February 2008 Archive

Welcome to the Archive for February 2008! What you will find here may be old. It may scare you. It may even scare me! More importantly, you might find links that no longer work, and *gasp* information that is no longer, or possibly never was, accurate in any way. Don't rely on this information to save your life!

February 2008 Archive

Friday, February 29, 2008

[Comments: 1] 4:05 AM - wonderful-words

For some reason, the word "ridiculous" has recently become an important part of my vocabulary. I always knew this word existed and how to use it, but I generally didn't think to use it when an opportunity arose. I would say something was "absurd" or "crazy" or "nuts" instead of "ridiculous."

On some date, fairly recently, someone used the word in a conversation with me and from that point on it seems to have become the first word I can think of to describe something absurd. I feel that much I encounter is, in fact, ridiculous and now I have trouble managing not to use the word constantly.

I've actually been trying to force myself to use alternatives to avoid sounding like I favor the word especially, but I do. Why do I like this word so much suddenly? Why is it that nearly anything that happens that I find preposterous, I am compelled to call it ridiculous?

It's ridiculous.

Saturday, February 16, 2008

[Comments: 0] 5:47 AM - holy-crap-I've-moved-in

It really did happen. I closed on my condo on January 25th, 2008 and I am now officially a home owner, in the sense that I own 15% of this home and 85% belongs to Wells Fargo Home Mortgage. Regardless, this whole place is mine, and it is already largely unpacked and organized.

I still have a few bins of stuff that needs to be disbursed around the condo, but it's the stuff I don't really use or need, and I'm on the verge of just dumping it down the trash chute to make my life easier. Probably won't do that though. :)

Anyway, I moved in on the Saturday following the closing with Curt's assistance. The following week, my dad drove in with some items from Long Island I wanted to take and he helped me settle in further. We managed to get in a washer/dryer unit and additional storage and wired everything I have up in appropriate ways. My parents and sister are on their way back here later today to help me decorate and organize even more, so I should have a busy weekend, bleeding into early next week.

There are few issues with the place, though the most worthy of note is that the floor is uneven in some areas and has some flexing, indicating there's space under the floor. I have a work order in, but they're taking their time getting it repaired. I'll keep on them until it's fixed. I don't want to have my floors go bad in a few years because the construction people didn't put things together properly.

Nothing else is really new. I've been immersed in the condo project since it finally began, only 4 - 6 months past its original delivery date, and I haven't really gotten to too much else. Give me a few more weeks and perhaps I can get into a stable routine that lends itself to more fun stuff.

There are some pictures of the place hiding somewhere. The ones from the 21st are from the walk through, the 30th represent the initial organization, and the 5th show it roughly as it is now, though it's gotten significantly less cluttery since. I am also not still sitting there waving in the direction of the television.

I have a new local phone number and an address. If you need them, check my Facebook profile or email me!