crudown

we went to san diego this weekend for early thanksgiving dinner at the hairdresser's mom's house. her mom, however, has the flu, so dinner was canceled for all but around 7 of us. the hairdresser took over, making an amazing spread (green bean casserole, mashers, twice-baked yams, etc) and it was the best ever.

we got home last night and on her bed was a giant pottery barn bag. a gift! FOR ME! it's blanket i wanted that we saw once when we were shopping together at pottery barn.


she had to call pottery barn and pay for it over the phone, and then had her roommate go pick it up and have it waiting for me as a surprise! and it was an ordeal, because we were with each other every second of the weekend, and i'm fucking nosy so every time she got off the phone i'm like "what's up? everything ok? who was that?" she's a saint, dude... for not murdering me.

it's for all the help i've given her the last couple weeks, with moving and stuff. best ever. it's like sleeping in a pile of sheep.

i have some questions.

why didn't anyone tell me about this? where did it come from? why is there on bagel friday? can i eat a waffle and a bagel? or is that too many carbs?

EDIT: it turns out the waffle truck was here for a private event at the building next door. jerks.

remember this?



bet you don't remember this:

(click to enlarge)

who wants to go with me to this?

it's $6! and it's "sleeping beauty"! my favorite ever!

also, CNET employees get to go to SFMOMA for free! AND we can bring a guest! be my friend and you can save $15!

it's nice knowing me.*



*i accept bribes.

mac and cheese is the best thing in the world.

homemade mac and cheese, where my girlfriend misreads 6 oz of cheese for 16 oz of cheese, is the best thing in the universe.


on the side we had steamed broccoli and a yum salad. the mac and cheese had cauliflower in it (!) and mustard and onions and bread crumbs on top.

best thing ever.

then there was eggnog.


and then there was "wizard of oz."


oh, and there was a fire!


it was basically the best friday night of my life.

in other news, we're going to new york in february and we're seeing "ragtime." what else should we see?

here we have a list of grammar faqs.

although i disagree with some of them (please don't ever say "amongst"), this is a pretty comprehensive list of shit that people frequently have trouble with.

english = hard

this made me smile and nod and then grin and then nod some more and then smile again.

the hairdresser had some curtains to hang in her new room. the curtains will separate her room from the adjacent living room -- i think at some point in time, her new room was actually the dining room. i just tried to draw a picture, but it was lame. anyway, here's the point of this post: we needed a drill to drill some pilot holes to then screw in the curtain wire thing. (this curtain wire thing was the bane of our existence. you need to have the sharpest wire cutters ever made, the patience and steady hands of a neurosurgeon, and you need to be really secure in your relationship with your partner, because assembling this thing could lead to divorce if you're not careful. christ.)

andrea, her roommate, has a drill, but the charger doesn't work and it's dead. my roommate karey has a drill, but she doesn't know where the charger is -- when i asked her about it, she said it's in a compartment in the drill, at which point i had to explain to her that no, that's, actually, the battery. so. yeah.

so i went to target and bought myself a motherfucking POWER DRILL! i almost got a cordless one, but then realized that it would probably need to be charged for at least 12 hours and this was becoming such a hassle, with dead batteries and chargers and shit. so i bought a corded one! for $10 less than the cordless!

and let me say something: it's so cool! i own my own power tool! and i knew how to use it!

i don't usually care about things like that -- it's so stereotypical that i should like a power tool, being a lesbian and all, and let's face it, i'd rather have a new pair of shoes than an electric dill, let's be honest. but still!

in other news, today i'm a wearing a flannel shirt. um...

to follow up last night's dinner, i bought marionberry pie for dessert:



i'm glad nobody thought i was bringing marion barry for dessert:



because that would've just been awkward.

yesterday i put together something from ikea. there's always that one screw that either: gets stripped, gets screwed into the wrong place (umm..), breaks, or gets lost. this time around there were two of those screws. but it wasn't a bummer and the piece ended up getting built brilliantly anyway.

i also took apart a tv/cable/internet/dvd setup in one room, moved the entire contraption to another room, and then rehooked everything up with great success.

vegetarian chili was made for me. so were cheddar cornbread muffins.

i walked to walgreens and bought some things.

i love everything right now. everything is spot on.

(i'm on a roll today with the postings. eff you, nablopomo. i don't even need you!)

remember when i was a douchebag that one time? and that other time that i was a douchebag?

well. the following video is to all of you out there who hate. you know who you are.

via this place

everyone. may i have your attention please.

the american grilled cheese kitchen is coming to south park, which is near where i work.

the hairdresser, by the way, makes the best grilled cheese sandwiches in the world. so i'm somewhat of an expert when it comes to making nonscientific comparisons. and this will never replace her skillz in the grilled cheese-making kitchen.

but.

grilled cheese! yum!

should we take another field trip?

and i've been really good. staying on budget. not buying extraneous things. i've slacked on bringing my lunch to work, but that's about the only thing i've slacked on. i haven't bought any video games or books in the last few months. only a couple of clothing items here and there, but always on sale or on the cheap.

i bought a ukulele a couple months ago, but that was $30.

today i splurged.

i bought two musical instruments. i spent $50. and they're AMAZING.

i got a stylophone!

and what's more, i got a stylophone beatbox!

i'm going to be the coolest person in the world ever. EVER.

i'll bring my lunch all next week to make up for my indulgence.

this is going to be me:

here's kind of a flow chart about how to use an apostrophe. it includes special "how not to use an apostrophe" goodness.

i think i might print this and hand it out to many people.

many many people.

not least of which, these people, because i feel that the people who don't know how to use quotes, also don't know how to use anything else... especially apostrophes.

my friend tim came up to visit from orange county.




on friday night we went to lucha vavoom and saw mexican wrestlers! and burlesque dancers!





saturday tim and i hunted for my halloween costume. the hairdresser and i were going to be swine flu, but then tim pointed out that people will just think we're "when pigs fly" and they'd chuckle and that wouldn't be fun. plus we couldn't find the pig noses. so then we decided that she would be little red (she already had the costume) and i'd be the wolf in grandma's clothing.



sunday we took it easy. the hairdresser is moving to a new apartment, so she went home to pack and tim and did nothing much. at night we went line dancing (!).

yesterday the hairdresser and i moved to her new place. you know how when you're moving, you always say "there's really not that much stuff. it'll take us 3 hours tops." and then it takes 8 hours, plus 2 fights, plus low blood sugar, plus a headache?

this literally took 3 hours. we even got most of her old room painted. it was insanely easy. and we didn't even fight once!

now i'm exhausted and sore. but it was good. i'm glad october is over, though. it was WAY too busy of a month for my taste.

i'm helping my girlfriend move.

i'm painting rooms.

i'm recovering from a wickedly busy october.

i'm cleaning up from entertaining my friend who was in town from orange county for the weekend.

i'm tired.

i'm wearing a rainbow sweatband on my head.

next year, my friends. next year.