I'm going through a weird phase. For years, I've been scrimping and saving for a rainy day. While I haven't been a complete miser--I eat out a fair bit, and I've bought my fair share of records and books as well as the occasional video game or console--it's not as if I've slunk into debt while constantly buying new clothes and updating my gadgets ( Read more... )

This morning, I pulled on my jeans, grabbed my iPod and a book, and proceeded to wait in the lobby for the postie. I wasn't waiting for a love letter, this month's Sub Pop Single, or even an iPod Touch. I was waiting for my passport, which was tracked as being sent out for delivery today--and I didn't want to chance the postie not delivering it and ( Read more... )

A few mornings after I returned from my overnight Seattle trip, I caught wind of the Capitol Hill Block Party line-up. It appears to be made of awesome and win--and only improves with each update. Sonic Youth! Deerhunter! The Jesus Lizard! Earth! Japandroids! All for the seeing over one weekend in Seattle. Plus, while I was down there, I could go ( Read more... )

So my eyes haven't exactly gotten better with age. Not that I was expecting my left eye to magically realign itself or anything, but I wasn't expecting the double vision. When my eyes are tired or I just can't focus, I start to see double. Put my hand over my left eye, and I can focus and see single again. But short of adopting an eye patch, I can' ( Read more... )

According to my doctor's scale, I weigh 111 pounds. I am about 5'2" tall, give or take an eighth or so. So I'm small. Tiny feet with matching toes. Scrawny arms that would probably fade into nothing if it weren't for my hands. Even my American thighs are in miniature. You get the picture. But what you probably aren't picturing is my weirdo gut ( Read more... )

Lately, the dude's been suffering from a pain on the right side of his torso. How do I know he's suffering? He went to see the doctor, who in turn sent him for a battery of tests: X-rays, bone density exams, blood tests. The usual annual check-up sampler plus diagnostics. Fun. Unfortunately, he's not terribly experienced in the ways of being sick ( Read more... )

Six days on, one day off, an early Friday doctor's appointment and a late Friday night at work and it was almost miraculous that I was able to walk up the hill from the skytrain. I needed a day of pure rest. None of this day off spent running errands and doing housework stuff. At the very most, I might go to get a prescription filled and some pop. ( Read more... )

Sometime between doing my drying and hustling off somewhere, I forgot to refill the laundry card. Now, filling the laundry card is one of the myriad of little things that I do, so I totally screwed up. But the thing is, so long as they have a credit card or a bank card, anybody can do this little task! There's even a machine on the first floor of ( Read more... )

I am a deadbeat. As in, I pay my credit card off in full and on time each and every month. Doesn't matter if I had my wisdom teeth removed or got prescriptions filled or went to Seattle overnight to see My Bloody Valentine: whatever the balance is, I pay it off. I do this not so much because I'm a goody-goody, but more because I know that if I didn ( Read more... )

If Facebook was around when I was growing up, chances are that between the two of us, mom and I would have documented everything. We'd have digital albums full of things like wee me watching Star Trek with my dad, pre-teen me watching Quantum Leap with my dad, adult me taking a break from my studies and watching Enterprise with my dad, as well as ( Read more... )