So here's a little taste of what I've been doing at my parents' house this weekend: cleaning, mopping, scrubbing (MORE cleaning, mopping, scrubbing), SHOVELING FUCKING SNOW. Also, putting up mirrors. Oh, you know, EIGHT of them.



( die, die my darling (SPOILERS for Misfits ahead) )

MOST IMPORTANTLY, HAS ANYONE WRITTEN ANY INCEPTION/MISFTS FUSIONS OR CROSSOVERS YET?!!!! Because that needs to happen, like, ASAP!!!

I can't figure out exactly who I want to be who, and whether I want to base that choice on ability or personality. I want Arthur to be Nathan so bad, because I love them both the best and also because ARTHUR AS AN UNRELENTING PRICK IS A HUGE FUCKING KINK ALL ON ITS OWN, GUYS. PLEASE TO BE FILLING MY PROMPT, OH MAGICAL WRITERS OF FLIST!!!

( ETA: MISFITS UPDATE (HUGE SPOILERS 2x03-04) )

The one where you're naked in public, like school or work or something? I've never had that dream. Until last night. But it wasn't so much public as it was my back yard (though it looked completely different even though IRL instead of having windows, I have a patio door that actually does lead to the back yard). And at first I felt perfectly comfortable. But then I realized the light was on in my room behind me and then there were some random people cutting through my backyard and the next-door neighbors (on the side which IRL there are no next-door neighbors) were sleeping in their huge king sized bed which was out on their patio.

So when I realized all of these things, I tried to back up into my room, but the door was a bit farther away than I realized. Instead, I tried to pull some curtains down and wrap them around me. But I don't think I actually got too far with that.

Instead, my mind must have just been like, Done with this shit. NEXT! Because then I was sitting in some outdoor patio or lounge, maybe a rooftop somewhere. I was dressed in an evening gown (with sequins, which I would NEVER EVER wear IRL, EWWWWW). I was waiting for someone to show up so I could give him something, or get something from him; it wasn't really all that clear at that point. But Eames showed up \o/ and turns out I was giving him back a navy suit jacket that he'd left with me. It was delicious and warm.

But after giving it back, we basically said our goodbyes and went in different directions.

Sigh. My mind is such a tease.

( And now for some boring house-related babble... )

Weekend recap? Saturday was cool-- a nice, lazy day at home. Haven't had that in forever! Morgan came over and we had a little sewing party. I didn't do much sewing other than making some fabric I picked up into curtains for my huge-ass window wall in my room. Sheer purple and blue. (OMG Sharon -- I just realized, PURPLE AND BLUE! I didn't even do it on purpose!) So they can still be seen-through, but I don't care since it gives my room color but the sunlight still gets through. I'll obviously have to change them to a heavier fabric for the winter, but that's still far enough away.

I still haven't posted any pics or talked much about the new place, though I absolutely love it here and was just thinking how awesome it is to have my own place. And this much fucking space! I was suddenly overcome with a feeling of *OMGSQUEE*; I promise to post pics soon.

Sunday was a cosplay event at Kinokuniya, which I did not really attend. It was way too crowded in there for me to tolerate, so I waited outside with Chris, Sean, AJ, Carrie and others. Judy and I met up with Kelly when she texted and went for dinner with a whole bunch of people. Dinner was pretty cool and Kelly, Judy and I rounded off the night with some drinking at the Tower bar. I got home way too late for a work night, but you know it was worth it. ^_~

Woke up super tired and ended up leaving my cell phone at home. I was pretty useless at work, though I did have a bit of a second wind at some point. But today Katie came down, so she, Kelly, Judy, Maryann and I went to have dinner. Liz and Juliet joined us for more drinking fun!

So Judy and I were on the train going home sometime around midnight. And the best part of that ride home was when THE BUM WHO WAS SLEEPING ON ONE OF THE 3-SEATERS UNZIPPED HIS PANTS AND PISSED ON THE FLOOR OF THE CAR. WITHOUT EVEN GETTING UP FROM HIS LAYING-DOWN POSITION. Yeah, I love New York. (I actually say that without sarcasm.) And I love New Yorkers, who took it in stride, other than a few of them moving a couple of seats away and making sure their legs were stretched out so that the stream of piss didn't hit their shoes.

Okay, sleep now. I'm tired. Boo. =(

The next day we woke up around 11:30, I think.

My parents wanted to go to Levitz to get a computer desk and a small couch/love-seat type thing for the computer room 'cause we've just been improvising for the last few months since we moved in. So we had a big fight/discussion first. (In my family, we can't talk without yelling, interrupting, petty sniping, etc.) Then we left about 2 hours later. We went to Levitz but didn't see anything good.

We went to Ikea and found a REALLY nice Computer desk, almost the exact measurements that we had estimated would be perfect for the room and our comfort. You can adjust the height of the desk (it was on display as a sort of sketch desk with a stool, like an architect would use, if you can picture it), and it comes with a shelf that you can put either above or below the desk, also adjustable. You can also buy - for an additional $10 -- a swivel shelf that attaches to the legs, as in, to put your printer, or whatever. We bought 2 of those. All for $150. A very good buy.

I'd also been wanting to get a desk for my room, which we ended up getting also. It's made by the same company as the computer desk. It's a table- no drawers underneath. Just what I wanted. It's quite long and about 2 and a half feet deep, so there's a lot of surface area. I also got the optional swivel shelf for the computer that'll be going in my room. =D Hopefully I'll start writing again with the computer there. I find it difficult to write anywhere but my bedroom, and on anything but a computer or laptop.

The hardest part was trying to decide between the birch wood desk top or the white lacquer top. My sister said birch. My mom said birch. My father said birch. I called Angelica at her grandmother's house; she said birch. I was thinking maybe the white. See, I hate wood. I really don't like it that much. After a while, I don't even see it anymore, so I can ignore it, but I really don't like wood. It's all warm and homey. Sooooo not me. But my hand-me-down bed is unfinished oak, and I have 2 bookcases on either side of my room that are a dark brown wood (dunno what it's called). Then there's a bookcase in the middle that used to be dark brown - prolly the same color - but we'd painted it black to match the stuff in our apartment. Now that we've moved it would've matched if it were still brown. Go figure. But anyway, I have wood paneling on the walls, but they're painted white. You see my dilemma? Get the birch wood and take a chance on it not matching the unfinished oak of my bed and ending up with too many colors for the room? (Oh, the carpet is this neutral-orangy color.) Or go with the white to blend into the walls and possibly look too cheap? I ended up getting the birch. Why? Well, it's a stupid reason, but I know myself well enough that it's completely true. If I got the white and I didn't like it, then I'd have only myself to blame and I'd feel worse than if I got the birch and didn't like it, but could blame it on everyone else. =D Besides, after a while, I just don't notice how it looks anymore, anyway. (But don't worry - the birch actually looks okay. Even if it doesn't exactly match the unfinished oak, and I think there are way too many colors in my room.) I also have black sheets, and grey sheets, a tan blanket (which kind of matches the carpet) and a black comforter reversible to oatmeal.

My room is horribly uncoordinated. And yet, I'm really good with colors. It's too bad I don't have enough money to just get what I want no matter what the cost. Then it'd be really nice. My dream room: black and silver/grey with accents of red or blue. I'm pretty much a dark/primary color person… no pastels, please. =D

OMG, have I mentioned my pink bathroom? It's hideous. It was like that when we moved in, but it's all tile so I can't paint it over. Otherwise, I was thinking of a nice teal color. Well, it's not really hideous, I mean, it's okay, but…. It's pink. Yuck.

We also got some nice throw pillows for only $5 each. Three navy blue and three light blue for the living room, and 2 lime green for my sister's bedroom to match her one lime green wall (the other walls are white). It's cool. Nice match. They didn't have any black, otherwise I'd have gotten a few for myself.