I absolutely hate the word “blog”

Found this recipe card on my fridge this weekend, written in Jen’s handwriting. Very mysterious. Copied verbatim.

Recipe #1

Combine all ingredients in a large bowl. Stir for 2 minutes and move to blender. Blend on high for 2-3 minutes, and serve to whoever will eat it.

Grant’s stepmother has this fabulous Arco Lamp in her living room, which she got after her mother told her she could buy “one lamp” for her first apartment (or something like that).  So she went out and bought a MoMA-designed, $900 (at the time!) lamp with a marble base.  Her mother learned to be more specific, and she got a fabulous artistic conversation piece that really lights up any room.  And I LOVE that lamp.  And Grant hates it.

Lately, we’ve been seeing them pop up more and more — a furniture store around the corner has one in their window display, as does the local Design Within Reach shop.  And every time I see one out there, I of course point it out so Grant will realize that these items are beautiful and that other people enjoy them and that his opinion is very, very wrong.

The latest and greatest such occasion was this weekend.  We decided to re-watch Iron Man just for the heck of it.  And do you know what’s featured in that first breathtaking panorama shot of Tony Stark’s house?  (Aside from a half-naked blonde Vanity Fair reporter?)

That’s right, bitches.  It’s THE ARCO LAMP.  Eat that, Grant Roberts.

…Such threatening remarks kind of lose their potency when we’re talking about an item that we can neither afford nor fit in our apartment.  But still.  Someday, somehow, I will own one of these lamps, and I will force Grant to look at it every now and then just on principle.  I’m not yet sure what the principle is, but hey — I’m pleased to know that I have similar taste to Tony Stark.  Even though he’s fictional.  What do you say I end this post about a friggin’ lamp now, before it gets any more tangential and weird?  Okay then.

Today at Nintendo they changed all the lights in my department to these bright white more ‘natural’ ones, and and everyone has been alternately cringing or jumping for joy.  I don’t feel particularly strong about it, but I seem to be the only one.  One thing is for certain: It is a LOT brighter around here now.

The really creepy part is when you leave the department to run to the restroom or something, and then come back.  It’s almost blinding when you re-enter the Bright Zone — like some kind of freaky sci-fi setting.  I feel like mutants are going to bust in through the windows at any moment.  I wonder if crap like this is ever the inspiration for movies about zombies, etc.?  I could definitely see these lights causing mutations in certain individuals.

Last night, Trumpet came to bed along with Grant, a couple hours after I’d turned in.  Grant is usually very subtle and conscientious about not waking me up, but last night a weird acrid smell pricked in my nostrils and disturbed my slumber. Want to take bets as to what it was?

Our dear kitty, whom I’ve often maintained is very very cute but not very bright, managed to singe a patch of fur on his left rear haunch.  Apparently a candle I’d left burning was in the way of his butt at some point.  I’m freaked out now, because I’ve often burned candles and it’s never seemed to be a problem before.

Poor kitty!  Not only is he still missing a spot of fur from when we took him to the vet and they shaved a spot for injections, but now he’s all matted and burnt in back.  Maybe he’ll start a new trend.  (I’d take a picture, but it really doesn’t show at all — I think he may have chewed off the offending hair in a grooming fit or something.)

Every accessory I’ve bought has frayed and broken. We’re talking expensive shit made by Belkin, Griffin and Monster, as well as the cheap $0.99 shit from eBay. And even my Apple iPhone headset — I’ve broken two of those (totally normal use) in less than a year.  (So far that’s a total of one car charger, two audio cables, two headset adapters, and two Apple headsets.)

When, WHEN will there be decent Apple-brand OR third-party accessories that don’t fall apart?  I’d happily pay more to have things not blow! >_<