Dear Condo Board:

Thank you so much for deciding to turn off the air conditioning today, the outside temperature of 81°, much higher than is normal for this time of the year, will be reflected within our homes all the more. Perhaps this is meant to make us appreciate the hot sweltering days of summer that are now past. Being on the top floor, I get full advantage of all the heat rising from the floors below to the point where my apartment is currently a sauna! This will make it so efficient to do my chores and cooking this evening as I will be able to shed gallons of sweat from the slightest bit of activity.

Additional thanks must be given for the decision to switch the building over to heat 5 days from now, when it will be a very brisk 72° outside and the evenings are expected to drop all the way into the low 60s! Just as my apartment might be relinquishing some of its stored up heat, this will make it much easier for me to maintain the hot breezes and ever present perspiration that can only be found in the best of steam rooms.

Do be sure to stop by as I’ll be featuring either a eucalyptus or lavender scented steam over hot rocks. Don’t forget your towel!

Your ever-glistening tenant,
urban bohemian

It hasn’t been a terribly busy weekend which suits me kinda fine. I was hoping to get out and about today with Mike and Mikey, but the weather was really crappy so we took a pass. It is nice to be able to mutually cancel plans with someone without any kind of drama.

I took off work a little early on Friday and headed shopping. As I texted Moose, shopping is my therapy - and I got a Amen to that. I dropped a little more money than I expected to, but hey what’s it there for? I picked up the proper video card for my new PC (thanks Raine), a new cutting board with a channel for liquids as I can’t seem to figure out what happened to my old one - I may have tossed it out in a fit of cleaning frenzy, and some shoes. I’d never been to DSW before, I didn’t even know they sold men’s shoes but they had some good items on the clearance rack that I couldn’t pass up.

I got home and installed the video card (which worked!) and somehow all my computer woes magically vanished and everything is just spiffy. I don’t know what fairy dust I sprinkled over it, but I ain’t complaining. I was able to play City of Heroes after a little tweaking and updating and it was nice. As much as I’m ready for a new video game, CoH isn’t dull, it’s just familiar. I still want something in the fantasy genre, whether that’s MMO or not. I do like Jade Empire though, so I need to get that installed on the new machine. I also still want a Wii but it seems impossible to find one. And living in the city I’m not surrounded with computer/gaming stores, nor do I have a car to go from store to store and look for one.

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Just as I was thinking up ideas for what to do today and what gift to bring to a housewarming, and where to buy some holiday cards, a light bulb in the bathroom went *POP!* My trusty Dirt Devil KONE was able to get all the tiny pieces up, but the fun was shutting off the power so I could get the base out with some pliers (didn’t have any potatoes on hand, I’m afraid).

I can’t decide if that’s a good or a bad omen for the ideas I was coming up with…

We have all seen rings with rollers on the outside, but Glide Shower Curtain Rings slide effortlessly on cleverly concealed ball bearings. Your modern bathroom will retain a clean modern look.

With copy like that, how could I resist?! I feel like Edina in “Door Handle” - the design of any room can be perfect, but starts from the tiniest element. Now I already love my bathroom just fine, but the shower rings are getting on my nerves as they don’t want to play nice with the bar. And replacing the bar with a better one isn’t an option. While I’m sure the unit owner would appreciate it, I wouldn’t be paid back for the effort. Plus the gadget geek in me wants to try out the next new “thing”. The rings may be utter crap tho.

The best part is I bought them from a home/design store in Philly and while I don’t recall asking for next day shipping (nor did I pay for it), the package should arrive at my office today!

It’s the little things…

I took the day off work today to accept delivery of the new bed and in my infinite wisdom decided that I wouldn’t pay the recommended company to assemble it, but do it myself instead. Oy vey! I opened up the instructions and the first line is Note: Two people are recommended to assemble this product safely.

Yeah, right, whatever, feh! MEN need no help.. MEN don’t even need instructions!! It’s SUPPOSED to look like that!

Now if I’d had a second person, it would have gone much more smoothly, but I managed, through the use of makeshift clamps and blocks, to do it on my own. The thought that came to mind shared via IM with some friends was, “I really wish I had someone I was fuckin’ right now… then I’d have someone with a VESTED interest in seeing this bed get put together to help me!” I even turned on the webcam to make my utter humiliation complete for the internet. And with not even a hint of a pun, I am simply not that used to spending that much time on my hands and knees anymore. Hardwood floors are not very forgiving.

Of course now I have to get rid of the old bed frame and boxspring. I’m not sure that anyone would want just a boxspring, but the old bed frame still looks great, I just wanted a change. And it’s pretty apparent, my bedroom looks a bit bigger with the lower bed. I still have yet to test it out and I’m thinking a nap is in order very soon. I’m just happy to have a headboard I can lean against without falling through!

And of course I’ve got a great hook up line now, after all, the bed’s gotta be broken in sometime! But for now, maybe I’ll just lie down and rest my eyes a momenZZZZZZZZZ…