will you shop for me?

I really really really want to go to this sale, but it's the exact days of my trip to the east coast. Beh.

If I give you $600, will you print out that post to save another 10%, then go find me a great sofa?

Thanks, friend. You're the best.

confession

i don't trust skinny people.

thin ones who work out, fine. but these skin and bones folks? no way. not as far as they'd fall if i gave em a weak shove.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

the house looks good. big, not designed with exactly the right rooms, but workable. clean. standing. gas stove. good light. it's a go.

and "daddy" arrived in town and wants to get together tonight.

AND THERE'S A STEREO IN MY CAR for the first time in 6 months.

I'm supposed to laundry (and my job) on a day like this?????

It's all I can do to keep breathing. Man.

i forgot my camera

and i'm spotting

and the sky is STILL gray

and the woman next to me is So Dumb

you know when you lie in your bed, first thing in the morning, thinking how delicious a little caffeine will be, that it's going to be a rocky start.

I have brewed some green tea. Things will brighten soon, dammit!

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Postscript 10:54am- things are better already. improvements all around, except for the camera issue. there's always tomorrow. amen!

things i would like to say but wont

these chips are a better baby daddy than you are

your fiction sucks anyway

...to be continued.

I'm keeping them here so that in real life i can Be the Better Dude.

under contract. in contract?

appraisal today, inspections wednesday. oh hell yes.
(that's my unit on the right. squint and you'll see it better!)



this is what the "yard" looks like.

/sigh-- another home, another garden project.

before that, you're invited for labor day bbq (fingers crossed)!!

top two

Top two comments since going public. The first comes from single men, the second from all walks.

1) Whoa. You know, I got a girl pregnant once.
I usually just let this one settle so that the speaker can feel his foot in his mouth.

2) You look great!
I try to take this one at face value. It has had the various effects of making me feel completely weird and completely great, depending on the speaker.

And then I go and get some fruit. And a lot of other things, and I eat them, because baby's hungry!

i would like my husband now

come on over, mister.

alls i need is some smarts, some decent good looks, and some sex drive.

loyalty and an interest in building a home are also key.

please send referrals to the address at right.

xo
r

i am trying

to fight for myself and my health

to take care of this baby

and to stay a beautiful being

it's hard.

but i have good influences all around and dear god i am grateful. i am also reaching out in all kinds of ways to try and get what i need and that is something new and wonderful and i am digging it the most.

thank you, yous.

how does that happen?

Oops.

I was trying on a skirt, not sure if it would work
and I was running late
and then I was walking to BART thinking "oh. shit."

I forgot my underwear.

please cross your fingers

we're putting in offer #3 this evening.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(it's very exciting. the most exciting yet!)

first baby present

...and it's perfect.

it's a little baby-feeding spoon.

i think we all know i'll have to do some research to learn when baby will begin to need a spoon (a year? uh, i dunno), but when it's time, this one is perfect.

it's mother of pearl and [most likely] rosewood, and it was purchased based on a strong psychic connection from SF to Tha1land. By someone who didn't know baby was coming, but felt compelled to buy it anyway. delivered independence day weekend.

i love it! and the gender-neutral, plastic-free baby house is on its way.

geminis can be very annoying

the astrologers know all about it:

For Scorpio: This is not a likely match, the elusive, fickle Gemini will drive you to distraction, which in turn could bring out your vengeful side.

Complete opposites and it would be unusual if they even got along..irrelevant info...Scorpio is sensual, passionate, demanding, jealous, inflexible and Gemini is fickle, flighty, superficial, lighthearted, changeable. Gemini like the social scene and Scorpio likes privacy. Not a good match.

Friends for decades nonetheless.

it's still smoky, folks

they say the sky is clear and it's ok to go outside again (as if that, instead of this gawdawful head cold kept me inside all weekend with the brief moments of the park on saturday and iconic brunch on sunday).

but when i blew my nose this morning, i tasted smoke.

and when my eyes hurt today, it feels like campfire burn, not computer screen fatigue.

plus i'm reading about the fire of 19O6. So, i mean, DAMN. that smoke is e'erywhere.