First Post Written from the New Place

[mbarrick]

I'm offline with my laptop from work. I brought it with me today so I could listen to my MP3's while I was cleaning. I moved some kitchen stuff in today. I have the essentials taken care of - I have beer in the fridge, and the means to make coffee. Mostly I cleaned the bathroom today. It's not what I would call acceptable yet - it takes a while to get rid of 90 years of mank. There is still a space behind the tub that I don't have the means to get at right now but the rest of the floor is clean and I've gotten the copper stains mostly out of the tub. It needs to be reglazed and I am in the queue for that, but it will be a few months before that happens. I've checked out what is on what circuit (there are only two) so I won't have to deal with throwing the breaker by accident. At least they are 15 amp circuits instead of the damn 10 amp shit I'm dealing with now.

Being downtown again is great. I timed my walk to work again this morning and from my apartment door to my desk it was six minutes. For dinner I called over to the White Spot just of the street and picked up a cheeseburger platter. Once again everything I need and want is well within walking distance. As much as I love having a car for when I want it, I despise needing it.

BC Tel (ack! old habit, Telus called me today and informed me that I'm not going to need an installer to come out after all so my phone here is going to be hooked up tomorrow. I still don't know what my IP address are going to be, but it only affects one client and in the very worst case I can live without their hosting fee. In other pleasant news I can smoke in my apartment again. I think I will be reviving my weekend cigar ritual once my income exceeds my expenses again. In fact I am sitting here with a cigarette as I type this listening to the cars go by on Georgia, the fountains outside my window, and no one is line-dancing on my head, playing techno through the walls or anything. Just the relaxing sounds of the city. All around me are skyscrapers and energy yet I am happy in my quiet piece of the 19th century typing on my laptop. One foot in the 19th century, one in the 21st... It suits me and I like it.

But really the very best part of the day is the fact I have a dinner and Sin City date next Saturday with a beautiful and talented woman whose lifestyle is way more in line with mine. I won't be jumping in with both feet any time soon, but lets hear it for cautious wading :-)

Comments

[sleeplessknight.livejournal.com]

Cool beans! When's the house warming party? ^_~

[mbarrick.livejournal.com]

Depends on how the unpacking goes. The 19th with luck.

[deckards-sixth.livejournal.com]

*applause* for cautious wading.

[urban-creature.livejournal.com]

Cautious wading: Will you be wearing a swim suit?

[mbarrick.livejournal.com]

Skinny dipping would be more fun ;-)

[seymour-glass.livejournal.com]

not as long as there are jellyfish in the water...you get swelling for a much different reason...ouch!!!

[mbarrick.livejournal.com]

Is that the voice of direct experience speaking?

Re:

[seymour-glass.livejournal.com]

while i have a penchant for incandescent sea creatures i have never been stung directly...though they do make me swell...hee hee..

lol

[kitsune-13.livejournal.com]

Maybe some of those inflatable flaoter wing thingies that little kids in pools wear? I wonder if they come in black??

Re: lol

[mbarrick.livejournal.com]

How about inflatable PVC bat wings?

Re: lol

[seymour-glass.livejournal.com]

how about a big bat floating device??? the ones with a hole in the middle...more sturdy...

Good Things Come To Those Who Wade (?)

[valerian.livejournal.com]

*nudge nudge* *wink wink*

"Swimming costumes? Could be, could be... snap snap grin grin saaaaay no more!*

Re: Good Things Come To Those Who Wade (?)

[mbarrick.livejournal.com]

Well, I have that nice big tub now and a new memory card for my camera...

walked into the water...

[strawberrygrl23.livejournal.com]

My Great Auntie used to sing this song, had not thought about it for years,

She walked into the water and she got her toes all wet
Got her toes all wet
Got her toes all wet

She walked into the water and she got her toes all wet
Got her toes all wet
Got her toes all wet

But she didn't get her ummmp ummmp
Wet
Yet

Repeat until she gets her ummmp ummmp wet
substituting toes for- ankles-calves-knees-thighs etc

Wow, what came over me there?-a grade two flashback methinks!

Re: walked into the water...

[mbarrick.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, seeing as I am Pope Atratus and all, leader of the Dark City Cult, perhaps I should be walking on the water?

Re: walked into the water...

[valerian.livejournal.com]

"And Lo, I saw His Holiness walking upon the waters
And having conversations and making dates with the Dark Woman.
I saw the earth opened, and a great silver horn sounded,
And the Dark Woman crossed the waters also
As the Holy Messenger of Goth took residence
In a modest Brownstone on Bute Street."

- The Book of Goth, Bela 2:13-18

What the hell am I the patron saint of again? Whiskey? Insomnia? Propaganda?
Heh, all three?
Or perhaps I'm the saint of short-term memory loss...