Been busy with school lately. Can't wait to graduate. Anyways, more posts coming soon.

I should do the dishes.

PS: WHO THINKS I NEED A SHAVE AND HAIRCUT?

(see what happens when Julie gets ahold of my laptop!)

So yesterday we made an Ikea run with our friend Mike, as he needed some things for his new apt. To begin, I have to say Julie was right. I originally had vastly underestimated how long we would need our zipcar for, but Julie was happy to correct me. Thanks Love - you rule as always. Anyways, Mike was a bit late getting to the car due to the bus he was on having "mechanical problems" and then we got to experience the joys of driving through/around Boston. After a few hours at Ikea, and an Ikea lunch, we returned to the city, returning the car just in time (after 2 extentions?). We picked up some random kitchen things, as well as some pots for me to use for plants around the apt. Quite happy about those.

Julie asked me to get rid of all these spare wheels that are just lying around. THEY ARE STILL HERE. WHOOPS.

They are showing the Wizard of Oz outside on Thursday. I cannot wait to go. You have no idea how much I love that movie.

JULIE IS MY FAVORITE

So Julie's birthday was Friday. I picked her up from work (which surprised her) and gave her a sunflower since she likes them. Then we went to a nice Italian restaurant in East Boston called Rino's, and on the way there the folks on the MBTA bus sang happy birthday to her. It was AWESOME. She was probably the brightest shade of red I've ever seen her. After a wonderful meal we headed home, where more flowers, chocolates, MarioKart, strawberries, and pastries awaited her. I think she was pretty happy about it all.

Saturday we had bagels and then went to the pride parade. It was pretty funny when the guys handing out condoms to the spectators said "now only take what you need. Leave some for the other trick-or-treaters". Afterwards we walked around some with some friends of ours and then went home. We played a little Kart and then biked over to Harvard Square to look at the bookshop there. All in all a nice little weekend.

Today has been a lazy Sunday. I woke up early to goto the MIT Flea with my brother, but it was raining so I wussed out. Went back to bed for a couple hours and then grabbed some bagels from the place around the corner from us. Since then we've Karted a bit and generally just hung around the house.

Tomorrow I start my new job @ International Bicycle Center a couple block from our apt, and my friend Mark who goes to school with me will be staying with us Monday and Tuesday night while he attends a conference @ BC.

So I finally finished Julie's bicycle on Thursday night and managed to get it ready for Critical Mass on Friday. Julie, her friend Kelly, and I rode somewhere between 15-18 miles, which I have to say impressed me as it was Julie's first ride. She did great and got a load of compliments on her bike. w00t!





In other news I leave tomorrow AM for Washington D.C. and my Bioethics conference. Should be fun.

I've been mostly posting @ my tumblr - http://sqpeg.tumblr.com

Big car accident @ packards corner. Julie had a bit of trouble getting to work as the T was out of commission due to a car being pushed onto the tracks.

I am waiting for the DHL and FedEx delivery guys. Then lots of errands to do.

Hurt my wrist last weekend @ Grand Theft Velo II. Grr @ flesh pylons.

More coming later this weekend or something when I can type easier.

Another list since I don't feel like being wordy.

1) Planted some new Basil. I hope it grows up to be big and delicious. The first picture was taken on Sat. and the other was taken today. LOOK AT HOW THEY GROW! W00T!


Planted / Day 3 / Day 4

2) I finally got around to taking the mount point off my Evo-Mini U-Lock. Pictures of that procedure below. Thanks to the interwebs for reminding me to do this. I taped the spot where the mounting point used to be so that it's flush with the rubber coating on the rest of the lock.

Tools / Removal

Tape / Cut

ENJOY

3) I rode my bike to the grocery store today to get a few things here and there while Julie made home made pizza! (She takes such good care of me). The New England weather is f'n weird sometimes. This morning it rained a little, but then the sun came out and at was looking to be a beautiful day. I ride to the shop, get the foods, and as I am checking out, it begins to rain/sleet/snow. WTF. So I biked back in a snow flurry with giant flakes hitting my eyes making it hard to see.


And of course... it stops the second I'm inside my apt.

But now I'm chilling with the lady and listening to Electric Six.

This video makes me laugh.

"No, Daddy is at work."

This is the response a mother gave her child after she had asked, "Is that Daddy?"
According to the mom, it's my facial hair that made her kid wonder if I was her father. Fortunately this was probably the funniest thing that happened to me all day at work.

Julie let me take her out for Indian food this evening, which she loved. We went to Punjab's Palace on Brighton Ave. By far the best Nan I've had in a while.

Otherwise today was pretty laid back. I opted not to goto Critical Mass, as it's pretty cold out, and I'm biking on Wed. nights now.

Otherwise all is going pretty well in the frigid north.

I have a few surprises for Julie when she gets home.... more posted later as I am sure she will see this.

Muwahahahaa.

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So now Julie is home so I can write about what I did.
I swept, vacuumed, did dishes, took out the recycling, did laundry, did the sheets, and cleaned up around the apt.

I figured it was only fair for me to clean up the apartment a bunch since Julie cooked some wonderful meals for me this week, and she takes incredible care of me - though I have no idea what I did to deserve it.

Also, our SOX tickets came today. 4 games for the coming season. I CAN NOT WAIT TO GOTO THE GAMES.

I didn't get to some of the things I wanted to, such as dumping the dead herbs, and rinsing the window box. I need to pick up some stuff to kill the gnats that somehow ended up living in the window box :-\

So I have a few days left in FL and find myself missing Boston. The cold, urban environment works in my favor I guess. It's been nice being home however. I've played with the dogs and the cat, hung out with my family, seen some movies, visited with some friends.

Sadly my old work has been closed for the holiday since my return, and I've yet to see any of my old co-workers. The same goes for my favorite dig in Tallahassee, All Saints Cafe. They closed on the 24th, so I had a couple nights of hanging out there, but it was not nearly enough time. I miss my coffee house terribly, as well as their.... eclectic selection of music.

In other news, school went well, grades were pretty good, and the folks are pleased. Now to keep it up. I work some when I get back to beantown and school resumes mid month.

And without further adieu, another list...

Things to do upon returning to Boston
1) Buys some saucer sleds
2) Buy textbooks
3) Buy Champagne for New Years
4) Grocery Shopping
5) Work on the bike
6) Read the above textbooks
7) Enjoy coffee from ERC as they will be open again - Tea from Tealuxe

Looks like google maps street view has hit Boston. They drove by Julie's and my apt. (as can be seen by the fans in the windows on the 2nd floor.)

Neat

Just glad it wasn't on one of the days I was naked by the window....

Another list.

Julie and I got tickets to some Sox games next season!


Took me like 20 minutes and 50 browser tabs, but finally managed to get some.
Best of all, it's a pack of tickets, so Julie and I will be seeing 4 games.


So now that I am officially poor, and have no money to play with, I guess I can focus on Finals.....
I pulled an all nighter last night, and I know Julie isn't happy about it (sorry love). Got my paper done though and only a few more to go until freedom.

I'm really looking forward to going home for a bit as I miss the folks and friends.

So yeah.

So it's become rather cold outside, and I decided to share a screen shot with everyone.



Indoors our radiators are working great, and it's a comfortable 70-80 degrees.

Snow/Rain is expected for Monday.... just in time for me to have more school....

I need to buy rain boots as well as fenders/wet gear for my bike.

Julie just had grits....

So Julie and I had a pretty lazy Sat. today. We woke up ~ 9:30 and had some frozen french toast things. Neither of us really liked it, so I was finagled into running to get Julie a sausage, egg, and cheese thingymadoodle from McDonalds. She liked that however, which was nice. Then we went to a mall in Cambridge and roamed around. They had an Apple store which made me happy. Apple = Awesomeness after all. Then we went to Downtown crossing and roamed around some there. She got to goto some big shoe store she had been wanting to goto and I got to get some coffee :D

So thats what happened.... look! I posted something!

List of what is up

I got a new phone
School is going well
~Aced my first quiz
I have a ton of reading to do
Julie and I have our 2 year coming up this week
My folks are coming to town around then as well
My brother is having his birthday around then also
So next weekend is going to be a mess


All in all, things are going well... not too much to rant about.

Things I have done lately.

1 - Zipcar
Got my membership setup and now I just need to get the card @ their office by Government Center.

2 - Applied for a Job
At the Boston Public Library (BPL) stacking books. Eh, it's something and the people seem nice.

3 - Cleaning
Threw away some more boxes. More to go later tonight.

4 - School
Did my first grad school paper. Got a "check" which is good.

5 - Bank of America
Setup a new checking/savings/credit account.


thats all for now.