first world problems, nun style

[sistawendy]

But first: there's nothing like my LJ friends list for giving me a bite out a perspective sandwich. You know who you are, and I admire you tremendously for succeeding in what's damn near a pessimal situation.

And now, on to the whining. I've done what I usually do when I'm in a funk: I maintain radio silence. Why in a funk?

1. Between spending too much on frivolous things for Burning Man, my second shrink letter, Nibs waiting on checks, and unexpected house expenses, I'm broke until the middle of the month. I'm no longer eating ramen recreationally.


2. Project girlfriend is kind of stalled.


3. Clogged bathtub drain.


4. Work has been enormously frustrating. The details would bore you.


5. My group has been moved as of Friday afternoon, away from the prettiest campus. No more five-minute walking commute for me. Lunches with the old gay crew will have to involve vehicles.


6. I got ditched at a techno show last night.


7. Today's lunch date spaced on me.


8. General loneliness.

The good stuff:

1. The housemates are chipping in with a minimum of nagging.


2. I have reason to believe that activity on Project Girlfriend is going to pick up next week.


3. Drano works. I thought it didn't, but it apparently ate through my clog after many times the recommended waiting interval.


4. Work actually improved over the course of the week.


5. The new commute is under 20 minutes by bus or car, no worse than it was before I moved into Lhasa. I can walk home in 42 minutes, and that's some nice and needed exercise. The new office has a window, and the women's bathrooms have full-length mirrors. I'll see if I can get a new gay crew together and introduce them to the old gay crew.


6. The ditching last night was unintentional, and the show itself - more chiptune at Pink Gorilla - was actually pretty awesome. Much more professional than last week.


7. Today's lunch date rescheduled for tomorrow night's dinner.


8. Oh yeah, Burning Man! With buds! I'm driving down with them.

Comments

[mamishka.livejournal.com]

You mean Pink Gorilla in the UDistrict? Let me know the next time you're checking out something there. I would be interested in hanging with you! I thought it was just a store?

My life is going to be a bit weird through most of the month (as I suspect yours is too, what with Burning Man on the horizon), but we should hook up and hang out sometime for a movie or music or lunch or dinner or something. Haven't seen you in FOREVER and certainly not since you've gone full time femme. :)

[sistawendy.livejournal.com]

Well, Pink Gorilla is mainly a game store. They just host these weird little techno shows in the back room with an old school hey-kids-let's-put-on-a-show vibe. It's cheap, fun, and full of groove. I gotta love it.

Dude! Can we hang out after the 15th, when I'll stop being broke? There are few things I like more than talking about my post-Full Time life. :)

[mamishka.livejournal.com]

Plan! I'll be out of town from the 18th-22nd, but other than that my schedule should be pretty open. :)

[sistawendy.livejournal.com]

Hmm! Nights after 9:00 are the most consistently open for me. The Night Kitchen is fab. Any weenight should be good.

[sistawendy.livejournal.com]

How's Tuesday the 23rd at 9:30 at the Night Kitchen?

[randomdreams.livejournal.com]

Drano takes a while, and I'd recommend following it up with another application. One problem is that while it does break up protein (hair) it turns it into black sludge that still is slow to move. Ideally you'd start by using drano and then force water down there to try to dislodge the sludgy stuff.

[savannarama.livejournal.com]

Nice hot boiled water from a kettle, indeed. That's what I follow Drano with (an after or so after the clog clears).