I bought a house, and I’m finally starting to feel like it’s home. There are still strange smells sometimes, but slowly, this is turning into home. The bedroom with the oxygen-tank-green walls is now a more muted shade of green. The floors upstairs are still all painted. I’m thinking of carpeting my bedroom rather than refinishing it.

It’s frustrating right now, because I need to save money to buy oil. This means NOT spending money on a couch or an entertainment center or a sander to get the floors pretty or art to hang on my walls. I think Nate thinks I’m being lazy because I’m not working around the house.

My arm is still nearly constantly hurting. The neurologist I saw a couple months ago prescribed Elavil, which I did not start taking right away. However, after taking it for a month, I called him and asked him for something else. It didn’t help with the pain at all, but more than that, I’ve been so sleepy all the time, completely unable to concentrate, and just feel fuzzy in my brain. Instead of switching me to something else, like he said was the plan (try it, if I don’t like it, we’ll try another one), he said, “Follow up with your primary care doctor.”

I’m beginning to think that no one wants to help me with this, they’d rather just turf me to someone else.

Just to round out my complaints, I’ve had a headache ever since I stopped the amitriptyline, which a cursory Googling shows to be mainly coincidental, but annoying nonetheless.

More than anything, I want to get better at keeping this up to date. I’ve been lazy about writing. I’ve been lazy about a lot of things. I’ve gained almost all my weight back (I was at a high of 235, then I got down to 186, then back up to 213). Nate bought the Balance Board to go with the Wii, and I’ve lost 3 pounds again … we’ll just cross our fingers I can keep it up. Down. Off. Whatever. But if I keep insisting that I’m going to write, maybe I’ll do some interesting things worth writing about? We’ll see.

I could get myself a refurb Macbook (Pro, of course, so I can Sim in bed, duh) from the Apple Store for 15%-25% less than new. Still puts the cheapest one at $1700. Lame.

I could spend around $1000 to get a laptop with a Bluray drive, so that I … wait. What in the world would I do with that? That’s just an excuse NOT to get a PS3, and I’m saving that one for GT5.

I could get myself a Thinkpad, and then I get a clit mouse! I realize I am in the minority, but I find it way easier to use than a touchpad. Maybe because my first laptop had one? Who knows. Anyway, at less than half the price of the Macbook, it’s closer to affordable.

Then there’s that Eee PC I’ve been talking about getting, but it looks like whatever computer I buy next is going to become my main computer, since this one is becoming a piece of shit. Maybe I’m wrong, but I don’t think the Eee PC could be a workhorse. Maybe a pony ride at a birthday party.
Lame lame lame. Someone should just give me a computer because I’m awesome.

So here I am, all excited about money coming in May. Without concerning myself on silly things like whether we really should be getting one and is it really going to do any good for the economy, I have been planning how I’m going to blow it. Because my tax refund is for paying bills, I get to spend the rebate on whatever I want. I think that’s fair.

Well I was all set to spend the money on a cute little pink EeePC when I found out that WiiFit is going to be released in May! I should get myself a Wii! With the Wii still around $400 and the Wii Fit going to be selling for about $100, I couldn’t get all three (including the Asus in the count).

Oh noes. Now I have to make a decision. This is terrible!

On Wednesday, instead of doing chores like I should have, I went shopping. I think I’ve told this story before. I bought shoes?

Anyway, I also went to Gamestop and got two GBA games, Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories and Super Mario Bros 3. Awesome. The guy behind the counter says, “Did you find everything you needed today?”

“Well, I didn’t really need either of these.”

Then the guy who had unlocked the the case for me said, “What?! You have just purchased two of the most incredible games in the history of all gaming!” He was super animated and tall and he looked like this:

Then he continued to go on for about ten minutes on the virtues of Kingdom Hearts’ battle system and how it was so underrated. How it completely ties the first game to the sequel. How horribly the second one performed. The fucking Little Mermaid level.

It was cute. The end.

Loading.Ready.Run. – The Ballad of the Fanboy

If you come back, I’ll be your Final Fantasy.

Cat, I’m a kitty-kat.

Okay, this and this would make a kick ass alarm clock/bedroom computer.

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With the exception of two popcorns and an accidental whole-wheat sandwich, I have been very good during the no-seeds-or-nuts portion of my colonoscopy prep.

Now all I have to worry about is the Golytely that I pick up tomorrow and start on Monday night at 5pm.

By the way, it is your duty as my friend to be around on Monday evening to make plenty of the activity for me, because I will be stuck in the bathroom and not be able to play Dragon Quest VIII like I have been. Got it?

Merry Christmas !

Today is good. Today I woke up at 5:30, stuffed Marcus’ stocking, and put it next to the iBook for him to find when he woke up. But then I couldn’t get back to sleep, so about 6:00, I woke him up to make him pass me the computer. BWA HA HA HA HA! Inside I had put tons of candy, some chemical toe warmers, a sudoku book, and an orange.

Then we came downstairs to open presents. Let’s see … I got some scrubs he had made for me. Then he got me the complete Blues Traveler. There is a story here. The other night, we were watching one of those VH1 shows, I think it was I Love the 90s. I mentioned to him that Blues Traveler, and to a lesser degree Counting Crows, always makes me want to write music. I’ve never owned a Blues Traveler album in my life, but whenever they come on the radio, I just feel all bursting with … something. So he apparently spent the rest of the days since then downloading and burning them onto cds for me.

Alix, he also got me DDR (and dance pad), so pack your bags because you’re coming ove.r

The other presents from Marcus were A CLEAN HOUSE and it is awesome. And also he bought me a new motherboard, but it won’t get here until Tuesday or Wednesday. Then maybe I can Sims!

My parents got me a really nice necklace, Spaceballs (which, unfortunately, I already have … Alix, do you have any suggestions? Did they get you a movie that you’d want to trade or something, after you move out? I don’t want to hurt their feelings.), and a cookbook. It’s the 1953 edition of the Better Homes and Gardens cookbook. The plaid one, you know?

We got Family Guy Season 3 from everyone’s favorite pies. They also got us The Big Book of Filth.

Marcus’ sister & brother-in-law got us Kung Foo Hustle.

And then Alix got me Fiona Apple’s new cd.

*dance dance dance*

I am a spoiled rottten princess. And the tags on the presents told me so.

I was cruising through GameFly, trying to figure out if it’s something I want to figure out if I have in the budget. I realized, that yes, it is, but no, it’s definitely not in the budget.

I get all wiggly inside when I think about FFXII. I think this makes me a freak, and I’m a little afraid of myself. But it’s true. I cannot WAIT for it to come out.