oh you silly, stupid, pastime of mine. you were always good for a rhyme...

as promised, i am going to let everyone in on the my little week in -- well let us just say that hasn't been a little slice of heaven... cause it hasn't. about a week ago friday, i had to vacate the premises of my friend Lella's abode becuase at the same time she was moving into a new apartment as well. however, this temporarily meant that i had to occupy a space elsewhere. this elsewhere turned out to be the exact point where Georgetown Road and New Circle Road collide into what i now will affectionately refer to as the armpit of Lexington. first thing first, in the age old tradition of let the buyer beware, i should have been at least a little bit worried when i read the advertisement for a room eighty-eight dollars for an entire week. but even with my lower than low expectations, i think i could have never figured it to be as bad as it was. but the attendant, we'll just call her Krickette, cause that was her name, i mean holy crap Krickette? anyway, she was a very nice person despite the fact that she was named after a rather annoying insect, or the fact that she had someone arrested for being on the wrong side of the building, but i get ahead of myself -- if and when i choose to delve into that story alltogether. but back to her kindness, she allowed me to check in even though technically she had already closed the office for the day, and i was very appreciative. but when she went to show me the "room" perse. i was almost struck catatonic. but after a brief period of "it's either this or live in my truck", which i simply could not do because i have to make sure decisions are in Big Red's interest first, mine second. so i take the place, fork or the cash plus a twenty dollar deposit. now if nothing else has clued you in so far, aside from the eighty-eight dollar rent, the deposit was only twenty dollars! of course the place was very modern, with all of the ameneties you could want. wall to wall ceiling, at least for the most part. a shower that just screamed clean me. hell it was the perfect fixer upper, for those who do that kind of crap. then there's me. i like all of my walls to be without vermin, at least to the best of their ability. i like all my showers to not only have a reasonable amount of water pressure, but also to be a little less terrifying then thinking if i closed my eyes, at any moment some unknown creature could descend from on high and devour and or attack me. and when i flush my toilet i expect things to stay flushed, and not haunt me later in the day like the ghost of christmas past reminding me of my past indiscretions of the day. the morning and the evening and the first day. actually i did not spend a whole lot of time in the room whatsoever, in fact i pretty much only showed up there on my inbetween moments, which pretty much meant that if i was there i was sleeping. oddly enough, Big Red took it upon herself to take a whiz, give one as the case may be, on the mattress, mind you the mattress was also on the floor. so much like a kid who has spilled grape juice on the couch his mother forbid him to drink juice on, i simply flipped it over and pretended it had never happenned. tomorrow, we will find out if it really did or not. another strange occurance, whilst i was making the bed i knocked the light fixture off the ceiling. granted the ceiling was a mere few inches over my head, still i had no expectations that i could accomplish something of that nature. regardless, i took it upon myself to go get one for the three bucks it would cost to replace it, as yet another attempt to not endanger my precious. well i'm actually tired of complaining about this place, i mean i think i could easily fill another day with just typing about what i saw, but i think for the most part it would just end up be rambling at best.
so the problem was solved by finally getting a one bedroom lace of my own, well to share with Big Red, but she is more of a bed hog than anything else. on the whole it is plenty of room for the two of us, but individually the rooms are divided in a rather peculiar manner. not to mention the arrangement. the living room is bigger than the bedroom. and the bedroom resides between the kitchen and the living room. surely i could easily just put whatever room i wanted to be wherever i wanted it to exist. but then i do not think it would physically work with the plans i have for the actaul funiture and where i plan to place it. plus, it is also noteworthy to mention that there is also one closet for the whole apartment, and it is located in in the smaller middle room. therefore, bedroom it is. for the moment i have running water, which is technically free, the best kind of free, until this coming tuesday. however, on the downside, there is a lack of electricity, which is also free except without me actually benefitting from the service itself. in an odd double whammy, it also will not be in effect until tuesday. i wonder if only one person is working for both, and he is off until then. what is weird is that supposedly, the water company has the option to charge you an additional thirty dollars if you have service turned on over the weekend or after hours. but they completely chose to overlook the entire weekend and not make any money off a poor sucker like myself. but getting to the point, most activities will require some sort of electrical influence. even if it just something as simple as lighting. without which, most of my nights will be spent doing boring stuff like sleeping. blah, who wants to do that?