what did i do today? not much. another 3 loads of laundry. some more cleaning of the room and the house in general. this place is so messy that i can only try to help by containing my stuff to my room. towards that end, i went to staples with ariel, where we waited for about half an hour for some poor guy on his first day on the job to look for the bookcase(s) i wanted. he found the big bookcase for my room, but not the folding one i wanted to bring to school. so we left and went to office max, across the street. turns out to be a good thing i didn't buy the big bookcase, as my room is packed enough as it is, and there was a DVD bookcase at office max for $40. it has many small shelves, which is good for CDs or DVDs, but also perfect! for books. little paperback books. of which i have way too many. it's sad that the bookcase isn't advertised as such. i was actually really ecstatic when i found this, and i was so excited to put it together when i got home. i'm thinking of buying one of these to bring to school, even.
my problem with big bookcases is that they are too spacious. the biggest ones (~72") only have 3 adjustable shelves when they could really use 5, or maybe even 6. so i have to stack books sideways to use all that extra height, which annoys me to no end. and i sometimes stack books in front of other books because the shelves are excessively deep. this also rankles my anal personality.

i think i am odd in that i am anal about the strangest things. this is not so bad, except that i am also absurdly lazy. so while certain things bother me (things not being in alphabetical order, wires strewn about all over, living in filth and squalor), usually, i can not muster the effort to do anything about it. i am this way in all things. i never do anything preemptively, it's only as a reaction to something that has become unbearable. laundry - after i've been wearing the same pair of mesh shorts for days... cleaning my room - after i literally cannot take a step without trodding upon something that should not be trod upon... showering - after i feel like i am covered with several layers of grease and oil... et cetera. i'll stop before anyone becomes too disgusted.

yesterday i went to barnes and noble and picked up shadow puppets, by orson scott card. i had read it in barnes and noble, when it just came out in hardcover, but i felt like i should do my part, so i bought the paperback (i think it just came out). i finished it already. when does his next book come out? slow bastard... i thought about buying crypotonomicon, but there was (as in neuromancer) a paperback edition for $8 and a nicer paperback for $16, and i couldn't decide, so i just didn't buy either one.

i'm really excited about this bookcase. it's so _perfect_ for books! fuck DVDs. i'm fantasizing about buying a fleet of them (i don't care if they're bookcases, they're a fleet) and having them lining the walls of my room.

when i own a house, or even a crappy 2 room apartment in some city(god forbid), i'm making one room a study. with shelves. for me to put everything that i collect with my weird anal personality.

i just went outside to look at mars. apparently tonight is the closest mars has been in / will be for (i forget which) 60,000 years or so. if it's the really big, bright sucker in the sky, i can see it from my driveway. when i stepped outside, a pizza delivery guy asked me if i had ordered a pizza (he was looking for 87 brookwood, i'm at 75)... i told him to look at mars in the sky. he got back in the car and drove off. to be fair, i don't think he heard me. i would tell you all to look at it, but i doubt anyone will read this before 1am or whenever is the best time to look for it.

i've been listening to the songs mike downloaded off kazaa from the flcl (fooly cooly, furi kuri) ost (original sound track) since he sent them to me yesterday. the pillows? i have to ask makiko about them. but i really like the music. my favorites are "i think i can," "little busters," and "beautiful morning." mike, you are beautiful for ordering the OSTs. i am full of love for you.

this blog has taken place over a long time span, and is more thoughtful than usual. i don't know why i'm in this mood. eh. i think i'm pretty happy right now. cool.