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lierdumoaI cashed in my sister's IOU. I had her buy me Firefly the series. Now I'll finally know what all the fuss is about. As soon as my dad stops watching football on the only tv with a DVD player. Also, I got my mom to buy me a Tori Amos collection. I'd have rather bought Choirgirl Hotel or Under the Pink than a compilation CD, but I couldn't find them and was too lazy to do any serious looking.
So I went shopping with my sister, mother, and uncle (my favorite uncle -- he's a translator who lives in Belgium). We went to Barnes and Noble (where I got my CD and DVD set). Afterwards we went to a store with things like lamps and kitchen ware and other household tidbits. I was horribly amused when my uncle found these odd devices to place around the rims of drinking glasses. I didn't find out what their actual purpose was. I was too busy being terribly amused by their name. They were called rimmers. This wouldn't have been all that funny except my uncle got this very pinched look on his face and said "Rimmers -- what a disgusting name." He sounded just like a snooty old lady.
Okay, enough with the eighth grade humor.
So spending a week or so at home has reminded me why I decided to move to the other end of the country for college. I grew up in a very boring town. I've never had a very good relationship with my parents, and it certainly hasn't improved over the years. Honestly, I can't much stand it here. I missed my friends from high school, so I'm really glad to be seeing them, but aside from that, I'm really glad to be going back to college soon. There I have peace and quiet (at least until the new semester starts and I am once again bogged down with a full classload). And you know what? I miss being able to go down the hall and have an intelligent conversation with someone who doesn't talk down to me. I miss being able to walk to the movie theater. Everything in my hometown is a fifteen minute drive away. I miss living in a city where they stop running movies at midnight, as opposed to eight o'clock in the evening. I miss my computer. A lot. All of my best toys are on it.
And I really hate not having AIM. Really, really.
Oh yeah. And I bought the Kelis CD. That's getting scratched of my "songs I need to download once I get back to college" list. My sister bought the new OutKast CD, and I'm going to burn that off of her. It's so nice to hear new music. I really ought to listen to the radio more. Of course, I do that here because there's rarely anything better to do.
Meh.
So I went shopping with my sister, mother, and uncle (my favorite uncle -- he's a translator who lives in Belgium). We went to Barnes and Noble (where I got my CD and DVD set). Afterwards we went to a store with things like lamps and kitchen ware and other household tidbits. I was horribly amused when my uncle found these odd devices to place around the rims of drinking glasses. I didn't find out what their actual purpose was. I was too busy being terribly amused by their name. They were called rimmers. This wouldn't have been all that funny except my uncle got this very pinched look on his face and said "Rimmers -- what a disgusting name." He sounded just like a snooty old lady.
Okay, enough with the eighth grade humor.
So spending a week or so at home has reminded me why I decided to move to the other end of the country for college. I grew up in a very boring town. I've never had a very good relationship with my parents, and it certainly hasn't improved over the years. Honestly, I can't much stand it here. I missed my friends from high school, so I'm really glad to be seeing them, but aside from that, I'm really glad to be going back to college soon. There I have peace and quiet (at least until the new semester starts and I am once again bogged down with a full classload). And you know what? I miss being able to go down the hall and have an intelligent conversation with someone who doesn't talk down to me. I miss being able to walk to the movie theater. Everything in my hometown is a fifteen minute drive away. I miss living in a city where they stop running movies at midnight, as opposed to eight o'clock in the evening. I miss my computer. A lot. All of my best toys are on it.
And I really hate not having AIM. Really, really.
Oh yeah. And I bought the Kelis CD. That's getting scratched of my "songs I need to download once I get back to college" list. My sister bought the new OutKast CD, and I'm going to burn that off of her. It's so nice to hear new music. I really ought to listen to the radio more. Of course, I do that here because there's rarely anything better to do.
Meh.
