The Way I See It # 315

I'm thinking I want a baseball bat under my bed. Either tonight after Brendan and Sid left I heard noises outside my window, and it freaked me out. tonight is my first night sleeping alone in Richmond, so it's no wonder why I'm up so late. I'll eventually get used to it, but for now I guess I'll sleep with one eye open. Brendan saw my place tonight and said something interesting. He said that my apartment was full of things I need, and that he couldn't see anything used for something frivolous, like games, posters, etc. After he and Sid left I thought maybe I was a boring individual. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized that I take great pleasure in picking out furniture, and arranging it the way I want. I guess lights used for tasks, and carpets on the floors are my frivolous expenditures, even if they are really "needs" rather than "wants." I remember that Sid used to comment on my love-affair with Ikea by relating it to the views given in the book/movie "Fight Club", in which Tyler Durden remarks that we are so driven by material possessions that we become as insignificant and meaningless as the objects we buy. Chuck Palahniuk typically points out the ideal weaknesses of mankind in his books (at least in the three that I've read; Fight Club, Choke, and bits of Invisible Monsters); these weaknesses often include man's infatuation with the material and superficial. When Sid mentioned this during my rant about my affection for Ikea furniture I had to object. I don't see myself as obsess with material possessions. Humans by nature gravitate towards beauty, and if beauty can be expresses in the simple lines of my Ektorp arm chair, then why can't I have a small obsession with it? While humans shouldn't be scorned for acting humanly, I can imagine faults much more worse than devoting a love to furniture and interior design. If beauty is the vehicle of such materialism, then shouldn't those who prefer those that are beautiful rather than those that are ugly be more easily targeted for being materialistic and superficial?


it's almost 3, I need to sleep.

The Way I See It # 314

The Way I See It # 313

So I've been in Richmond for three days and it's been an interesting transition. Luckily I've had Sid down here to share the experience, and the nights, but right now he's at his apartment and I'm here by myself. I've been cleaning, searching for my missing ottoman cover, which I'm pretty sure won't be recovered, and waiting for my mattress to arrive. It's frustrating looking through the window whenever I heard a large truck pass by. The apartment is coming together, furniture wise at least. My shower is frightening due to the rapid-like water pressure. But sacrifices are expected with such an old place. I love looking through my bay window, my shiny new clock, the futon looks great, and Sid's interior design eye helped me configure my desk area.


I wish I had a bigger tv, maybe I'll swap my 13" for the extra tv we have at home. Although, I don't know. A big problem I have is the type of outlets my apartment has. Most of my plugs are 2 pronged, so my surge protector, my mac charger, and other plugs I have will not work. I wonder if I can get an adapter. Maybe mom will bring me one when she comes up this Saturday.

I'm getting my paycheck mailed to the house, so I hope it comes before Saturday as well.


Since there aren't a lot of people here in Richmond Sid and I keep wondering what to do. So I think I'll make a list:

1. hookah
2. watch a movie
3. walk down Main
4. go to the public Library
5. picnic is Monroe Park
6. watch Michael Phelps win his 8th gold tonight at 8 pm!!

The Way I See It # 312

Goodbye Oakton, I'm leaving you just soon enough.

I won't miss you!

The Way I See It # 311

My lack of updates clearly indicates how busy I've been. My summer is at an end, My last day at work is from 6-11 tonight, I'm packing up all of my belongings, I've done so much laundry it's crazy, I still have more laundry to do.

I'm crazy about getting down to Charlottesville tomorrow to move Jackie's furniture to my place. I have a huge pimple on my nose that hurts like a bitch, and i have nothing to wear, since all of my clothes are packed (Harrumph).

but life is good. Sid is moving to Richmond today, so that's really exciting. He says it's his time to officially move out of his mother's house, and that's such a big step! I'm a little bit intimidated about living on my own in Richmond. I'll have the comfort of good friends, I'm sure, but at the end of the day, will I welcome the silence, or dread it? At any rate, time will tell, and this is just another chapter opening up in my biography, I guess.

I'm really going to enjoy making my apartment my own, as I have said, so I guess if nothing else occupies me, there's that going for me!

The Way I See It # 310: Sneak Peek At My Work In Progress

I went down to Richmond the other day to check on my apartment and clean it up. Since it's a work in progress, I thought I would document as the magic happens!



I nearly pulled my arm off trying to pull open this pocket door. It's my front door, so this is either a blessing, or really bad.








This is the swiffer after three other pads. The floor was really dirty!!

The Way I See It # 309

I finally sold my drum set. I'm so relieved, because $300 in my pocket makes me a bit more relaxed about everything. I'm supposed to go to Target and pick up a whole bunch of stuff today, and I need some extra cash. I saw the apartment yesterday and it's awesome. It's a bit more worn than I remember, but that should be expected because I was so excited when I first walked in. But I can just tell that my place is going to kick major ass. I already comes with a window AC AND my landlord is replacing my ceiling fan with a new one! I just need to invest in lighting because it can get dark as fuck in there, being that it's so small.

I'm really amped, and ready to get started with this move to Richmond.