The scuttlebutt (or lack thereof)

As my entries become less and less frequent, I am beginning to question myself. Really, how lazy have I become? Am I lame? Someone slap me, quick!

Certainly my days have been filled with something; that is, the never-ending consumption of chocolate cookies and B&J’s Phish Food ice cream. Top that off with a healthy dose of sleeping in (I’m talking about the physical motion of waking up late, not the exceptional track by The Postal Service — though both rank high in my book), and you’ve got my life. Pretty sweet.

For now, I am basking in the luxuries of my supermattress*(basically the equivalent of sleeping on a bed of fresh Jet-Puffed marshmallows, or a cloud), the joy of my mother making me the culinary extravaganza that is macaroni and cheese with hot dogs, and the comfort of knowing that I can do my laundry for free whenever I so please — though I don’t often take advantage of this. 

(My sister is sitting in Ohio right now, cringing. Short story: During her most recent visit, she actually expressed that she would rather wear her dirty clothes than my clean garments. This is not saying much about my hygiene, however, I can tell you that she is the only person other than my dad to express this — and I’m not certain that my father retains all of his “smell buds”, or what have you. End rant.)

In just a few short days I will, for the first time in my life, be living in an apartment. An apartment! Can you believe that. It’s like, I’m all grown up or something. Like I am being initiated into that elite group of the stereotypical “poor college students” (have you had enough of this one yet?) that have “dead sweet apartments”, where they store their secondhand disease-harboring couches, cases of Keystone Light**, various tchotchkes, and invariably, the quintessential posters purchased during the Sam Goody closeout sale and/or late night Wal•Mart runs (sober or not, here they come!). I am imagining this is what my apartment will be like***.

On the flip side, I just ordered a crazy little bed frame from IKEA that should be pretty interesting. I would have bought the whole damn store — if only! I can assure you that I will be sleeping on three times the amount of mattress pictured in the image.

In other excitement (!) I snatched a pretty stellar couch off the curb the other day (WILD, I know) and plan on reupholstering it soonly. It will have a new home in my apartment this fall, along with the many other treasures I picked up during a thrifting escapade yesterday.

Also, today I made an appearance as a special guest employee back at my old stomping grounds, the O&J FunCenter, where I briefly dabbled in the world of awesomeness once more. I can assure you, there is no other establishment that offers such perks as unbounded listens of Wilco, Band of Horses, and the Beatles, or encourages chocolate consumption.

Last but not least, upon my return to Fargo | Moorhead I will be promptly hopping on the job wagon and applying at every establishment deemed awesome by my standards. I cannot even begin to express the excitement of going back to work. I miss that sweet paycheck so badly! I need money now that I have an apartment and sweet head of hair to support. Kids these days.

 

Muchlove to all, and happy trails in the land of blog!

jc

*Slight exaggeration.

**Almost as classy as Natty Ice. 

***Sarcasm.