So, as with any time where I wait a month between entries, a lot has been going on. I am still dating Gina. I am still slowly making progress on sprucing up my house. I am still spending the majority of my time at work, and the majority of my free time watching TV.
With only four other Assistant Editors, whenever all of our Online edit rooms are booked, I end up getting tapped to help out. Chris and I haven't had a constant flow of work though, yet there is talk of some bigger jobs later this month. Some people might be happy to be in air conditioning, but with the tundra-like temperatures this room always seems to be at, I would much rather be outside in the heat.
My dad built me a bookcase for my living room that is absolutely enormous. It really is intimidating the first time you walk into the room with it. I've gotten used to it now, and love it for being able to hold all of my books, movies, and assorted knick knacks. My dad also helped me lay down some dirt along the north side of the house - I needed to adjust the pitch of the ground because it was angling in towards the house. My next big improvement will be new windows throughout the main floor; I'm having them installed September 3rd.
A couple weekends ago the Ferndale Bike Club had a joint garage sale at Carey's house (she lives across the street from me) so I helped Gina clean a lot of the clutter out of her apartment which was sold or donated, and I got rid of a couple old CDs, DVDs, and more importantly my entire Magic collection (I did hold onto a handful of the best cards which I'm selling on eBay.) I also finally listed the pink stove that came with the house on Craigslist.
I'm thinking of planning another house party for sometime in early September. Anyone interested?
Monday, August 10, 2009
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
as summer surrounds us
Bullet-point entry time.:
- Had my official "housewarming(s)". My grandparents and some of my aunts and uncles came over on the 20th. We went to lunch at Pete's Place and after they left Gina and I went to one of her childhood friends's wedding. The following weekend I had an Open House for friends and neighbors. Vodka punch + basement dance party.
- Gina and I are officially dating now. It's been awhile since either of us was in a relationship, but that's allowing us to settle slowly into it.
- Since my last entry I've read God Bless You, Mr, Rosewater, Me Talk Pretty One Day, and The Catcher in the Rye. I just started re-reading Ender's Game. I've been picking up tons of used books from garage sales and book stores. My dad is building me a bookcase that should be done this weekend. I am going to fill it up with knick knacks and, of course, books.
- I realize something that's been missing from my life since shortly before, during, and after the move... video games! I've neglected playing Guitar Hero in a long time, and until yesterday I hadn't even hooked up my N64. I love old Nintendo platforms... I have a SNES and an NES with a ton of games, but right now I've been itching to play a handful of games that I picked up from a garage sale at a STEAL: Super Mario 64, Mario Kart, and Mario Party 1, 2, and 3... for five bucks!
- Last weekend while I was staying at my parents for the holiday I hung out with Alex, Kenny, and Kyle. I realized that I've really missed being able to see them all the time. It's just difficult living so far away... and then whenever I'm in town I'm always wanting to make a point to see them because it's so rare that I can.
- I've been getting really into designing and repurposing. All of the decorating of my house got me started, and I've since handmade a CD case for a mix I made Gina, a box for all of my loose tea bags that I decorated with a black and white map of detroit, and a collage of a bunch of stickers/cut outs/memorable items that has become a sort of evolving poster that I hung in my kitchen. I've turned a bunch of old, glass kombucha bottles into containers for coffee beans, tea leaves, popcorn, and eventually other things (as I think of what to put in them). I also designed a kitchen storage shelf that will hold them as well as spices, towels, and oven mitts. I want to turn my one room upstairs into a 'studio'. I've put down this plain paper photography background over the floor and put my desk in the center of the room, but I've yet to really use that space for its purpose. I also have an idea or two for a t-shirt design. I think I'd like to try hand-screen printing, but I was using photoshop at work for the design, and the past couple weeks I've been working with Ron and have been busy every day. It's nice to be absorbed in daily work again.
- Last Friday I had my "vacation" day for the 4th of July. I drove out to my second favorite Indian restaurant, right across from the Ikea in Canton: Ashoka, and saw Public Enemies at my favorite movie theather: the Goodrich Canton 7. I had really high hopes for Public Enemies, which is probably why my reviews of it want to point out the negatives. For one, the filming they did in high-definition digital - especially the dark scenes and the interior scenes - looked bad, enough that they were distracting. I think I was expecting (read: hoping for) a visual style like Road to Perdition. Also, whereas I think Johnny Depp is a great at embodying characters to the extent that you forget that it's a regular person, in this movie I felt it was more like just Johnny Depp acting as himself being called "John Dillinger." As with anything based on actual events, I'm picky about how factual the details are. I won't give anything away, but it felt like some liberties were taken for the sake of the story.
- The new Wilco album is really great, as is the new Apostle of Hustle. Even though it's no "National Anthem of Nowhere", the concept is what really makes it. From AoH's MySpace:
- Had my official "housewarming(s)". My grandparents and some of my aunts and uncles came over on the 20th. We went to lunch at Pete's Place and after they left Gina and I went to one of her childhood friends's wedding. The following weekend I had an Open House for friends and neighbors. Vodka punch + basement dance party.
- Gina and I are officially dating now. It's been awhile since either of us was in a relationship, but that's allowing us to settle slowly into it.
- Since my last entry I've read God Bless You, Mr, Rosewater, Me Talk Pretty One Day, and The Catcher in the Rye. I just started re-reading Ender's Game. I've been picking up tons of used books from garage sales and book stores. My dad is building me a bookcase that should be done this weekend. I am going to fill it up with knick knacks and, of course, books.
- I realize something that's been missing from my life since shortly before, during, and after the move... video games! I've neglected playing Guitar Hero in a long time, and until yesterday I hadn't even hooked up my N64. I love old Nintendo platforms... I have a SNES and an NES with a ton of games, but right now I've been itching to play a handful of games that I picked up from a garage sale at a STEAL: Super Mario 64, Mario Kart, and Mario Party 1, 2, and 3... for five bucks!
- Last weekend while I was staying at my parents for the holiday I hung out with Alex, Kenny, and Kyle. I realized that I've really missed being able to see them all the time. It's just difficult living so far away... and then whenever I'm in town I'm always wanting to make a point to see them because it's so rare that I can.
- I've been getting really into designing and repurposing. All of the decorating of my house got me started, and I've since handmade a CD case for a mix I made Gina, a box for all of my loose tea bags that I decorated with a black and white map of detroit, and a collage of a bunch of stickers/cut outs/memorable items that has become a sort of evolving poster that I hung in my kitchen. I've turned a bunch of old, glass kombucha bottles into containers for coffee beans, tea leaves, popcorn, and eventually other things (as I think of what to put in them). I also designed a kitchen storage shelf that will hold them as well as spices, towels, and oven mitts. I want to turn my one room upstairs into a 'studio'. I've put down this plain paper photography background over the floor and put my desk in the center of the room, but I've yet to really use that space for its purpose. I also have an idea or two for a t-shirt design. I think I'd like to try hand-screen printing, but I was using photoshop at work for the design, and the past couple weeks I've been working with Ron and have been busy every day. It's nice to be absorbed in daily work again.
- Last Friday I had my "vacation" day for the 4th of July. I drove out to my second favorite Indian restaurant, right across from the Ikea in Canton: Ashoka, and saw Public Enemies at my favorite movie theather: the Goodrich Canton 7. I had really high hopes for Public Enemies, which is probably why my reviews of it want to point out the negatives. For one, the filming they did in high-definition digital - especially the dark scenes and the interior scenes - looked bad, enough that they were distracting. I think I was expecting (read: hoping for) a visual style like Road to Perdition. Also, whereas I think Johnny Depp is a great at embodying characters to the extent that you forget that it's a regular person, in this movie I felt it was more like just Johnny Depp acting as himself being called "John Dillinger." As with anything based on actual events, I'm picky about how factual the details are. I won't give anything away, but it felt like some liberties were taken for the sake of the story.
- The new Wilco album is really great, as is the new Apostle of Hustle. Even though it's no "National Anthem of Nowhere", the concept is what really makes it. From AoH's MySpace:
"The very title "apostle of hustle eats darkness" mocks the omnipresent and utterly common advertising slogan. Do this! Be more desirable! Make others like you!? If they were selling anything, it'd be "eat darkness - you'll feel better". Not exactly, but there is an alchemical process at work here. Transformation does have its costs. You can't expect to feel better about life right away, can you? Why eating darkness? How is that supposed to help? Lets go back to the old idea of the shaman; the one who cures by ingesting the poison itself; he is the one who has been the sickest and thus has the skills to know how to travel back and forth between states. He suggests, eating darkness will be the cure of your darkness. Its very traditional. William Blake: "The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom". Swallowing poison usually leads to death, but not if the patient knows the art of transformation, not if they can "stomach" the bullshit & hell that is surrounding and tormenting them. This then is the process - one eats darkness & somehow is able to excrete out pure light!"
- All in all, things have been going great for me recently. I've been finding that little things that would normally really upset me with worry I've been able to shrug off or take in stride. Could just be the nice weather. Whatever the case, I'm not complaining.
Monday, June 1, 2009
odessey & oracle
I met this girl, Gina. We really like each other.
We met at a barbecue last weekend and talked until 2:00 in the morning. We exchanged numbers and met up for coffee on Tuesday. Turns out we have a lot in common. It's been a long time since I dated anyone, but she makes me comfortable enough to just be myself.
Alex and Ben came over to see my house on Saturday. It was the first time Ben saw it, and the first time for Alex since we painted a couple weeks ago. We had dinner at Bastone in Royal Oak, and came back and bar hopped around Ferndale for the night. We slept 'til past noon and had a very late breakfast at the Fly Trap before they went home on Sunday. I then went over to James' to help him pack. I gave him my May mix CD, as well as all of my mixes from 2008 to listen to on the long drive across the country. After that I called Gina and she came over and we watched the movie of Slaughter-House Five.
Today I feel overwhelmed with things to do. James ended up giving me his lawn mower, and even though I wanted to put together and use the reel mower that I bought (I had started to put it together before I helped him pack Sunday), I'm thinking I might be better off taking it back and getting the money. I spent so much this past month on stuff for the house, I'm practically broke for the first time in a while. Obama needs to hurry up and mail me my First-Time Home Buyer's Credit check. I guess with it being rainy today I don't have to worry about mowing the lawn, but when it does get nice out again, I should really do some yardwork. I'm planning to have Julie and Laura over to see my house now that Julie is back from Africa, and Nick and I are hopefully going to go out for a drink sometime this week.
We met at a barbecue last weekend and talked until 2:00 in the morning. We exchanged numbers and met up for coffee on Tuesday. Turns out we have a lot in common. It's been a long time since I dated anyone, but she makes me comfortable enough to just be myself.
Alex and Ben came over to see my house on Saturday. It was the first time Ben saw it, and the first time for Alex since we painted a couple weeks ago. We had dinner at Bastone in Royal Oak, and came back and bar hopped around Ferndale for the night. We slept 'til past noon and had a very late breakfast at the Fly Trap before they went home on Sunday. I then went over to James' to help him pack. I gave him my May mix CD, as well as all of my mixes from 2008 to listen to on the long drive across the country. After that I called Gina and she came over and we watched the movie of Slaughter-House Five.
Today I feel overwhelmed with things to do. James ended up giving me his lawn mower, and even though I wanted to put together and use the reel mower that I bought (I had started to put it together before I helped him pack Sunday), I'm thinking I might be better off taking it back and getting the money. I spent so much this past month on stuff for the house, I'm practically broke for the first time in a while. Obama needs to hurry up and mail me my First-Time Home Buyer's Credit check. I guess with it being rainy today I don't have to worry about mowing the lawn, but when it does get nice out again, I should really do some yardwork. I'm planning to have Julie and Laura over to see my house now that Julie is back from Africa, and Nick and I are hopefully going to go out for a drink sometime this week.
Monday, May 18, 2009
less pink
Last night was my first night in my new house.
The weekend of the 9th and 10th was entirely given to refinishing the hardwood floors. The final coat of finish didn't go down until 5:00 Monday morning. At least I was able to take my parent's to Como's for a Mother's Day dinner.
Last week I helped out with some Online jobs while other Assistants had the day off. It was nice to do some of the work that had been so routine for the past year but that I had been away from since I started working with Chris. I took Thursday afternoon off to pick up paint and supplies. Friday I left work a little early and decided to paint the enclosed porch as a surprise to my parents when they showed up Saturday morning. Alex came out to help, and we were able to paint the entire living and dining room areas as well as the kitchen. I chose an olive green for the kitchen and dining room (the kitchen in a semi-gloss finish) and a matching brown for the living room. I have a flair for very saturated room colors. I really enjoy the natural look of the green and brown together: much better than the light/pink decor that the house had before I moved in...
Sunday my dad brought his truck over and we moved all of the large furniture into the house, and after they left I made several trips in my car to bring over all of the essentials so I could stay the night there.
Today I am going to paint the inside of the kitchen cabinets that we weren't able to do on Saturday, and then I can put all of the cabinet doors back. I also need to replace all of the light switch covers and hang my pictures. My best friends Alex and Ben are going to be the first friends to stay the night this upcoming weekend, so I'm hoping to have everything moved in, unpacked, and in place by then.
I'm planning to have a housewarming party in June. Hopefully, I'll be able to host the June family get together during the day, and then in the evening have friends over. I want to have as many people as possible over, so if you want to come and there are any dates in June that won't work for you, let me know. I especially want Julie and Laura to make it, but they have a lot of wedding activities in June, so there's a chance it might even get pushed back to July. I've missed Julie, and she isn't even going to be getting back from Africa until June.
The weekend of the 9th and 10th was entirely given to refinishing the hardwood floors. The final coat of finish didn't go down until 5:00 Monday morning. At least I was able to take my parent's to Como's for a Mother's Day dinner.
Last week I helped out with some Online jobs while other Assistants had the day off. It was nice to do some of the work that had been so routine for the past year but that I had been away from since I started working with Chris. I took Thursday afternoon off to pick up paint and supplies. Friday I left work a little early and decided to paint the enclosed porch as a surprise to my parents when they showed up Saturday morning. Alex came out to help, and we were able to paint the entire living and dining room areas as well as the kitchen. I chose an olive green for the kitchen and dining room (the kitchen in a semi-gloss finish) and a matching brown for the living room. I have a flair for very saturated room colors. I really enjoy the natural look of the green and brown together: much better than the light/pink decor that the house had before I moved in...
Sunday my dad brought his truck over and we moved all of the large furniture into the house, and after they left I made several trips in my car to bring over all of the essentials so I could stay the night there.
Today I am going to paint the inside of the kitchen cabinets that we weren't able to do on Saturday, and then I can put all of the cabinet doors back. I also need to replace all of the light switch covers and hang my pictures. My best friends Alex and Ben are going to be the first friends to stay the night this upcoming weekend, so I'm hoping to have everything moved in, unpacked, and in place by then.
I'm planning to have a housewarming party in June. Hopefully, I'll be able to host the June family get together during the day, and then in the evening have friends over. I want to have as many people as possible over, so if you want to come and there are any dates in June that won't work for you, let me know. I especially want Julie and Laura to make it, but they have a lot of wedding activities in June, so there's a chance it might even get pushed back to July. I've missed Julie, and she isn't even going to be getting back from Africa until June.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
change one thing...
I've said it before, and it still rings true: change one thing; change everything. Or, at least change so many things that it sure feels like everything.
So, I have the keys to the house. Last Thursday I drove to Dearborn for the closing. I got there at the same time as the seller, which was a good ten minutes before everyone else showed up. My mortgage lender walked me through everything, which was really great. I'm sure the closing agent would have done the same thing, but it was nice to have someone I knew walking me through the process. I meant to do a mental count of the number of times I signed my name, but I would guess it was around fifty. The whole process took a little over an hour, and afterward I drove straight the Ferndale city hall to register the title. The first thing I did when I got inside the house was start pulling up the carpet. Once I got down to the padding, I realized that it had been on for so long that the padding was stuck to the finish and about 1/3 of the finish had to be scraped away with the padding. My parents came over on Saturday and we removed all of the remaining carpet staples, the tack strip, and scraped away 99% of the stuck padding. As it turns out, we're going to sand the floor down to wood and refinish, which is going to take another weekend - hopefully this upcoming weekend. Once that's done, we can really get moving forward moving in furniture and painting.
As for other notable changes... I've been able to keep up reading. So far in the past month I've read four of Vonnegut's books: Bluebeard, Breakfast of Champions, Galapagos, and Slapstick. I just started on Player Piano, his first novel. I decided to completely change over my bank accounts, so now I have everything at Chase. I went to BestBank today to close my account, and I felt kind of bad doing it. They gave me all of my money in cash so I went straight to Chase to deposit it. I've also decided to grow my hair out until after I've finished moving. It's already longer than it's ever been, and I haven't completely decided if I'll cut it at the end of the month, but chances are I will.
Anyone who's interested in helping me paint/move: most of it will be taking place on May 16th and 17th. It sure can't come fast enough for me!
So, I have the keys to the house. Last Thursday I drove to Dearborn for the closing. I got there at the same time as the seller, which was a good ten minutes before everyone else showed up. My mortgage lender walked me through everything, which was really great. I'm sure the closing agent would have done the same thing, but it was nice to have someone I knew walking me through the process. I meant to do a mental count of the number of times I signed my name, but I would guess it was around fifty. The whole process took a little over an hour, and afterward I drove straight the Ferndale city hall to register the title. The first thing I did when I got inside the house was start pulling up the carpet. Once I got down to the padding, I realized that it had been on for so long that the padding was stuck to the finish and about 1/3 of the finish had to be scraped away with the padding. My parents came over on Saturday and we removed all of the remaining carpet staples, the tack strip, and scraped away 99% of the stuck padding. As it turns out, we're going to sand the floor down to wood and refinish, which is going to take another weekend - hopefully this upcoming weekend. Once that's done, we can really get moving forward moving in furniture and painting.
As for other notable changes... I've been able to keep up reading. So far in the past month I've read four of Vonnegut's books: Bluebeard, Breakfast of Champions, Galapagos, and Slapstick. I just started on Player Piano, his first novel. I decided to completely change over my bank accounts, so now I have everything at Chase. I went to BestBank today to close my account, and I felt kind of bad doing it. They gave me all of my money in cash so I went straight to Chase to deposit it. I've also decided to grow my hair out until after I've finished moving. It's already longer than it's ever been, and I haven't completely decided if I'll cut it at the end of the month, but chances are I will.
Anyone who's interested in helping me paint/move: most of it will be taking place on May 16th and 17th. It sure can't come fast enough for me!
Monday, April 27, 2009
almost there
T-minus three days.
The time has relatively flown over the past week. Looking back I am very happy, because even being really busy this week, Thursday is going to take forever to come.
Last Monday I came home from work to find J.P. and Aaron hanging out in Julie and Laura's part of the house. I was glad to have people there, because after they left Sunday night, the house felt very lonely. Thursday at work WOMC radio came by with Tom Horton's coffee and doughnuts, as part of a promotion that one of our accounting ladies had won for us. By coincidence, one of the girls who came from WOMC was a girl I had met last fall at Trader Joe's in Royal Oak named Paula. We both recognized each other, but it took us a few minutes to place where from. After we realized, we exchanged numbers and agreed to hang out. After work Thursday I went to the Russell Industrial Center for the AIGA Design Re:View that featured some projects done by my coworkers. Afterward I went with a handful of friends from work over to the Northern Lights Lounge, but I was feeling very tired and didn't want to drink too much and drive home, so I took off around 11:00. Friday after a terribly slow day at work I drove to East Lansing to visit Ben. J.P. had invited us to go to Crunchy's where Aaron was celebrating his birthday. It was cool to see friends I met through Julie and Laura in a setting outside of our house.
On Saturday I met my parents in Commerce Township to pick up some furniture I found on craigslist. It's an entire furniture set: a couch, loveseat, and ottoman. They are a really grey olive green, and microfiber: absolutely awesome. They are exactly what I wanted for the living room at my house. That night I met up with Paula and her friend and went to Luna in Royal Oak. We had a great night dancing and getting to know each other... turns out we have an incredible amount in common. She was the first person to see my tattoo and recognize the album it's from! Sunday I went for a jog, took some bottles back, and went to Ferndale High School for VegFest. I got to sample a ton of great food, and I saw my friends Gregg and Anglea from Detroit Evolution Laboratory give a raw food demonstration. Afterward I drove out to Paula's house and we hung out for the evening, getting to know each other more. She is a really great girl, and I certainly want to spend more time with her.
Today, I started working on a campaign that James had flown to L.A. to work on for the past couple weeks, and was now being worked on here at RingSide. I have spent the day assisting Noah, an editor who lives and works in L.A. He is a really great guy who basically just brought along his laptop and set it up in an empty edit room. I think this independent, self-sufficient editing style is the kind of position I want to be in myself. We are going to be busy for the rest of the week, and even in to the weekend on this project. I have taken Thursday off to close on the house, and Sunday because of a family get-together. I am hoping, however, that with my parent's help we'll be able paint around my work schedule on Friday and Saturday, and finish up Sunday.
The time has relatively flown over the past week. Looking back I am very happy, because even being really busy this week, Thursday is going to take forever to come.
Last Monday I came home from work to find J.P. and Aaron hanging out in Julie and Laura's part of the house. I was glad to have people there, because after they left Sunday night, the house felt very lonely. Thursday at work WOMC radio came by with Tom Horton's coffee and doughnuts, as part of a promotion that one of our accounting ladies had won for us. By coincidence, one of the girls who came from WOMC was a girl I had met last fall at Trader Joe's in Royal Oak named Paula. We both recognized each other, but it took us a few minutes to place where from. After we realized, we exchanged numbers and agreed to hang out. After work Thursday I went to the Russell Industrial Center for the AIGA Design Re:View that featured some projects done by my coworkers. Afterward I went with a handful of friends from work over to the Northern Lights Lounge, but I was feeling very tired and didn't want to drink too much and drive home, so I took off around 11:00. Friday after a terribly slow day at work I drove to East Lansing to visit Ben. J.P. had invited us to go to Crunchy's where Aaron was celebrating his birthday. It was cool to see friends I met through Julie and Laura in a setting outside of our house.
On Saturday I met my parents in Commerce Township to pick up some furniture I found on craigslist. It's an entire furniture set: a couch, loveseat, and ottoman. They are a really grey olive green, and microfiber: absolutely awesome. They are exactly what I wanted for the living room at my house. That night I met up with Paula and her friend and went to Luna in Royal Oak. We had a great night dancing and getting to know each other... turns out we have an incredible amount in common. She was the first person to see my tattoo and recognize the album it's from! Sunday I went for a jog, took some bottles back, and went to Ferndale High School for VegFest. I got to sample a ton of great food, and I saw my friends Gregg and Anglea from Detroit Evolution Laboratory give a raw food demonstration. Afterward I drove out to Paula's house and we hung out for the evening, getting to know each other more. She is a really great girl, and I certainly want to spend more time with her.
Today, I started working on a campaign that James had flown to L.A. to work on for the past couple weeks, and was now being worked on here at RingSide. I have spent the day assisting Noah, an editor who lives and works in L.A. He is a really great guy who basically just brought along his laptop and set it up in an empty edit room. I think this independent, self-sufficient editing style is the kind of position I want to be in myself. We are going to be busy for the rest of the week, and even in to the weekend on this project. I have taken Thursday off to close on the house, and Sunday because of a family get-together. I am hoping, however, that with my parent's help we'll be able paint around my work schedule on Friday and Saturday, and finish up Sunday.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
rediscovered motivation
I spent an unfortunately lengthy, and yet widely distributed portion of the past three or four months laboring through Sons and Lovers written by D.H. Lawrence. Similarly to how I am inspired to do so many things (through popular culture reference), I heard D.H. Lawrence's name in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and decided that I'd like to have reading one of his books as an accomplishment under my belt. While browsing the used book store at the end of my block, I noticed the plain-looking hard-covered copy of Sons and Lovers that I would spend the next three or four months carrying. This purchase coincided with a decision of mine to buy a number of books which I have had interest in reading, as well as some which I have read before and wish to claim as part of a presentable collection. I intended Sons and Lovers to be just the first in a line of novels which I would quickly absorb during the cold winter months I would be trapping myself in my apartment. As it turns out, I spent more of that time watching movies and eating popcorn than I seemed to spend with Sons and Lovers. I managed most of my page-turning on weekend mornings when I stayed in bed with a couple cups of coffee and an empty agenda for the day. Even in those idealistic conditions, however, I was only able to manage a half-hour or so of solid reading. I worried that I was losing my ability to enjoy quality time with a good book. I feel, now that I have finished, that it was only the book that was hedging my interest. I have since shifted to Kurt Vonnegut's Bluebeard and in three days have almost 200 pages behind me and a rediscovered motivation to continue reading and consequently do some writing of my own. So, this entry is serving as a sort of exercise of my literary talents. I haven't been opening the notebook I'd started in October as routinely as when I'd started, but in the weeks remaining until I start painting, carpeting, and in other ways decorating my house, I hope to indulge my creative production.
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