we look the same forever

here are some pictures I took of Prune a few years ago. On film, even.
I used to be a pretty good photographer. Until digital came into my life.


Prune-earnest-face is one of my favourite things.

I did not take any photos at dot last night, which is a bit too bad since one dude had a broken nose real bad, I should have documented it better.
Fisher said "you said I was a bit of a baby!" and I laughed. 

Here are pictures Prune took of me on that same day:

Whoa, highlights, hey?
Five years ago, and we still look pretty much the same. Haa, man, we look the same as grade 3, who are we kidding?


Solidgold hang times with Prune. Pretty much as always. Sure, Prune irritates me just as much as anyone else, but I know her. I know her probably better than I know anyone. I don't have to explain anything to her or give her the backstory, she was there for most of it. And we also have similar approaches to communicating (mostly). 

Island this summer:



(Remember the summertime? Not to go on about this, but MAN am I excited for this summer.)



anyway. yes, we hung out at dot and in true dot fashion we ran into another woman we've been meaning to make plans with. How totally classic.




All I've been listening to is the new Timber Timbre album. I just love this guy, guys.
Again, you can stream it here.
Fisher says it's not as good as the last one. And maybe not but it is surely still delicious and you can listen to them back-to-back if you like I'm alright with that for sure.


I've done a bit of cleaning lately, big sorting and cleaning out and tossing shit.
Diabetes foundation did a pick-up today and I left them 4 garbage bags full of stuff. Amazing. And that wasn't even all the clothes because I saved a bag to take for swapping. (clothing swaps are my life.)
Threw out so many shoes! Fuck you, shoes!
I still have 3 pairs of small brown boots. It's actually insane the amount of boots I need.
Boots boots boots boots.

Hey tomorrow is the 7 year anniversary of me living on my own. WHOA. Also 7 years in this apartment. Whoaly.

Prune brought me sage to burn in the corners of this place the first night we came here and a fuse had blown and there was no light. I didn't even have a bed when I first came here. I did have a lot of CDs, though. Ha, priorities. 


Haa, my kitchen shelves still look like this basically. And this is from 5 years ago. I don't care. I still like it.

Plus it looks like I'm moving out in a couple of months here. PANIC. No, I used to have multiple panic dreams about losing this apartment but lately I feel a bit tired of this place and I have multiple dreams of finding other rooms and spaces I'd never realized were there.
Several dreams of rooftop gardens and several dreams of finding a whole other room which can just be my closet (haaaa imagine having a whole room devoted to clothes/accessories? yikes).


Before I had an AC unit in the back window I used to climb out onto the roof more. This is the view from outside.
Still love this place. Hopefully will sublet it for a few years, or hopefully someone I know rents it and then if they ever leave maybe I'd want it back.


These are today.
I get to work the Korn concert tonight. Where is the backward R key?

Then Jays home opener tomorrow and I'll be back in the green. Right? Lord, I hope so.

pre-christmas dinner party part 2 yeeeah

The rest of the photos from my pre-Christmas dinner party!

omg I love those Christmas crowns! Sweet Beastly "this doesn't fit my head, looks like I'm going to have to tape it to my hair just like every other year"
holy jeez I'm still laughing about that.



Whatever. My apartment is so cozy. It's rather like a little pigsty and way too crowded but it's so cozy and I feel so at home here so maybe I'll be over feeling defensive about it.
Though, I do want a down mattress cover or maybe memory foam?, I feel like that would make things tip top notch around here.
Anyway.




My neighbour just put out a couple of pink and purple chairs by the curb and I kind of want them to paint white, they are good solid chairs.. but the problem is how I would never get around to painting them then I'd be stuck with pink and purple chairs. Hmmmmm.

I want a new table, too. Actually I want the table I had before back. Rough life.



okok, the pictures from the other iphone now!

I'm avoiding getting down to work despite how I have that feeling in my stomach like maybe I'm on the verge of something good.. It's okitsok.

I'm looking forward to my walk to work so much for some reason. I feel like jumping and dancing. Got all of that sadness out of my system last night maybe?
Hopefully!

thursday thursday

I'm in love love love with having my back window back. I kept meaning to get around to taking the air conditioner out of the window now that it's cold out and all that but I was like "who even cares" but MAN I forgot how much I love that window. No wonder I was so upset to put the AC in in the springtime.I need a more attractive AC unit. I need a lot of things in this place.


I do love my apartment but goddamn do I hate my apartment sometimes. I actually only hate it in terms of other people. Like when babes come over it's just not the best for entertaining and I'm hosting the pre-Christmas edition of mixtape club next week and it's a full-out dinner party where is everyone going to sit?? I'm nervous.
Seven years (in April) is such a ridiculously long time to live anywhere. That's longer than high-school! That's my whole adult life thusfar. Sometimes I think I should move just to prove that I can but I could never find as good of a deal as this with this much sun and privacy...
aw, I do love it.


This cat's past foster parents email me to check in on her. That's how nice she is. JFYI.

I carried some shelves home from the curb down the street they're on my front porch right now. I wonder what the eff I'm going to do with them... It's funny to lug something home at 4 a.m. I felt like a productive little worker. Okok fine I might have been a bit drunk.





I don't really know why I haven't been blogging the past few days. I guess maybe because I keep starting bigger entries about actual subjects but then I leave them for a minute and don't know how to edit them or make them good to publish. Lots and lots of things on the mind but not sure how to get it out on here today. Kind of fair. Kind of annoying, kind of fair.


I overwatered the green onions. I love egg salad I love potato salad. Oh man I have to make a menu plan for my pre-Christmas mixtape club dinner party. What will it be what will it be?


I did a bad job of washing off my make-up in the bath. Not my fault as there wasn't any hot water left.
Worst.



raymi blogiversary tonight. I'm excited to partytime! It should be a shitshow? hopefully?
I have to find something ridiculous to wear and I better fix my hair. It's so thin! I have the thinnest hair!  Luckily all of a sudden it's the longest ever. It might actually be the longest I've ever  had it. The last haircut I had she said "you don't really have to cut your hair". I think that's true. you want long hair? Don't cut it all off.

raymi says I can't hit on all the babes tonight which means I'm going to have to pick carefully just kidding I don't want to step on anyone's toes. I think Dayna's coming and maybe Flash Gordon and so maybe I'll just keep my eyes on my favourite ladies.
I also want to dance. Please remind me if you see me that I enjoy dancing. I frequently forget. 

Ah man I was hanging out with my one friend for a bit last night and we were honestly making some of the funniest jokes. That's the best when you can't stop laughing and you're waiting around to make the next joke because the jokes all snowball forever and it reminds you of other funny things and the funny keeps multiplying. Yeeah the best.
I'm good at building on jokes. If you need your joke built on, call me.