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1. Where is your cell phone? bag
2. Your significant other? christopher
3. Your hair? product-ed
4. Your mother? awesome
5. Your father? reliable
6. Your favorite thing? comfort
7. Your dream last night? engrossing
8. Your favorite drink? coffee
9. Your dream/goal? retirement
10. The room you're in? office
11. Your hobby? cleaning
12. Your fear? embolism
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? retired
14. What you're not? content
15. Muffins? blueberry
16. One of your wish list items? car
17. Where you grew up? hometown
18. The last thing you did? lunch
19. What are you wearing? jeans
20. Favorite gadget? touch
21. Your pets? dead
22. Your computer? old
23. Your mood? optimistic
24. Missing someone? lots
25. Your car? broken
26. Something you're not wearing? earrings
27. Favorite store? online
28. Like someone? intensely
29. Your favorite color? blue
30. When is the last time you laughed? morning
31. Last time you cried? saturday

[lovingly stolen from brigette - thanks!]

that was pretty darn good weekend. lots of peoples, lots of fun, lots of work done and fun had and food ate. i even finished reading the new Wheel of Time book!

my iPhone lust is fading, thank god. but, i still think i'd be a fool to pass up the crazy deal i was made aware of. i know i'd love it and use it all the freaking time but... a three-year contract? that's a lot of commitment. i just don't know if i could handle that. and it's Telus and everyone knows Telus is the devil, right? mrrf. too much thinking!

ugh, i really shouldn't post when i'm this sleepy. zzz.

after spending all day obsessing over how i could manage to afford an iPhone, or not, all day, back and forth, Christopher put it into perspective for me on the car ride home:

me: oh, fuck it. i should just go buy a cat.
him: there's probably an app for that.

so, yeah. $44.80 each month is standing between me and some iPhone-y goodness. it wouldn't compromise any of my current financial goals (accelerated debt repayment, emergency fund padding, car repair/replacement saving), but it would cut into that nice little "extra" i have after paying the bills and putting money away each month. you know, the buffer which gets used for gifts, clothes, emergency pizza delivery.

it's not a hardship, but i still find myself balking. i have a perfectly working cell phone (if you don't count it's complete and utter crapness at texting) and a super magnificent iPod Touch which isn't even six months old yet. but... constant access to the internets. oh, data, you seductive temptress. that's why i'd get the iPhone. data.

the cheapest Telus plan, with the unlimited texting and caller ID add-on would cost me just $44.80 more than i currently budget for my pay-as-you-go Virgin phone. it would give me twice as many minutes as i would ever think of using and 500mb of sweet, sweet data (which, by all reports would be entirely suitable for my level of usage).

i think it's just the concept of paying over SEVENTY DOLLARS a month for a portable phone device. it seems so... excessive.

anyway, i just can't seem to decide, so i'm not. i know, you guys choose for me! i know you'll come up with the right decision! go forth and comment your choice!

update:

my friend Colene showed me a way to get the iPhone for less than half the regular price AND save on my plan to get it under that onerous $70 monthly total (not by much, but it's all psychological anyway). now my choice is just that much harder! ARGH!

my new curtains (in ivory) are up. i think they're too much like the colour of my walls. when the other new curtains arrive (in raindrop), they'll probably be much more to my liking.

i get my bonus tomorrow. unfortunately, i've already used some of it to buy american underpants and the aforementioned curtains. fortunately, there's still enough left for new nikes. and maybe even a nike+ to put in them.

my new hematologist is awesome. she's letting me continue taking rat poison for the whole six months just to keep me from freaking out. and she's ordered fancy scans of my lungs. i think i love her, even though she's way too skinny. bag of hangers skinny.

chez hessie has been officially reclaimed. i scrubbed down the bathroom last night. the bathtub hadn't been cleaned since before my surgery. that was one icky tub. what's almost as exciting as the clean abode: i can kneel! it's been a long time since i could do that.

it's a party weekend. birthdays and brunch and many people all over the place. and i'm not even dreading any of it! how novel.

my co-worker bought an iphone last weekend. i want an iphone so much. if i never wanted to have enough money to buy new clothes or birthday gifts or pizza, i could totally go get one. but, i kind of like to not be naked, appreciate my friends and melted cheese. therefore, i will continue to lust from afar.

when my INR drops below 2.5 i get anxious and stressed out. last night, it was 1.6.

i'm going to bed so i don't have to think about it anymore tonight.

alive, but barely. sales were better than expected, but not quite what i'd hoped. brigette & markus were my visitors today. big-sale lady from yesterday forgot to pay for her stuff at the communal till before leaving last night, but called today to get my address to send me a cheque. we'll see if that happens.

very tired and feeling kind of sad because my oldest and best friend is suffering something which might not ever go away. it breaks my heart to see her and know just how much it kills her to not be able to do the things she wants to. but, i do what i can, like giving her my old mp3 player filled with all the music we listened to in our youth for her birthday this coming thursday. it's very near the least i can do, but i know she'll appreciate it almost as much as the biggest gesture i could muster.

i couldn't do this craft fair thing every weekend. i have to go back to the office tomorrow feeling like i haven't had a single day off. ugh.

after a very slow and worrisome start, i ended day one with many small sales and one HUGEMONGOUS one. seriously, i didn't think that one lady was going to buy SIX magnet sets and TWO pendants and THREE more magnets! that was almost a hundred-dollar sale! holy crap!

there was fairly steady traffic all day, which was good. my table-partner, and co-worker Sandy, got the first sale, but until near the end, i got most of the rest. Nelson came to visit while Jana was at a baby shower semi-nearby. a couple co-workers came to visit, as well. and, we made friends with most every other vendor who kept us company in the basement room of the Urban Academy. right next to us was actually one of the teachers, which explains why so very many people coming by knew her name.

interestingly, people seem to really like looking at my photo cards, but aren't so very interested in buying them. nor is there much interest in the pendants or rings. magnet sets are selling well and, after a slow start, so are magnet monograms and singles.

i supported my fellow crafters by buying a cat-shaped spoon rest and a cat-eared/devil-horned sparkly toque (it's pretty fucking fantastic, actually). i'm sure i'll spend more of my profits there tomorrow. especially on those extra-chewy homemade chocolate chip cookies. yum.

now, i'm home after finally getting to go out for sushi with Christopher after we closed up shop for the day. i've counted my money and now, i think i'm going to lie down on the floor for a while and unkink my back.

i'm such a party animal.

p.s. if you're not doing anything tomorrow, the craft fair is open for one more day! come see me from 10-5! i like visitors!

this is a list of all the things i think i should have accomplished lately but haven't:

- cleaned my dad's car windows while he was away
- vacuumed the crap off my floors
- washed my floors
- cleaned the bathtub
- called my cousin back
- returned that text message from Tyler
- used my Wii Fit (Plus)
- roasted the peppers which hopefully haven't yet gone bad
- eaten those potatoes i baked
- cleaned the window tracks
- removed all the various gardening debris from the balcony
- fixed the bathroom drawer
- cleaned the kitchen light fixture
- called the super about getting my bathroom repaired
- gone for a walk
- posted better things more often
- called Meghan
- called Karen
- helped my uncle with his scanner
- called about counseling
- cleaned and purged my kitchen cupboards
- cleaned and purged my bookshelves
- cleaned and purged my storage closet
- cleaned out the bottom of the coat closet
- moved the cedar chest into the closet so i have room for a new dresser
- turned the mattress
- had the blinds washed
- bought new curtains for the livingroom (i just ordered some in two colours to decide between)
- cleaned my car windows
- put up my craft crap on Etsy for sale
- all that shit at work i hate doing
- shaved my legs
- called for a hair appointment
- worn my brace
- found some way of keeping in better touch with Jeremy, Heather and Tyler
- lost weight
- ate more vegetables
- gotten over all the September trauma already

well, i'm all packed up for the big craft fair this weekend!

everything is in a big paper box or a lululemon tote bag (sorry, colene). at least i hope everything is. my worst fear is to get halfway through the day on saturday and realize that i've forgotten something vital.

SO SCARED!

anyway, set up is friday night and i have a serious question about craft show set up etiquette. is set up night just for putting up of racks and laying blankets on tables? or, does one set up all one's stock as well? so you can just show up the next day and get to selling? i guess my partner and i will find out once we get there, but it all just seem so damn confusing!

oh, unless something miraculous happens, the fancy business cards i ordered won't be ready in time for the show. fuck. instead, i whipped up something dodgy in Word and printed them on those fuzzy-edged laser printer cards -- which is EXACTLY what i wanted to avoid in the first place. boo, hiss. although, how excellent is it that i'll have 250 business cards and nowhere to use them!

anyway, yeah. i'm stressed out and quite frightened to be on the other side of the table at a craft fair. i've been a frequent visitor, but never a vendor. i don't quite know if i'm up for it. that's why i think y'all should come by to cheer me up!

Christmas Magic at the Manor
November 21 & 22, 2009 10 am to 5 pm

Urban Academy
101 Third Street, New Westminster, BC

i'm so annoyed!

i wrote this really adorable post using my ipod touch and the free wi-fi at the airport, but by the time i was finished one-finger-typing it all out, my session had ended, i had to relogin and the whole thing got erased.

i hate you free airport wi-fi! you are an evil succubus! promising awesome, but delivering suck.

boo.

anyway, it's nasty out there! and, amazingly, my car actually started AND got me home after sitting at my dad's house, unused, for the last two weeks. although, can i tell you? screw power locks and windows. i'd freaking kill for power steering. ow, my biceps.