$13.86 Richer Each!

Hey, our CD settlement checks came today. Should I go buy a CD? Naaah.

Feels Like Spring

I know it's too early to get excited. I'm sure we've got lots more snow and cold in store. But after a damned cold January/early February, we've had near a week of temps in the 30s and rain!

I like it.

I'm coming to the end of my decorate-a-thon. The bathroom is pretty much done -- just some hooks and a picture to frame and hang (once it arrives.) The blinds didn't work (I didn't notice the "these blinds go to the left" warning on the site I ordered them from) so they're going back. It means I have to go to a window treatment specialty shop and I don't feel like doing that. So it really means that I 'll probably do the blinds in the fall or whenever my next burst of decomania hits.

Sunday night I wandered around the house aimlessly looking for stuff to "do" to it. The best I could muster was hanging the full length mirror in the basement bathroom that Tim suggested we get (to make my mom happy) and polished the ceramic cooktop. Then, I put the tools away.

We're making good on another dinner invitation this Friday. We're terrible at saying "you should come over for dinner" and then never getting the deed done. We like having people over, we just hate the process of inviting. How stupid is that?

MakingFiends

For those of you that know Making Fiends, there's a new episode out.

For those of you that don't, shame on you. Click now...

Making Fiends

I've been seeing another blog...

It's true. I'm sorry to have to tell you I've been unfaithful. It's just that I wanted more intimacy. I felt like I could no longer express myself here.

Okay, that's a big old lie, but if it seems like things have been light here, it is probably because I've been "seeing another blog." One that is a lot more personal and whose content has no business being on GraphicActs. That's not a bad thing. (Trust me.)

But there may be some lack of posting while I figure out how to be poly-blog-ous.

Don't wanna

I have not wanted to work on work stuff for like, days. It's making it hard to sit around the office, staring at my PhotoShop, trying to figure out how to make DuraLifeBags.com be even remotely interesting. Yikes.

Maybe I'm using up all my creative energies decorating my house? Shouldn't I have enough to fulfil both arenas? Not in winter.

Hell ya, some sun and 32 degrees

Dave doesn't seem to understand why I hate the cold bleah of winter so much. And to that I give him a huge frickin' raspberry. Mr. Davespicks, you work at home. Unless you want lunch or have an errand to run, you can stay inside your toasty house. When you do go places, its your choice as to whether or not you drive. One lousy day a week you need to drag your sleepy body out of bed and throw it into the cold unless you have lunch with me. Then it's two days.

You're a guy and guys are almost always warmer. You've got a beard to keep your face warm. I have a hard time keeping myself warm on a 60 degree day and it's not because I haven't dressed warm enough for the weather, it's just my body.

Anyway. Enough of that. I've decided, personally, that I can stand anything above 20 degrees, and if there's some sunshine, all the better. Which means, weather wise, winter notwithstanding, this should be a pretty good week for me.

Enough Already

Cold, snow, cold, snow. I'm not a skier or skater or any sort of winter recreationer.

There's so little to look forward to on a workday that it just plain sucks. Trudge to the bus stop. Cold. Wet. Windy. Get downtown, no convenient coffee shops so I'm forced to have a healthy brown bag breakfast. Nothing compelling at work. Skyway lunchbreaks just emphasize how many businesses have closed. Bus it back home.

At least at home it's warm and dry. I've got tasty food and a helluva guy.

Huh. I bought a car.

Not exactly what I was planning on doing today. Yes, I was planning on looking at cars. At driving them. But when the one that looked good on the internet was also the best driving one at the lowest price, we decided that it was to be purchased. It's a nice little 2003 Protege.

I ain't never dun bought a new car before. Eep.

Okay, it's from Fark, but it's fun: SuperBowl Nipple Ring

Boob deal

Not sure what the big deal is about the Janet Jackson boob incident. It seems to have pretty clearly been planned as a media hooha and to get upset just makes them successful. There's tits on tv all the time and they're just blurred out. (There were at least 10 incidences of this on the Surreal life marathon that aired opposite the SuperBowl.

Is it because old stick in the muds watch the football game? The weiner streaker guy seems to be getting a whole lot less press, which probably bums him out.

I'm kind of curious when Janet got it pierced though. Didn't seem to be that way when she was in Playboy all those years ago. Nice shield.

Baby, you need cooling...

Honey I'm not fooling.
Way down outside,
Honey you need it.

Gotta whole lotta snow...