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Things I have learned today:
Nov. 19th, 2006 03:26 pm1) You are not allowed to set a fire anywhere in the City of Chicago. Darn. I was looking forward to taking all of my old paperwork that has to be destroyed, throwing it into a metal garbage can somewhere on the streets, and setting it aflame. I was also considering dressing in worn-out clothing with fingerless gloves and singing "We'd Like to Thank You, Herbert Hoover" while warming my hands over it. Tragically, this shall not come to pass; instead I will have to take my paperwork to a professional shredding company. Luckily, I have so little paperwork to be destroyed (compared to the big businesses who use this company) that it should only cost me $10. If anyone in the city has old bills or checking registers or the like which they need destroyed, contact me and maybe we can make a whole thing of it, with lunch or a movie!
2) Assuming that you can "always get around to starting that paper tomorrow" does not work well if you forget that there are a finite number of tomorrows before the paper is actually due.
3) Gigantic sheets of big-bubble bubblewrap are fun to jump on, even when you are not a child. Wheee!
4) Buying your first real piece of art is extremely exciting until you get it home and realize you have no idea how you're going to hang it over your bed without a studfinder and two other people. (That is not the best picture, as the painting was leaning against the wall at a weird angle, but it as wide as my headboard and completely matches my bedroom. Yay!)
5) Completely redesigning a living room can make you feel like a grown-up, until you realize you're sitting in your living room and staring at it as if the new furniture which will be delivered is going to magically appear *right now* if you wish hard enough, which makes you feel like a child again.
New area rug.
New coffee table. Note the padded top for sitting or putting your feet up, the shelf underneath for magazines, catalogues, and remotes, and the pull-out trays (two on either side) for food or laptops.
New couch.
New chair.
6) Old license plates are VERY hard to destroy - but destroy them I must, so that no one can steal them from the garbage and put them on their car and go on a crime spree with my license plates. If only I had a butane torch. Ah well; perhaps next purchase...
7) And finally: Richard Dreyfuss is my new hero. If you did not see him on Real Time with Bill Maher this past Friday - download it.
ETA And super-finally: My cat is rilly rilly cute and fluffy. Okay, I didn't just learn that today, but I don't think I've ever posted a picture of Artemis, so now I have. In the photo she kind of has those Brother Justin eyes going on, but they're a greenish-yellow in RL.
THE END!
2) Assuming that you can "always get around to starting that paper tomorrow" does not work well if you forget that there are a finite number of tomorrows before the paper is actually due.
3) Gigantic sheets of big-bubble bubblewrap are fun to jump on, even when you are not a child. Wheee!
4) Buying your first real piece of art is extremely exciting until you get it home and realize you have no idea how you're going to hang it over your bed without a studfinder and two other people. (That is not the best picture, as the painting was leaning against the wall at a weird angle, but it as wide as my headboard and completely matches my bedroom. Yay!)
5) Completely redesigning a living room can make you feel like a grown-up, until you realize you're sitting in your living room and staring at it as if the new furniture which will be delivered is going to magically appear *right now* if you wish hard enough, which makes you feel like a child again.
New area rug.
New coffee table. Note the padded top for sitting or putting your feet up, the shelf underneath for magazines, catalogues, and remotes, and the pull-out trays (two on either side) for food or laptops.
New couch.
New chair.
6) Old license plates are VERY hard to destroy - but destroy them I must, so that no one can steal them from the garbage and put them on their car and go on a crime spree with my license plates. If only I had a butane torch. Ah well; perhaps next purchase...
7) And finally: Richard Dreyfuss is my new hero. If you did not see him on Real Time with Bill Maher this past Friday - download it.
ETA And super-finally: My cat is rilly rilly cute and fluffy. Okay, I didn't just learn that today, but I don't think I've ever posted a picture of Artemis, so now I have. In the photo she kind of has those Brother Justin eyes going on, but they're a greenish-yellow in RL.
THE END!
