the gods are punishing me. and in the most appropriate manner possible. an earache. only this was not just the ole, my ears are clogged and hurt a little. this was sharp ass motherfucking pain in BOTH my ears. and the kicker is, i basically did it to myself. see i have an earwax problem. i'm one of those people who is prone to a lot of earwax buildup. and so i thought i'd try one of those earwax eardrop kit things. so i got one at target and used it. all seemed well. ears were a bit sore so i put some other ear drops i had for when your ears are sore. and next thing i know my ears are hurting like a motherfucker. i think some of the liquid got stuck in there. and so alex and i were at the of montreal show and my ears started hurting more and more to the point where i couldn't even pay attention to anything but the excrutiating pain in my ear. so after a few songs into their set, we left. i felt so bad cuz i know how much alex was looking fwd to the show but my ears just hurt so much. i offered to just go to the car and lay down while he watched the rest of the show but he didn't want to do that to me. so we left. and i went home and tried to sleep right away. only the pain was so bad i couldn't sleep. i took some advil and alex looked up remedies online. one was to put rice in a sock and heat it up in the microwave. then put it in your ear to soothe the pain and also draw out the moisture. so i did that and fell asleep that way. and this morning the pain was gone. but my ears are still plugged. so if it doesn't get better in a day or so i'm going to the doctor. but yea. LAME. i've never felt such intense ear pain before. it was like having a migraine for your ears. jesus.
on other notes. the 4-way party was fun but not as fun as when it's at brian's and i can get smashed and walk home. not to mention i knew, just KNEW, that someone would not realize it wasn't at brian's and show up there. that person was ollie. and shaun was ALMOST that person except he checked the evite for the exact address to give the taxi driver and realized it wasn't at brian's house. luckily i hadn't left yet and was able to drive him. but yea.
and my computer is on it's way back to me. repaired in full. $50 out the door. it just needed a new fan. so the IT guy here is putting a new one in and cleaning out all the dust and it can come home to me! yay!
remind me to never move to a new apt again....
i just went apt searching with alex. it's a nightmare out there. granted he's super picky and wants to live alone with a parking spot for under $1200, but shit. i mean i think i could find a place that would do for under that price but i also wouldn't die if i didn't have a dishwasher which is a MUST for him. although he's lived in like 4 places now without a dishwasher and he HATES to do his dishes. so i dunno. i've never lived without one. i don't actually know what it would be like to do the dishes every damn day. it's probably a pain in the ass. regardless, single bedroom apartment hunting sucks. he found a place he deemed suitable last week for $950 a month but he wanted to look around more and now it's taken. damn the fucking man. the search continues. i think i want to ride this house out as much as i can. we already all agreed to live here another year which is great. cuz my rent barely goes up every year. i think i pay somewhere around $650 a month and i have my own bathroom. i can't complain. yea parking is a bitch but i've learned to live with it. if i'm still dating alex april of next year and i think things are getting more serious, i'll propose the idea of moving in together just to save on rent for the both of us. there are a shitload of nice 1 bedroom apartments out there for like $1400 a month. and split by the both of us, that would rock. but anyway. i shant worry about that now except that my poor alex is still continuing the grueling search. at least he doesn't HAVE to move out. he just wants to. and "have" and "want" are two very different things.
meanwhile coachella madness continues. apparently sunday tickets have already sold out and who knows if other days will or not. to ensure i got my spot, i went and bought the 3 day pass today. goddamn ticketmaster raped me in the ass. i mean i knew they would but to see it happen is an entirely different situation. i predicted it would be about $340 for camping and 3 days. and yep i was about right. i think it came to like $337 total. JESUS FUCKING CHRIST. however, that's basically how much reading fest costs too. soo i mean i can't really complain. that's just how it goes if u want to see 3 days of awesome awesome music.
so the credit card hates me. my wallet is screaming. and i still have to get a new digicam at some point. probably next month when i can afford it. and i also have to attempt to fix my cell phone. tho i could careless at this point since it still works. but if it doesn't then i'll be fucked. i pray the backlight issue doesn't affect other aspects of the phone....
i should shower and get ready for the party. it's so cold in the house. gah!!! i need to do more work on my website tomorrow. but not having a desktop right now is just fucking weird. working on my laptop as my primary computer doesn't settle well with me. i don't know how people do that. oh and that's another expense. my computer! but luckily the guy at work is looking at it for me. he told me on friday it is in fact my fan. so he said he'll try and repair it on monday or find me a new fan and i'll pay him back. thank god i work with techy people!!! im thinking this repair will be $75 or so. maybe less. i hope i hope. that's not too bad if it means i can use the computer for another year. cuz i'm really NOT ready to buy a goddamn $3000 machine right now. i'm just not.
shit man i totally forgot to post this yesterday. i was so busy in a deluge of music that i totally forgot. first of all, RAGE...bleh. bjork, YES!!! the lineup is goddamn fantastic. so many bands i want to see. the downer is it's going to cost a pretty penny. $249 for three days + $45 for camping. plus ticketmaster rape charges. jesus....but i'll still go. hell fucking yes.
meanwhile my shit is falling apart. already my cell phone crapped out on me. the backlight won't light up so i can't see the screen when i open the phone. other than that it still works but still.....
my brakes gave way a couple weeks ago so i had to spend $450 to fix them.
and now my computer seems to be making funny sounds. methinks the fan bearing needs replacing. gah!!! i can't afford a new $3000 computer right now. so i'm going to try and take it to the mac store and see if they can help me and figure out how much it costs to fix the fan or whatever is wrong with it.
and then of course there's my digicam which i broke and now i have to get a new one, this time with accident insurance of course!
gah too many things.....too much money....
i had my first deep-fried twinkie a couple hours ago thanks to my good friend and roommate, fryer lawrence. i have to say it was really tasty but like many things fried, it is sitting there. right inside my body. wishing it had an easy way out. i'm sure my heart is growling at it trying to make it go away. haha
i'm doing work on my website. trying to get it up to speed. i realized that i'm sort of nearly done. ie, i don't have THAT many more pieces to put up. but then i do have to comprise a lo-fi html version. gah!!!! meanwhile i'm in a medicated haze. i've been mildly sick for a few days now. i hate being mildly sick. it's so goddamn annoying. it's easier to get really sick and then just stay home for a day and sweat it out. but when you are like sort of sneezing, sort of coughing, sort of feverish, and sort of congested, it's hard to justify staying home from work. so then the illness prolongs and you are just waiting it out. that's me. and i'm doing it under a few types of meds as i am no anti-western medicine person. i say bring on the pills goddamnit! i ain't gonna let this cold just "work it's way out." fuck that. i want drugs.
i suppose last night's affairs didn't really help my cold. i went out after work with my coworkers for some dinner, drinks, and karaoke. i, of course, didn't sing. it was fun though. got to have a good chat with some of the girls in the office who i don't usually talk to on a regular basis. that was refreshing. it's always good to get to know your coworkers just that much better. i mean i know laurel and byron really well and doug, jeff, and lawrence mildly well. but everyone else is sort of distant to me. so anytime i can further bridge that gap, i'm game. the karaoke place we went to was quite a trip. the bar has signs saying "no dancing" and "no chewing gum" but no signs saying "no smoking" therefore people are smoking inside which is technically against the law. ah well, annette and frankie...uh i mean, the two owners of the bar...were delightful in their sort of faux-60s way. byron was the first of our group to sing and he got up and sang "yellow submarine" which was hilarious. i got some on video. i'll be spreading that around the office on monday. yes sir.
i must break to say that i'm currently listening to "maple leaves" by jens lekman after reading brian's best of 2006 list and realizing i had never heard jens' latest album. this particular track is really damn good.
anyhow, i had dinner with dan the other night and we caught up on everything from ellen's fantastical worldly life to why he never wants to talk about julia ever again. i also picked out a new shirt for his ever-expanding wardrobe. it was good times. it's always good times with dan. well, i guess it wasn't many years ago when he would frustrate me to no end with our bi-annual talks. but those days have long past and it's always good times now.
tonight i'm going to see "children of men" with alex. i need to get out of the house after working for many hours. tomorrow i'm having brunch with joe to catch up on the new year and to discuss me possibly making the movie poster for his feature length movie he made back in may. that should be fun. i think ever since he left to make that movie i, and everyone else in our group, haven't seen him that much. he's been downgraded to a cameo star rather than cast member. so sad. then i'll probably go check out an apt with alex since he's looking to move next month. then i have to go to verizon to try and get my phone fixed and/or convince them to give me a new one since the backlight for the screen inside doesn't work if i open the phone more than halfway. clearly this must be an manufacturer defect. right?!
ok enough of this. back to work.
i'd like to say i'm becoming psychic but i know that's just not the case....
especially because i fucked up my blog again. i accidentally deleted the database where it's stored so i have to start over. again...luckily i know how and luckily it doesn't affect the archives. they are all still there...so for the entries from a few days ago in january, please refer to the archives section.
anyway...
last week there was a plane crash here in LA. well, van nuys to be exact. and the night before i dreamt there was a plane crash. that was near the plane when it landed all wobbley and crash into the side of a building. that's not what happened to the real plane that crashed but the fact that one crashed right after i had a dream about the same sort of event is a bit strange.
then this weekend was amanda's wine party. now prior to going to the party i for some reason got the idea that she and one my friend lovely good old-time friends would be great together. just a totally random thought that was unfounded on any events. well word on the street is that the pursuit is on! so we'll see how this all develops. but i'm glad to see my predictions could come true. they both deserve good people. so i hope it works out.
now for something totally different. my house. i've been living with my boys for nearly 6 years. we are coming up on our 6 year anni in a few months and i just found out that they all want to continue living in the same house for at least another year. so we shall. and what this means is next year will be our 7th year together. and commonlaw marriage is 7 yrs living together. SOOOOO i propose a party. a wedding-themed party. with my birthday being the bridal shower since i am the "bride" in the house. this could be really awesome. gift registry for my birthday gifts. save the date e-mail invites. the whole shebang. i bet we could find a place to rent out where we could have the wedding party. and people could dress up all fancy. it could be really cute. yes it's over a year away but i'm just throwing it out there. it would be super super cute....
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