state of the mayhap

So, I have officially moved out on my own.

This is not quite true. Five of my seven full-sized bookshelves (and much other miscellany, but who cares about that stuff) are still at my parents' house. Until I am reunited with the full collection, I can but inhabit a partial existence.

Still, it is interesting to observe the differences this has wrought. At home, I only bussed the dishes from my room when they were completely choking every available horizontal surface (which included, incidentally, on top of the bookshelves that surrounded my bed). Now I went out and bought a bamboo dishrack with a little detachable compartment for silverware, and I'm excited about it. That last part is the truly scary bit.

I have also been driving myself to and from work, albeit with the presence of another licensed driver in the car, in accordance with the laws regarding these things. Amazingly, I have killed neither myself nor other people in the process! I haven't even maimed anyone! I count this as an accomplishment.

We have DirectTV now and it turns out that there is even more nothing on than there was when I made the monumentally disappointing leap from broadcast to standard cable. The primary improvement is that I no longer need to torrent Flight of the Concords. And I suppose Weeds, when it comes back on.

I can hear cars driving by my window in when I'm in bed! I can't tell you how much I missed that.

state of the mayhap

So, I have officially moved out on my own.

This is not quite true. Five of my seven full-sized bookshelves (and much other miscellany, but who cares about that stuff) are still at my parents' house. Until I am reunited with the full collection, I can but inhabit a partial existence.

Still, it is interesting to observe the differences this has wrought. At home, I only bussed the dishes from my room when they were completely choking every available horizontal surface (which included, incidentally, on top of the bookshelves that surrounded my bed). Now I went out and bought a bamboo dishrack with a little detachable compartment for silverware, and I'm excited about it. That last part is the truly scary bit.

I have also been driving myself to and from work, albeit with the presence of another licensed driver in the car, in accordance with the laws regarding these things. Amazingly, I have killed neither myself nor other people in the process! I haven't even maimed anyone! I count this as an accomplishment.

We have DirectTV now and it turns out that there is even more nothing on than there was when I made the monumentally disappointing leap from broadcast to standard cable. The primary improvement is that I no longer need to torrent Flight of the Concords. And I suppose Weeds, when it comes back on.

I can hear cars driving by my window in when I'm in bed! I can't tell you how much I missed that.

P.S. Longer Entry Later

⋆ Ann's reading voice is charming, and Paula's is simply fabulous!
⋆ Elizabeth/Tara⋆Starr OTP!
⋆ Ann/Paula OTP!
⋆ I hate canon death. My freshman advisor and creative writing professor had been good friends with her, so it was doubly personal for me when she died.

Edit: removed real unordered list and substituted fake bullets because LiveJournal was determined to cover them up with my icon in my layout. However, they are nifty Unicode stars. Tara would approve.

P.S. Longer Entry Later

⋆ Ann's reading voice is charming, and Paula's is simply fabulous!
⋆ Elizabeth/Tara⋆Starr OTP!
⋆ Ann/Paula OTP!
⋆ I hate canon death. My freshman advisor and creative writing professor had been good friends with her, so it was doubly personal for me when she died.

Edit: removed real unordered list and substituted fake bullets because LiveJournal was determined to cover them up with my icon in my layout. However, they are nifty Unicode stars. Tara would approve.