seriously chilly weather we’ve been having here lately.

let’s see, what have I been up to?

went & got an estimate on my car – not that bad really. it’ll cost me $250 if I want to do the work on it. and my insurance will even cover a rental while it’s in the shop! sweeeet! i do pay insurance for a reason! hah so ya, thank goodness I pay a fat amount for a low deductable! but it is a bummer that I was about to sell the darn thing and now I gotta put money into it!

speaking of selling it, I want to put it on eBay – but it seems like you gotta be really official and have tons of photos and stuff like the dealerships do. And then I wouldn’t want someone drivin all the way out here for it & deciding they didn’t want it, etc. eBay Motors scares me – but I hear it’s quite the place for selling cars online these days.

um – so let’s see.. last week after the car accident that night we went to Gogol Bordello. They’re crazy. It was hyper and a bit of fun – but I have to say I was kinda sore from the crash and wiped out/depressed about the stupid election… Nov 3rd, 2004. What a day eh? So ya, that was alright, but I was tired. I recommend going to check them out though – they had a ton more energy than me! I was impressed.

Thursday night we went to dinner in North Beach and it was really romantic and wonderful. Then we headed over to Bimbo’s for the Delgados show. They were really fantastic. We got there just in time for Crooked Fingers, but lost in our woo’ing we sat in back and cuddled, smooched and talked most of the way through it. Sickening I’m sure, but it truly was a lovely night – and hearing the Delgados at the end made it even more fantastic.

Friday night we hit a movie at the Parkway Theatre (wine, pizza, couches! oh ya!). We saw Team America: World Police and it was pretty funny. Totally offensive, and hilarious in terms of making fun of how tough America thinks it is. The South Park guys really push it to the limits!

Saturday I worked a bit and then headed over to my friends going away party and got to see a bunch of old coworkers from my days at Fine Brand. They all have kids! Then I came home & cleaned my apartment like a maniac. I’m the Janitor here at WilloToons Headquarters. Glamorous, huh?

Guess what happened Sunday!??!?! I GOT A COUCH!!!!!

It’s a futon – pretty comfy…. and under $100 AND I got a red cover for it! woohoo! It’s good to have. I sat down on it after we moved it in, but haven’t sat down on it since. I might tonite though – because I CAN!

Sunday afternoon I went over to my friends Jem and Tania’s house and Darren met us there for another craft extravaganza. I made buttons!!!! So FUN! I’ll take photos or somethin sometime soon. I need a button machine of my own!

Jem used the resin I had to make some stuff – and Darren got all ready to use my etching stuff, but we soon realized after he’d done all his hard work exacto-knifing box-cuttering that the etching solution was the one piece missing out of my huge craft box. *sigh* Sorry Darren! But he was a good sport & stuck it out for me to crank out some more buttons before we wisked off to the Juliette and the Licks show.

Yes, that’s right. 4 shows in 4 days. Yes, we’re crazy. You know who else is crazy? Juliette Lewis.

Except I didn’t like it as much as I would have liked to have liked it. Something about her spreadin the rock made it seem too much like a stanky drunk in a dingy bar. But that coulda been the crowd. It basically was an expensive ticket to see a celebrity.. but the reviews are right: Her music isn’t that great. She’s entertaining to watch though – but it was packed and I was over it. My Bailey’s on ice was tasty though. I wish I had 2 for 1 coupons for those.

Anyway – good to see some familiar faces at that show, but even better to get my arse home and in bed.

I’ve been loving my bed lately. I finally put on the electric blanket tonite and I can’t tell you how stoked I am to climb in that warm safe haven. I’ve been taking 35 minute hot showers most other nights to heat me up to the point where I know I can crawl in bed nice and warm and not shiver for a half hour wishing I could sleep and that it wasn’t so damn cold in here. So ya, it’s damn time I got out the electric blanket.

I’ve also been enjoying reading in bed before I sleep. Lastnight I didn’t go to bed till 12:35 (after my hot shower from 12-12:30) and even though I had to wake up “hella” early, I couldn’t help but just read a couple pages. I’m almost done w/ The Fountainhead. It’s insane how many months its taken me to get through this book – as I just hardly read except when I’m on the bike/treadmill at the gym… so goes to show how much I’ve been slackin on the workin out over the summer! haha. Anyway – I’m almost done and I’m excited. Next up: The Devil Wears Prada

Lastnight I worked all night (and any time you’re not hearing me talk about extracurricular activities, insert sleep, eating or work.)

Tonite we were supposed to meet Sarah Hatter for a movie, but she bailed so it turned out to be just Rick & I. We went & saw I Heart Huckabees. It was good, very heady & some basic thought processes around growth – but very funny and entertaining. The French lady bugged me for some reason -but I really liked Lily Tomlin and Dustin Hoffman in it – and Mark Walberg’s character, too.

Does Jude Law have an accent in real life?

Then we went for Chai Yo Thai and it was really good. I saw a really old ex-boyfriend on the way over there and was SOOO glad he didn’t recognize me. I thought for sure he would but as soon as I passed I realized he probably didn’t because I have brown hair now AND I was wearing my glasses. phew! He was super possessive and I even used to have daymares (nightmares while walking down the street in broad daylight) that I’d run into the f*ker. Anyway… I hated bringing it up to Rick, but it freaked me out seeing him.

Blah blah blah now I’m home. Does this win the award for the most lackluster willotoons post or what?

Night.