Archive for 2010

Beachy

Friday, July 9th, 2010

I haven’t really been to the beach in years. YEARS. Tiny violins in the distance…

During the summertime my day job just totally takes over. I have one day a week off during the span of the summer season and this year I picked Wednesday. On that single day I pack as many errands as I can to try and keep up with my crappy life. I don’t really see friends, I don’t thrift, I don’t relax and I don’t see my family for a few solid months.

This Wednesday we went to Ikea to pick up stuff for the bedroom and The Boy and I saw Rampage Jackson shopping around (I was too scared to take a picture – he could crush my face with his fist!). Afterward we drove some more to pick up a pair of Craigslist chairs (which turned out to be VERY disappointing) and then we ended up near enough to the beach that it seemed like a fun thing to stop by and take a walk (although, we were way overdressed).

This crazy seagull totally tried to dive bomb me (sorry for the crap iphone pics) but the waves were pretty sweet as the sun set. I did get my feet wet and was so desperate to go for a swim.

I’m hardcore dreaming about a beach vacation right now…and having some more time to work on the house. My priorities are all out of whack.

Enjoy the weekend homies. I’m waiting for Wednesday.

TV

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

Speaking of new giant things bought for the den – we took the plunge awhile ago and got a flat screen. Finally…after much debate. And the death of our TV.

How bourgeoisie.

It’s a Sony Bravia. It’s 40 inches. We got it at Best Buy.

I’m not like a tech person, but it seems to work fine. Better than our old hunk of crap. It still needs a wall mounting thing and the cables need to get cleaned up – maybe we need a new credenza to hide all the boxes and ugly things. Like Jill and TK’s great credenza.

Ugh, the whole thing feels kind of ridiculously middle class to me, but seriously I don’t even think they make TV’s that aren’t flat now. Somehow I feel like “that guy”, you know, the one that’s too invested in television or something. I do love me some TV time tough. I want to make it better with that Netflix box! How do I get Netflix to my TV? Cheaply. Oh, and not with an ugly cable.

New Sofa

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

Iggy doesn’t take shit from no one and he loves this new sofa.

For real. Dogs totally care about this shit.

We got that gray sofa. Obviously.

The Florence Knoll Lounge Collection Sofa has long been one of my dream pieces and it’s got a price to match. The knockoff version is about as close as we will ever get. We picked this knockoff up from here.

The den still needs new lighting and a new rug and some new futzing around. In time homies…in time.