I’m typing from my co-worker Heather’s laptop today. I woke up this morning and took my dog for a walk toward the Old Seaman’s Church, home of the upcoming Real World Philadelphia. I took photos of interesting locations along 3rd Street that the Real Worlders may visit. I plan to do the same thing to adjacent streets tomorrow. It was a beautiful, 70 degree day. The dog enjoyed it. I enjoyed it. I then went to aforementioned co-workers place to install an IKEA Magnesium™ light fixture. These things are so cool! I had to install an electrical box so a visit to Olde City Hardware (located at 41 South 3rd Street) was in order. They are so helpful there! I found everything I needed. A second visit later to get mounting bolts sealed the deal. I’m not going to Home Depot again if I can help it. If you have the means, I highly recommend them. I used the hardware to install aforementioned Magnesium and now the bathroom is super purdy. You’ll recall that last weekend much painting was involved. My work in there is now done. I can’t wait to do the same thing to my place in Houston. One day. [sigh]. I am on the books as working here through 12/31/2004 as I’ve said before, so we’ll see. I’m still having fun, though, so who knows?


Speaking of my work, I have to catch up with some missed hours from Friday. I ended up spending the day at home waiting for the filthy Comcast repair guy to show up. My cable modem service has been iffy at best as of late. The guy never showed up, and when I called they said he’d already come by and claimed I wasn’t home. LIES! I went downstairs to the manager’s office and asked if he’d come by there. Nope. I then checked out the video surveillance cameras. Nothing. Lying bastards! I’m the only person in the building who seems to know how to use their software, so they give me the love when I visit the Manager’s Office. I went back upstairs and canceled my cable modem service. I’d done the same thing to the Warner Cable cable modem earlier that morning. My roommate DP hooked us up with DSL so we’re gold there. I decided I’d try out the DSL here in Philly. You have to get Verizon to do it, so I was on the phone with Verizon for the rest of the afternoon. They’re nice those Verizon people. I think if I’m like the millionth customer I get to go on a date with Catherine Zeta-Jones. I don’t get to use my tongue when kissing though. That sucks.


I went to a pub called Charlie’s which was only half a block from me this whole time. Nice place. They’ve got two pool tables and a decent bar and seating. Last weekend we went to a place called Loui’s (pronounced Low-Wees) and it was super duper crowded. I could at least breath at Charlie’s. We only stayed out til’ 11:30 PM so there wasn’t enough time to truly cause a commotion. Perhaps tonight. There’s a dinner party with several friends (which was the whole reason why I had to install the light fixture mentioned in my earlier paragraph). We never really raise The Hell™ when we’re out, but we do a fair amount of raising The Heck™. Go figure.