November 16, 2011

• Lice, trivia and knife blocks..

  Thanks for the questions on the post below. I will get to answering those shortly I hope. Some of the questions look tricky, since when asked what 5 faves i’d listen to and watch on a deserted island, I can’t just list 5 favorite CDs and movies like a normal person. Instead I find myself contemplating which CDs I’d want to listen to over and over again, and would I include something like NowDance237 just so i’d have something loud in case I need to scare off wild beasts on this deserted island? Or is it deserted deserted as in .. no wild beasts either. Do I pick music in another language in the hopes of learning something new? Or ya know, do I just list the 5 albums I practically have memorized already because over the years they are amazing and I go back to them a lot? Yeah, it is fun being me and living in my head. Anyhow, i’ll think about it and get on to question answering soon. In the mean time, here’s a silly story:

  Yesterday after work I went to Marshalls to hopefully find cheap new non-smelly ballerina flats. I tend to buy many pairs of cheapo flats at the beginning of summer and wear them out over a couple of months. In August I spent $75 at Marshalls and got 3 pairs of great comfy flats. 2 of the 3 pairs now smell terrible (I don’t normally have stinky feet but I wear these shoes for days on end and don’t wear them with socks. YUM). If they end up in the rain ever they’re done for.. and even without rain, eventually they just die. The glue dissolves, the inside comes out..  I realize that boot weather is approaching (or has arrived.. on the subway this morning i’d say it was about 50/50 on the closed/open women’s shoes spectrum). Anyhow, so I wanted to replace a pair or two before my trip on Friday. Turns out that Marshalls didn’t have what I wanted–or they no longer had the same shoes that they did back in August (shocking!).. and I was too impatient to try on new other things, so I left. 

  I went to Bed Bath and Beyond where I learned that I could literally buy the whole store. I mean, if I had the money that is. I may or may not love odd things. Most people die for a nice pair of Louboutin’s or the newest iSomething (well, I like electronics too) but I instead decide to ooh and aaah a knife block. I’m not kidding. I mean, it was a cool knife block.. but it also cost $49something. Now do I need a container that holds knives that costs that much? Especially when I currently have a drawer and a magnetic holder that do the same job and don’t take up counter space? No. But I ooh’d and ah’d nonetheless. It has some weird stuff in it that reshapes so you can put knives in anywhere and take them out and it reshapes. I’m sure it’s just the stuff one wants touching their knife and then eating, too. Mmm chemicals.  Yes people, i’m 29 years of age and I drool at knife blocks. Heh. 

  Anyhow, I found the dish drying mat that I was looking for and then went to look at curtains because i’m still hoping to replace the brown (but a brown that now clashes with the new sofa) ones in the living room with some royal bright blue colored ones. Easier said than done because everywhere I look has baby blue in excess but no bright blue to be found.. yet. Once in the curtain section I quickly felt overwhelmed and unable to make any decisions and so I left.

  On my way to the subway I walked into FishsEddy. Now for any of you not familiar with this place, you are missing out because they have awesome glasses and dishes. I went in to see about replacing a couple of wine glasses I have from there that broke, however I wasn’t sure on the size, so I didn’t end up getting that. I then browsed the sale section and found some fun Alice in Wonderland drinking glasses. I got two of them, and one looks like this: 

  

  However, the best part (which I noticed once I got back home)? The label on the bottom says: “lice growing glass”. I kid you not ..and had my Blackberry not been out of juice last night I would have a picture to show you.

  Tonight I have a fun albeit kind of crazy night planned at my ol’ alma mater. After work I’ll be driving to New Brunswick for the annual Tim Carreras Trivia Bowl. I think the last time I participated in it was 10 years ago. We made it to the finals then.. now, 10 years later the three of us are going back (with the same team that we had a decade ago). We’ll see how we do. We have a zipcar rented and we’ll likely not get back till WAY late since this thing has a habit of lasting forever and then its over an hour drive from home. I’ll let you know how it went tomorrow–if i can function that is. Last time I came home with a Guinness Book of World Records and a Rutgers Teddy Bear. Needless to say, I have high expectations for tonight. LOL

  My father sent me to old Rutgers,

  And resolv’d that I should be a man (or a woman);

  And so I settled down,

  in that noisy college town,

  On the banks of the old Raritan.

  On the banks of the old Raritan, my friend
  Where ol’ Rutgers ever more shall stand
  For has she not stood since the time of the flood,
  On the banks of the old Raritan… 

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