1.22.02 – california dreaming

the good: jackie from the costume shop gave us her old papisan chairs. they are huge and squishy and it means that we finally have living room furniture, even tho the living room is also my bedroom. we made her brownies.

the bad: my car needs new brakes that will cost me like $200 that i don’t have.

the ugly: i opened a container of chevre that had were new life forms growing inside it. i had to walk up to The Slowest Grocery Store In The World to get goat cheese before i could finish making my stuffed zucchini, which was interesting, but ultimately not very satisfying. i’m still perfecting the recipe.

on our newfound Quest To Make Buffalo Fun, hannah and i went window shopping at all the trendy little boutiques in Elmwood street, cooked a yummy dinner, ate by candlelight and then watched a movie on my computer (still no tv). while i was making the brownies for jackie, something happened and the mixing bowl and pan suddenly flew out of my hands and splattered brownie goo all down the cupboards and onto the floor, and hannah heard my shrieks and came out and said that it looked like our silverware drawer was pooing all over the floor, and that us laugh until i fell over and was ultimately more Fun than the rest of the Quest was today. it’s good to have a roommate who makes me laugh at myself. i think we’re both still longing to be elsewhere, but we’re making an effort to like it here. next week on our day off we’re going to toronto (assuming i can get my brakes fixed), which should be an adventure.

i had lots more pithy things to say today, but the stupid spellcheck cut and replace macro just ate half my post and it’s after 2am and it was just this morning that i was resolving (again) to go to bed earlier. plus, seal is on the radio and i hate him so much i must go turn it off now.