yup, 1,700 entries on this blog. i actually wrote over 2,000 entries on my blog before it died, so i'm actually around 4,000 entries! yay for dedication! and inspiration! :)
so i had my house inspection today. nothing major: just some loose toilets, missing smoke alarms, a loose strap on the water heater (safety hazard), some old appliances (garbage disposal, heater, toilet "guts"). i'll see if i can get the sellers to fix/add some of the stuff before i move in. the guy was very thorough; it was amazing. and he had this really cool collapsable ladder that he used to look in the attic. apparently, the home inspectors are really busy these days because so many people are buying homes.
two things the new place has that i don't have right now are air conditioning and an alarm system. it costs around $35 a month to tie the alarm system to the brinks center. do you think it's worth it? all three doors that lead to the outside have these deadbolts that i don't have now at the old place, so that's some added security.
the place is so similar to my place now that it's surreal. when i move, it'll be like, "take this box, and go the new place and put it in the same location." ha! it won't feel like i've even moved, i bet. the only place that's really different is the tv nook. where there used to be a counter and a mirrored wall, there is absolutely nothing, so i'll have to buy a tv stand and a shelf to put my alcohol. that's about it; everything else is pretty much identical.
my VCR is about to be obsolete. comcast is switching to digital cable, and unless i'm mistaken, my VCR won't be able to record the signal. *sigh* bye bye, VCR! i'll have to switch to DVR's. ah, i'm finally catching up on recording technology. i bet i'll love it. no more waiting to rewind the tape, heck, no more buying blank tapes. (although, i've been using the same tape over and over again.) and the recorded video quality will be much better!
i put my head down on my desk earlier this morning, and i almost drooled on myself. i felt the saliva leak out of my mouth, and i sucked it in just before it dripped onto my jeans. ewww. why do we drool? why do we generate spit when we're sleeping or about to fall asleep?
so i checked the sparrow's nest outside our building, and there seem to be only three chicks. did one of them die? :( poor thing. but the rest of them are growing very quickly. just a week and a half ago, they were eggs! and now, they're almost two inches long, their eyes are open, and they're all fuzzy and stuff. the three of them are outgrowing their tiny nest. ah, life!
i wore UNC basketball shorts to bball today. you know, as a celebration for the championship they won yesterday. i showed them off, and robin was like, "ha, you're such a BANDWAGON follower!" i took offense to that. i've always liked UNC! i've had these shorts for a long time! i watched the game last night, and for most of it, it wasn't even close. when MSU came within 13 points, and they shot that 3 (but didn't make it), i was very nervous. had they come within 10, the momentum would have been on their side. of the 70,000+ in the arena, 50,000 or so were MSU fans. so man, the roar would have been deafening. after all, they were in detroit, less than 100 miles away from MSU's campus.
so blake griffin is declaring for the NBA draft. i wonder how he'll do. he'll be a power forward, but i don't know if it's big enough to bang with the bigs in the pros. it'll be interesting, because he'll most likely go #1 in the draft. we shall see, i guess. i like him. tyler, i dunno. he's passionate and scrappy, but i don't think he's gifted enough. i still don't like tyler; it's his buggy eyes that creep me out. they don't call him "psycho T" for nothing.
_fringe_ is back! yay! i've missed this show. time for some freaky stuff.
i took the grammar quiz on facebook. some of the questions were really tough, and they got me doubting myself. i had an awesome grammar teacher in 7th grade, mrs. gorman. she pounded grammar into our brains, and i still remember some of the mnemonics she drilled into us. stuff like, the helping verbs: "has have had, do did does, may might must, could would should, can will shall, am be are is being was were been." we also had two-minute drills where we had to write down fifty prepositions. she was one of my favorite teachers ever, hands down. (btw, i got an A+ "grammar master" rating on the quiz. yay!)
so i've already seen the list of songs that the _american idol_ contestants are going to sing. tonight is "songs from the year you were born" night. some of the song choices are quite questionable. it's gonna be rough, i can tell. we shall see.
speaking of AI, i have a terrible gay-dar. i had no idea adam lambert was gay. i mean, he's definitely progressive (earrings, black nail polish), but gay? i didn't have a clue. but vftw posted pictures of him making out with a guy, and i was like, "huh?" ah. i'm just dumb, i guess. i just hope that this news doesn't turn people off to him, because he definitely is the most talented contestant in the competition.
lately, i've been bringing a banana to work, but what winds up happening is that i take it home with me. i eat it at home at night, but it bugs me that i'm so unmotivated to eat it during the day. i mean, it takes like, what, two minutes to eat a banana? a banana is the LEAST high maintenance fruit out there! there's no cutting, prepping, cleaning, zilch. it's the best! and yet, i can't find the effort to do it while i'm at the office. that's pathetic.
ok, that's it for today. there's beef stew at the office for dinner tonight. i LOVE beef stew. but i'm also craving gyros. hm. who wants to eat gyros with me?