Inane Daily Life.

There's an odd fascination some people have with the mundane that strangers experience. So i guess i'll recap things my boyfriend and i have done, now that i've had breakfast. He's learned how important breakfast is to me.

The first date my boyfriend and i went on was to go see Frank Sinatra Jr. If your only experience with this man has been his appearances on Family Guy, i recommend seeing him. Fantastic!

I don't believe that it was the sight of a tall blond man and his smaller t-girl date that got the occasional looks as much as the three-piece suit and floor-length evening gown he and i wore. The crowd was much older, as we expected. But we were a little let down by the complete lack of regard for dress people had. It's a big band performance for a late-evening show. Come on, people!

At least a few people appreciated the effort we made. Maybe someone else will be inspired to try a little harder next time.

After going to the theatre to see Religuosity, we were with several other people in the elevator when it died. Really died. They were from the same showing as us though, so they were educated, rational people and my presence did not make them feel uncomfortable at all. It was a little quiet at first, but then my boyfriend made a crack about how it was the kind of situation you find at the beginning of a porno movie (! i can't take him anywhere), and everybody laughed to distraction and relaxed. It took forever for the spectacularly incompetent mall staff to get the doors open, and the air kept getting stale and too hot to bare. Each time the doors would be forced open, there was a rush of cool air, then bam. They'd close again. Repeat endlessly. It was lame.

I have a bad habit i'm not particularly proud of, because i'm pretty sure it's not healthy. i love horror movies. This is to my boyfriend's endless amusement, because i tend to get startled easily and am prone to screaming if suddenly overwhelmed. Quite some time ago i bought something i call a Demonic Clown Midget. It's a realistic, life-size figure of a...well. The title says it all. Just looking at it creeps the hell out of me, so i had to have it. For the week of Halloween, the love of my life enjoyed hiding it in threatening positions around our house, catching me unaware at night. The hysterical scream from me never fails to provoke deeply satisfied laughter from him. I need some way to get back at him by next Halloween. If anybody has any suggestions, email away.


For Halloween night i went to a bar for the first time in my life. He was dressed in a formal suit, with a gorilla mask and hands, monocle and cane. Sounds stupid, but it kept giving me giggle fits. i'm at a loss to explain why. i wore a geisha outfit with high heels, which is short enough to barely be appropriate for Halloween, let alone anything else. But it felt good to wear something like that once! And him being a typical guy, he strongly approved...

Our sewer backed up in our house. It was gross. My boyfriend and a friend of ours managed to fix it with some snake-thingy. The sewer water was everywhere in the basement, and it was disgusting. When they were finished, my man loaded the equipment all up and took it back somewhere because it was a rental. The mess was everywhere, and ruined a small carpet area. I cleaned and mopped it, and it wasn't pleasant. Did i mention that it was gross?

About a week after that, our furnace broke down. It gets cold here in the pacific northwest. He and i are from the same city in Idaho, and it gets a lot colder there, so we're used to worse. But still, in Washington a furnace not working is still a problem. He replaced something, and removed the corrosion from something else, and now it's better than it was before. He says he likes it warmer, because apparently i open up a lot with physical contact and am more cuddle-prone when it's not too chilly. i like being warm. Sleeping with him is the best, because aside from skin contact, he's like sleeping with a living furnace. He's a walking radiant heat source.

We're both trying to find new jobs right now. But the economy being what it is, we haven't had any luck so far. We're wondering how long it will be before we see any relief in some form.