Daily Candy

This was at the beginning of a Daily Candy E-mail and I thought it was annoyingly amusing; so, I thought I'd share...

Q. What do the following lyrics have in common?
a) I would walk 500 miles.
b) Who let the dogs out?
c) You oughtta know.


A. There’s a really good chance they are now going to be stuck in your head all day. (Sorry.)

=o)

for now

It's been a while since I've posted. So, what's going on with your favorite phoenix?

The deal is done: I am the happy owner of a 1-bedroom condo in Chevy Chase, MD. The closing date is May 12, but I'm pretty sure I won't be officially moved in until the end of May. It's pretty exciting... in that grown-up and boring sort of way. It was a pretty quick deal, but it still feels like an incredibly long and arduous process. Right now, I'm going over the condo documents. In a few days, I'll have a meeting to finalize the settlement.

I'm so glad to be moving out of my current place. It's situated in the middle of a college campus, making it incredibly and constantly noisy. I figure I deserve it, having been a part of that hectic din for so long. This is my kharmic retribution for that damned PCS Golf Tournament. Damn you, lemon drops!

It's a bit sad, too. I've lived here for 4 years... but this is not a story for now.

In other news, one of the freelance articles I was working on a little while ago was selected for publication. It's for a new D.C. magazine, covering the local scene. This article will be the feature story for the premiere issue. I'm not entirely sure this is legit gig. So, I'm still waiting until i actually see it before I get too too excited. Actually, in May, another aritcle of mine will be published, too. I'm a bit more excited about that one because I've actually seen the publication. I wrote something for them before, but it didn't go to press, disappointingly (they still paid me for it... so, there's an upside). Other than that, I haven't done much writing, being a bit preoccupied with the condo stuff, lots to do at work, and some personal issues yet to be discussed. I'm trying to get back into it... including on here.

Other than that, my life has been pretty boring. Winter months often find my social life in deep hibernation. I'm glad it's finally starting to be (and stay) nice out. I can start leaving my apartment/condo, along with all my bestest 2-dimensional friends... who will soon be discussed in a future blog.

In fact, yesterday saw the first 'stooping it' of the year... for me anyway. Two of my friends (Ms. K and Mr. J) and I sat out on the stoop of Mr. J's house in G-town. We enjoyed a drink and played our favorite spring sport: people-watching. I had a Sparks (or whatever it's called) for the first time. It's one of those new alcoholic energy drinks... better suited to a night of hard-core raving than what I had planned: the 2-hour return of Alias! =oD

At 8pm, I was in hyperdrive under the influence of alcohol, caffeine, and Alias addiction. But Alias will be discussed later.

Anyway, I'm gonna wrap it up because stupid me forgot the pasta I wanted to have for dinner in the fridge at work, AGAIN, and will have to go cook something. Harumph. But I will be posting more again... if anyone cares and I haven't lost my few and happy readers. And that's all for now! =o)

Teach This

THIS is the guy who taught me to write.

enough

Yeah, I deleted my last post. Sorry, I just didn't like it very much. If I ever post stuff like that again, I'll be sure to edit it more thoroughly beforehand.

Anyway, enough of all that melodramatic writing. Let's get back to the simple and superficial that frequents blogging.

I've been doing fairly well (on the surface). Work's going well. My relationship's going well. I'm moving by the end of May. Actually, I'm buying a condo... or more like, my parents are buying a condo in DC and putting me in charge of all the leg work. The details have yet to be worked out, but I believe it will, at least in part, be in my name. And yes, I've always been incredibly spoiled. My parents figure that things are really hard for me inside my head; so, they'd like to do all they can to make things easier for me outside my head. I'm a very luck baby, in that way.

I'm pretty much looking anywhere near a metro. The two places I've liked so far, in my one weekend of open house-ing, are in the Dupont area. We'll see how it all goes though. This coming weekend should see many more open houses.

Not much else is going on. My freelanceing has pretty much screeched to a halt, but I'm pretty sure it'll pick up again this month. Again, we'll see.

So, my life's pretty boring (which is really a good thing). I watched a couple movies over the weekend: Fantastic Four and Crash. I liked both, but Crash on a much deeper level. At the risk of sounding stupid, what was the symbolic significance of the snow? (Did that sound stupid? I can never tell.) One of the things I liked most about Crash, on the simplest of levels, is that it was a good length. I think, starting with Titanic and Good Will Hunting, movies have tended to be too long when they don't really need to be. Maybe it's just because I hail from the ADHD generation, but that's my humble opinion and I'm sticking to it.

On the literary side, I'm reading Emma again. Need to get back to basics. Good storytelling without any gimmicks.

Okay, having just talked about things being longer than they need to be...