Amazon sent me a "Recommended For You" email today. Most of the things I buy from Amazon are gifts for others, so my recommendations are often a little strange.

Here's the list of movies they think I'd like:

Beowulf
Michael Clayton
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Atonement
American Gangster
Water Horse-Legend of the Deep
August Rush
The Aristocats

Our TV arrived yesterday. The box was huge. I'll upload pictures later, when Larra is awake to remind me what our photobucket password is ( Read more... )

How about them apples?

A week ago (that little time? really?) we were trying to get all of our "must-keep" possessions out of the apartment and on their way to New York. Most things were sent through the Post Office, but we took the valuable stuff to FedEx so they could pack it all nice and safe ( Read more... )

A full account of our recent adventures can be found on Larra's LJ.

A video tour of our apartment, narrated by Larra, and starring me (in my ongoing cameo career):


5B Tour from Larra Morris on VimeoThings are going pretty well. We have the internets, obviously, but I put the power cable to the second laptop in the boxes to be shipped, so we're ( Read more... )

On Wednesday night, Larra and I will board a flight in Portland. On Thursday morning, we will disembark in New York City. Once there, we will sign a lease, get a quick look at our new apartment, and head to the dialysis center for "training."

Wheeeee/Aaaaaah!

As should be clear from my previous post, we are in Portland this week trying to be helpful. On Saturday, we head back to Seattle to try to finish up all of our packing ( Read more... )

Yesterday, my mom received a kidney from her youngest brother, Raymond ( Read more... )

Man, I never like moving. Packing sucks. Shipping stuff sucks. Unpacking really sucks ( Read more... )

Since I last wrote, some things have happened: