happy BIRTHDAY!

i read on a random blog sometime over the past week that my beloved sparks was discontinued. after learning zima was gone forever i was saddened by not surprised. i did some research and wikipedia did not corroborate said blog, but they did give me this interesting tidbit:

Sparks also has a tendency to change the color of the tongue and teeth temporarily, after consumption of several of these beverages due to FD&C Yellow No.5. In some regions this discoloration is referred to as "Sparks Mouth". The drink caught on within the American hipster community, which has been known for its ironic glorification of several other cheap, low-grade alcoholic beverages.[1] As the can looks very similar to other, non-alcoholic energy drinks, some students may or may not have consumed them on school campuses without the faculty being aware.

ahhh how i miss my yellow-tongued sparks mouth. AND, does my taste for low grade alcoholic
beverages [i always thought drinking a 40 oz of king cobra brought out the thug in me] mean i
am being influenced by the "american hipster community".. ha!

so.. last monday i started painting the apartment after pulling out nails and staples and sanding for three days straight.

last tuesday it snowed an inch and they canceled school for TWO days. then another.

last wednesday peter turned 26. there was an ice storm the night before so he didn't leave for work until late. we took henry for a walk and saw a man dressed in a full snowsuit eat it. he managed to no spill his coffee though. i walked [very slowly] to safeway to buy provisions and made him a birthday dinner of ribs, cole slaw and birthday carrot cake. we ate it while i had chats with kelly. i froze the cake leftovers but there is only 1/4 left because i always want to eat it.

thursday and friday i painted some more.

saturday we went to a giant value village and international market in college park. that night we met tim + sherry in DC. the last time we saw them was christmas day, after a few vodka cranberries but apparently before my carlo rossi wine spill. i apologized for my sloppyness. we had dinner at sticky rice then drinks with some more ex-MI friends at the lonely hearts club. i forgot that socialising is fun.. it was nice to talk to someone besides petey and drink alcohol somewhere other than our couch.

sunday was warm and sunny so we walked downtown and around the harbor. i saw an ad for harbor street entertainer auditions. it is going to get sick in the summertime. we stopped at a bakery across from tortillarilla sinaloa to buy some jarritos, a cookie and a bag of tortas then went home to eat giant torta sandwiches.

monday it was warm again so , before painting, i went back downtown to cash my sweet tax return check from the UK. not only did i take advantage of nationalised health care and the extensive public transportation system while i was there, but they gave me a ton of money back for working. thank you HM revenue & customs. to celebrate i went shopping and bough a pencil skirt to wear to the job that i still don't have. go me. because of this check we decided it was OK to buy a tv and hopefully we'll be purchasing some shelves and a desk soon so i can unpack the last dozen boxes and i can use the sewing machine i got for christmas that has yet to come out of its box.

tuesday and yesterday i painted some more. and sanded and caulked. today i scraped old caulk off the counter with a razor blade for THREE hours.

tomorrow i am going shopping for house stuff and thrift all day while peter is at work. i told peter that we have to do two things this weekend: drink at a BAR and find a good diner. we are getting ready to have house guests.. woo!

we heard about this on npr. for some reason i often have a feeling i'm about to discover a body.. i used to mostly get that feeling when we were driving down the freeway just after the snow had melted. now i get that feeling when i walk henry and look down the alleys for stray cats.

sunday's episode of the office, stress relief, was so good i want to watch it again. stanley you will not die - barack is president - you are black stanley!

witness the history of the hair bow

the end.