inside the greek drama on september 8, 1998.

September 8, 1998.

Today is my parents' actual 25th anniversary. I hope they take the party decorations down by tonight...I think it's bad luck if you leave 'em up after the actual anniversary.

dash

"V is for virtue, so I ain't gonna hurt you,
E is for even if you want me to."

- nick cave

It's taken me over an hour to set up the computer & realize that I lack some arcane & subtle skill necessary to make the modem work...so I won't be able to update for awhile. But of course you won't know this until I get connected again. Ha! The Catch-22 of web diaries. I always wondered what would happen if I died suddenly...would my inbox get flooded with worried queries...or would I just get another hundred exhortations to increase site traffic by registering with some ultra-super search engine??

Anyway. The most frustrating thing is that I had to wrestle with outlets & phone jacks & ports for such a long time to figure this out. We've cunningly placed all the really heavy furniture over every useful modern feature. The room looks good, but it's damn hard to set up my appliances. I need a burly gentleman's gentleman, I think.

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But I'm very happy about my place now. On Sunday mom & I came down to steam clean the carpets (have I mentioned this before?), and I felt a lot more proprietary when it was done. Better: I wanted to live here when I was done. Even using an office credenza for a dresser (it's not like we don't have 3 proper dressers full of junk in the basement, grind grind grind) wasn't so bad once my clothes were actually in it. I kept tripping over the idea that I had a cupboard for dishes & food - a whole cupboard, all to myself! - and a bathroom for my toothbrush & feminine hygiene products. No more dishes on the book shelf! No more hoarding my soap like a jealous ogre. I guess it's gonna take me a little while before I shake off all the effects of 3 years in res...before my stuff spreads like an unstoppable 50's shlock monster throughout the apartment. And then...the world!

I'll let you know when you need to evacuate your city.

dash

I really like my bed, too. Maharet & Daniel are going to enjoy christening it, I think (I promised them when I was drunk, ok?) I've never slept on a double for any serious length of time. Last night I surrounded myself with pillows & a teddy bear, as if barricading myself against enjoying the double bed experience. I think I'll sleep diagonally tonight.

Boy, this is a silly entry. Aren't you glad I'm back??

one year ago today: dress code potty-mouth home-wrecker

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