolerable. and then, the guy sitting next to me, had terrible BO. that DID make it intolerable. i felt like throwing up the whole time.

i realize that's a pretty shitty thing to complain about, but when you're trying to take an exam, it makes it difficult.

julia roberts ruined it!

well i've been a busy bee!

i've been doing housework out the wazoo! not only did i do lots of yardwork this weekend, i also did lots of INSIDE housework. lots and lots of cleaning (and still have more to do)

today i also got a new showerhead 'cos while i was taking a shower last night, ours started spraying all over the place. the seals finally wore out and broke (i'm not surprised, that thing has got to be at least 10 years old) the new one is an environmentally friendly water reducing "rain style" one. it's very nice, and now i actually have a showerhead that i can stand underneath! the other one was so short that i had to duck to get underneath it. huzzah!

other than that i rearranged the living room a bit, and cleaned out the aquariums. the new pygmy angel (named cilantro) seems to be adjusting well to the new home :]

i got also decided to update the handles on the kitchen cabinets and drawers. you'll understand why if you come visit me :] i've also spent the rainy evening collecting rainwater for the orchid. horray for it finally raining! (well, i suppose it rained on saturday too, but i wasn't here to collect any)

tomorrow, aside from class, i have lots more housework to do, particularly laundry and rearranging some kitchen stuff. i also need to finish reading the rest of her life by laura moriarty. tomorrow evening, coffee with tommy! fun! :]

okay, i'm going to relax/go to bed now.

we lahv her!

today was a very busy day for me indeed!

i woke up (too) early today. which was kinda irritating 'cos thursday is generally the only day i get to sleep in. i was awoken at 8ish to the neighbor using a chain saw. seriously, a chainsaw at 8am?

anyhow, i then got a call from fedex about my fish (did i mention i ordered a fish?) being in. yay! i spent several hours doing drip acclimation for him/her. drip acclimation is an incredibly lengthy project, but it is vital in order to guarantee the survival of a salt water fish.

http://www.saltwaterfish.com/site_11_03/acclimation.php watch that, it's what i have to do every time i get a new saltwater fish.

the fish seems to be doing well so far. s/he's found a hidey-hole, and every once in a while comes out to say "hi!" s/he's very pretty. deeeeeep purple, with some bluish tints, and a white tail.
http://www.saltwaterfish.com/site_11_03/product_info.php?products_id=2935&parent_category=4&category_search=61&root_parent_id=4 this is sorta what s/he looks like

after that, i decided to do some yard work. i raked out the flowerbeds, i composted, i built a new compost bin, i raked the back yard. it was loads of fun! but i'm sore as hell now, 'cos i haven't done that much manual labor in some time. i also planted a few seeds (johnny jump-ups). i'm hoping they don't sprout before our last hard freeze. (i realized i probably shouldn't have planted them yet, but, oh well)

then work. fun.

we found out that scott's mother's cancer is inoperable. that's really not good. she'll have a meeting discussing plans of care next thursday. one of the options is chemo, which they'll most likely pursue, but if it won't really do anything to help, and just make her last months miserable, it may not be worth it.

now i'm wasting time writing a blog entry when i should really be working on my HWC reaction paper.
okay, goodnite.