I've been looking for a new place (Craigslist) instead of waiting for Boyfriend Move-In Time.

I have to decide by the end of the month if I'm renewing my lease for a year, or going month-to-month* until The Boy and I move in together.

*(Month-to-month is 10% more, which I'm fine with, but not if we keep dragging our feet to summer 2008, y'know? But oh, ye gods, the amount of effort it's going to take to get The Boy's place in shape and habitable for an extra human being who already has furniture and is VERY allergic to cats -- it's a daunting amount of work, made no less daunting by the fact that he's reluctant to throw *anything* out, and believe me when I tell you that his place is already more than full of stuff. Oy.)

That recharge station is genius. Must have. I have to recharge:

• iPhone (yes, I'm still in the honeymoon phase)
• GF's phone
• 2 iPods (me and GF)
• 2 Nintendo DS units (me and GF)

That's a lot of recharging!

ItotallyON, I started listening to the Ricky Gervais podcasts this morning. That man kills me!

he's reluctant to throw *anything* out, and believe me when I tell you that his place is already more than full of stuff.

Steven has two broken betamax recorders. Need I say more? He won't throw them out because somewhere he has Formula 1 races from the 80's on beta and he thinks he's going to get the vcrs fixed and tapes transfered to dvd.

Which reminds me, I need to see if the history of Formula 1 races is out on dvd yet. He's almost worked his way through his Highway Patrol dvd set.

Beej, there's a feature in today's Home section in the Post - the one where they advise people on what to do with a problem room. One of the things suggested is using magnetic chalkboard wall paint (also magnetic chalkboard primer) to paint a room in so that the entire walls can be used for notes, etc. Could be awesome ... or horrible. But they won't get mad if the kids color on the walls (as long as they use chalk).

Sure the Mr. Rogers talk gets me all mushy, but then I read Robin's link in Press (and bookmarked) and now I am a big old pile of mush. Cutiehead Jason!

JZ you just made me get all teary at work.

I loved Mr. Rogers, I watched him long after I was too old for the show. My favorite part was the Neighborhood of Make Believe and it always felt special when he'd take out the minatures of the buildings and set them up. He didn't do that often, most of the time time Trolley led us into Make Believe, but I really loved those minatures.

he's reluctant to throw *anything* out, and believe me when I tell you that his place is already more than full of stuff.

Steven has two broken betamax recorders. Need I say more?

It's the sheer *amount* of stuff The Boy has that freaks me out. The attic is well-nigh full. The basement -- ALL OF IT -- is full. The garage is full.

This isn't stuff he *uses,* mind you. It's stuff he brought home at one point or another, thinking "I could DO something with this!" Like, yards and yards of the metal chain mesh thingie that supermarket conveyor belts in the checkout line are built on.

He has an arc welder in his living room. And an egg incubator.

No, SERIOUSLY.

I'm not usually a PB fan, but the recharge station makes me want to steal the idea and make my own for like $4.37

Of course, I'll never actually do this.

Aw. JZ, that story is so typical. ::hugs JZ in mutual Rogerslove::

Totally Random: How cool is it that I am using the Bene Gesserit litany against fear in my class tonight?! I will subvert the mudanes...um, subversively?

Also, I'm listening to QI episodes on youtube while I write the class (because I can't get enough of Alan Davies, god help me please) and I just heard Stephen Fry say 'loomed up' in this great booming voice. Immediately thought of Pete. With whom I've never even had a pixeled conversation...how odd and wonderful the interbunny community is.

Mr. Rogers seems like he was a very nice man. Maybe it's a generational thing - I just didn't get into it. I loved Capt. Kangaroo and of course the Muppet Show. I totally cried when Jim Henson died (I was about 20).