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phinnia ([personal profile] phinnia) wrote2008-12-05 10:09 am

friday i'm in love

I have yet to figure out how the heat works in this apartment, which means that every single joint in my body is all 'HI THAR PAIN FOR YOU HA HA HA.' every morning. We have heaters and thermostats but the heating controls lack any sort of indicator as to what is 'on', nevermind temperature.

So anyway - happy Friday; my kitchen is about half-unpacked, and I even got to have coffee in one of my own gigantic mugs this morning. Very reassuring, that.

Today's plan: perhaps unpack a small amount, largely relax, and hopefully some writing. My dreams are insanely detailed these days; I dreamed a whole cyberpunk 'verse this morning that may well fit in with the geishas.

Tomorrow evening is Chris's department's holiday party. I am half hoping to get a haircut before then.

Clickies of clickiness:

[livejournal.com profile] euclase is quite possibly one of my favorite people in the universe. These links are a good example of why. <3 Nautilus shaped house (I so want to live there, but I may have to content myself with knitting one instead) and Spend time with your own private moon. (I seem to recall one of these pics was on musecrack a while back, but this one has MORE OF THEM, and they are AMAZING.)

And from the most awesome and brilliant [livejournal.com profile] shutterbug_12: the most disturbing animals on earth..

edit: I forgot to post this earlier. As of now I have done a small amount of unpacking (meaning - one kitchen box, moved a few small nonessential pieces of furniture to the closet, set up the table) and I think I will call that done for a little while. We sort of almost have a dining room, which is very good; this weekend when [livejournal.com profile] tallin is home we can probably make more headway on it. I think if we can get the kitchen, coats/blankets for the hall closet and bathroom finished this weekend (all the blankets and coats are in garbage bags, the bathroom has only one box left to do and the kitchen has two or three) that will be good.

I can hear planes more easily from here, and a train in the distance.

son of edit: you know who else does amazing clickies? [livejournal.com profile] thewlisian_afer. I'm just going to link the most recent post in its entirety because it is truly amazing.
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[personal profile] cavalaxis 2008-12-05 06:30 pm (UTC)(link)
You do know that when I link something on Musecrack, there's a link to the source page with all the other images, yes? :D

[identity profile] phinnia.livejournal.com 2008-12-07 11:37 pm (UTC)(link)
... no.
*headdesk*
that really helps. <3 thank you.
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[personal profile] cavalaxis 2008-12-08 12:00 am (UTC)(link)
<3
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[personal profile] chezmax 2008-12-05 07:57 pm (UTC)(link)
I love the moon thing. Awesome.

[identity profile] adularia.livejournal.com 2008-12-05 08:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Did you notice that when the goblin shark unhinges its jaw (... god damn, that's a terrifying clause all by itself) its gills get HYOOOOGE and its entire chest cavity seems to fill with water? That's so awesome.

*badly wanted gills when she was a kid*
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[personal profile] katybeth 2008-12-05 09:40 pm (UTC)(link)
The Nautilus house is gorgeous. It looks like it would be awkward to live in, though.

[identity profile] tourmaline1973.livejournal.com 2008-12-05 09:59 pm (UTC)(link)
The moon thing is fabulous!

Glad you're getting settled in, it does take time but it's awesome when you realise you're there :)

[identity profile] natalief.livejournal.com 2008-12-06 12:23 am (UTC)(link)
*hopes your parcel arrives soon so your tootsies are warmer*

When it does, I forgot to include the ball-band for washing instructions - let me know and I can send you a scan of it.

[identity profile] phinnia.livejournal.com 2008-12-07 11:33 pm (UTC)(link)
it arrived yesterday! the socks are gorgeous and fit beautifully - thank you so so much - and I also adore the postcard, I'm going to get a little frame for it. <3

[identity profile] natalief.livejournal.com 2008-12-08 08:12 am (UTC)(link)
In lieu of scanning the ball-band for you for the washing instructions, I used Regia Color (http://www.coatscrafts.co.uk/Products/Knitting/regia/Regia+4+Ply+Color.htm) to knit these. Glad you like them!

[identity profile] natalief.livejournal.com 2008-12-06 12:32 am (UTC)(link)
re. musecrack - thanks for the link!
http://www.musecrack.com/index.php/a/2008/12/05/the_secret
Tea. Tea is the secret. ;-p
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[personal profile] kengr 2008-12-07 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
Any chance that the thermostats have the controls hidden under a cover that snaps off or swings out? A lot of them are that way. And until you figure out how to open them, all you see is this stupid box.

[identity profile] phinnia.livejournal.com 2008-12-07 11:34 pm (UTC)(link)
This one has a cover and if you take it off all you can see is wires. <3 i expect this is not by design.
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[personal profile] kengr 2008-12-08 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
Sounds like it's time to have a little chat with the landlord (or building super)