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Quick question y'all - I'm wanting to sell an exercise bike on the Craigslist, and if a new model goes for $1100, how much should I be asking for this one? Save for a little dust, it's practically brand new since I've used it probably all of 5 times. Is it unrealistic to ask for $600, or should I go higher or lower?

Ugh, kids
I gotta come out of Livejournal hibernation to just say... what a little asshole.

Playing video games is a waste of time because it doesn't help humanity? Using that line of thinking, so is shooting hoops in your driveway or taking cooking classes. Jesus, talk about holier-than-thou. Maybe when he hits puberty and discovers girls he'll realize that not everything you do has to be some noble endeavor to better mankind for it to be worthwhile.

And now, I'm gonna play Sims 3 until I get carpal tunnel again, thankyouverymuch "genius" kid.

Stolen from hallo_katzchen
RULES:
_ Pick your birth month.
_ Strike out anything that doesn't apply to you.
_ Bold (or italicize) the five-ten that best apply to you.
_ Copy to your own journal, with all twelve months under a lj-cut.
_ Tag 5 people from your friends list.

NOVEMBER: Has a lot of ideas. ~~Difficult to fathom.~~ Thinks forward. Unique and ~~brilliant.~~ Extraordinary ideas. Sharp thinking. ~~Fine and strong clairvoyance.~~ ~~Can become good doctors.~~ Dynamic in personality. Secretive. Inquisitive. Knows how to dig secrets. Always thinking. ~~Less talkative but~~ amiable. ~~Brave and~~ generous. Patient. ~~Stubborn and hard-hearted.~~ ~~If there is a will, there is a way.~~ ~~Determined.~~ ~~Never gives up.~~ Hardly becomes angry unless provoked. Loves to be alone. Thinks differently from others. Sharp-minded. ~~Motivates oneself.~~ ~~Does not appreciate praises.~~ High-spirited. ~~Well-built and tough.~~ Deep love and emotions. Romantic. ~~Uncertain in relationships.~~ Homely. ~~Hardworking.~~ ~~High abilities.~~ Trustworthy. Honest and keeps secrets. ~~Not able to control emotions.~~ ~~Unpredictable.~~

( The 12 months. )

I will tag...let's see - Kimmy, Sarah, Michi...actually, anyone who wants to do it! :P

= Kelly =

Current Mood: bored

Watching Heath Ledger as the Joker in The Dark Knight is oh-so heartbreaking and yet it just has to be seen because it's fucking incredible. Pretty much the minute he appeared on screen, Heath vanished, and all I could see was the Joker. That usually never happens for me in movies; I'm always almost painfully aware that it's George Clooney or Elijah Wood or Johnny Depp or whoever else. Russel Crowe managed to do it once, and Cate Blanchett almost always does. Heath Ledger wasn't really ever once of those actors, but man he totally tapped into something for this movie. And we'll never see it again.

So, um, yeah...go see it.

= Kelly=

Current Mood: excited

Weirdness
( So today it was crazytown here at the house. )

= Kelly =

Current Mood: accomplished

Wow, has it really been a whole month since my last post?

Having Erik here has been a blast! I'm still not completely used to having someone else in the house with me all the time, but I'm getting there. God I'm so behind on laundry, though!

Anyway, we've been having tons of fun - playing video games, watching movies, just hanging out and enjoying each other's company and being huge nerds and slowly realizing that we don't have to have any more airport goodbyes.

There is some bad news on the homefront, though. Erik's grandmother, who had been in the hospital for three weeks or so, passed away last night. The viewing is on friday and the funeral's on saturday, so I think we'll be flying up thursday.

I promise to post more often - I'd write more tonight, but I've got a big bandaid on my pointer finger that's making it super clumsy to type.

Hope everyone's doing well!

= Kelly =

Current Mood: good

HOORAY!
So guess who's naked in my house? :D

(Kelly's note: I was going to post "Guess who's finally here?" but Erik just got out the shower and commandeered the keyboard...*shakes fist*)

= Kelly =

Current Mood: amused

This time tomorrow, I'll be on a plane to St. Louis again. This definitely won't be the last time, of course, because I'm sure we'll be visiting his family later this year. But this trip does have a sense of finality about it.

I'm admittedly very anxious about having Erik move in. This is the biggest change I've ever been faced with. I want him to move in more than anything, but I am nervous. Not because I'm afraid it won't work, but just because of what this move signifies. My brother asked me last night if we were getting married, and said, "I mean, that's where this is headed, right? You're dating a guy, it's going really well, he's moving in. It's gonna happen sooner or later."

Erik moving in with me...means that I'm going to have him for the rest of our lives. I can't even tell you guys how much I've wanted that to be my reality for the last year and a half. And now it really is going to happen!

Ha, I could gush about all this stuff forever and ever.

= Kelly =

Current Mood: giddy

So I've been using Proactive since the night of the 7th and I must say I've noticed some decent change so far.

( Check the picture! )

My cheeks and chin aren't as red and blotchy as they usually are, and also my skin is getting crazy smooth. Usually I can feel all kinds of raised bumps on my cheeks, but those are going away. And the pores on my nose look smaller and cleaner, too. So, thus far I'm pretty impressed with the product. It dries my skin out just a tad though, but I've got moisturizer for that so it's not a very big deal.

In other news, this is my schedule for the next week:
Monday - Mom and dad are coming down with a trailer to haul the old furniture in my garage away. Mom's gonna sell 'em in the Williamson County Animal Shelter garage sale.
Tuesday - CLEANING DAY.
Wednesday - Dinner in Georgetown with my parents and my Gramma Jerry, who's gonna be in town from Tuesday to Saturday.
Thursday - Packing. Grocery shopping. And some new furniture for the dining room area is getting delivered.
Friday - Leaving at noon to fly up to St. Louis!
Saturday and Sunday - Going to the lake with Erik and his family.
Monday - Chillin' and packing Erik's truck probably.
Tuesday - Erik and I drive down to Texas!!

YIPPIE!!! :D

= Kelly =

Current Mood: good

Blah blah blah, putz putz putz, bored bored bored.

Erik went out last night to chill with an old friend and they've been doing stuff all day today too, and while I miss talking to him and I'm all like dfgjhsdlfkgjs, it's pretty cool that they're getting to hang out after probably not seeing each other for a long time. Especially since Erik's moving down here soon. So I'm proud of myself for not being all clingly and calling him every couple hours.

Mrrrraaaahhhhhhhhhhhh...

Anyway. American Idol's on right now. Bo Bice is performing for some reason. And I really think Jason Castro is going home. ): I don't want him to, but I think his time's up. Especially after he missed some of the lyrics in Tambourine Man. I mean seriously, how can you sing that song and then forget "In the jingle jangle morning I'll come following you"? I mean, that's like the lyric EVERYONE knows from that song. And then he remembered all the verses perfectly. WTF, Jason.

Oh, and random observation. Jenna Bush looks EXACTLY like a young version of her dad if he had fake boobs and dressed in drag. They have the SAME face. It's creepy. Seriously, I think her fiance has a secret fetish for the president.

I should be doing laundry...

= Kelly =

Current Mood: bored

Thank you Kimmy for giving me something to kill the boredom! :D

( 50 odd things survey )

= Kelly =

Current Mood: hungry

I don't like sleezy guys who smell like a billion cigarettes hanging out in my house...
Haha, nothing like getting hit on by the Sear's repair man come to do maintinence on my washer and dryer...

Him: So do you want the good news or the bad news first?
Me: Um...bad news.
Him: The bad news is you probably won't be seeing me again. I know, I know, but keep it together until I leave.
Me: Hahaha...ha...what's the good news?
Him: The good news is you probably won't be seeing me again - kidding, I'm kidding, that was the bad news. Your washer's fine, I couldn't find anything wrong with it.
Me: Oh, cool. That's a relief.
Him: Yeah, I didn't think there would be any problems considering it's only a couple years old.
Me: And it's not like I do a crazy amount of laundry or anything.
Him: Well how about I bring mine over sometime? That sound good? Hahaha!
Me: Haha...ha...ha...

And the whole time all I can think about is that I was too lazy to put on a bra today and him and I are the only people in the house and oh god please just give me my receipt and go already and pay no attention to the various colored and lacy undergarments that I did not know were still in the dryer. Ugh, talk about your uneasy feelings. At least the pest guy earlier came in, sprayed for bugs, had me sign his clipboard, and was on his way as simple as that. Sigh.

= Kelly =

Current Mood: groggy

I've been playing the Gameboy Advance release of Breath of Fire 2 on my DS for about the last week. I'm sure nobody knows what game I'm talking about...but anyway, I totally beat it! I used to play the SNES version as a kid and I never, ever beat the final boss. I also never really understood the richness of the plot when I was young, but man...the bad guys are such a metaphor for the Catholic Church. And the good guys all worship dragons and nature gods and giant trees and whatnot.

Anywho, so yeah, I'm proud of myself even though it's pretty much a meaningless accomplishment. :P

So now it's almost 1am and I'm gonna head out to HEB and get a bit of groceries. What can I say? I'm hungry and I've been trying not to eat a lot of fast food. And you know you need to go food shopping very badly when you're having dreams about it...

May 16th needs to hurry up and be here!!

Current Mood: accomplished

Lists are fun
Things I need to do sooner rather than later:

- Get the old furniture out of my garage so Erik will have a place to park
- Go to the Honda dealership and get my licence plates put on
- Mail my insurance info and other junk to some courthouse before the 5th of May
- Sign up for defensive driving ASAP
- Go shoe shopping for the shoes I'm gonna wear with this dress when I go to Tracy's wedding May 31st (also try and find some kind of wrap to go over the shoulders)
- Housecleaning (dusting, vacuuming, sink scrubbing, etc)
- Look into finding some kind of shelf system for the dining room area (and maybe another dresser for the bedroom?)
- Get microwave-safe bowls for the love of god

Oh wow, 17 days until I leave. I feel like I don't have enough time to do everything I'd like to before Erik gets here. I really want everything to be just perfect for him. Yikesyikesyikesyikesyikesyikesyikes

= Kelly =

Current Mood: awake

Wooo, sleepy, but home again. Was supposed to come back on the 19th but hahaha...yeah, didn't happen.

Erik and I have a date now, though! May 20th. I'm flying up on the 16th, spending the weekend at the lake with him and his family, and then on the 20th we're driving down and then he'll be here...like, really super for-good here!

So I've got 20 days until I head up there again...blows my mind to think about it.

= Kelly =

Current Mood: excited

Yesterday I went up to my parents' house to go out for mexican food. Before that, though, we visited papa in the nursing home he got moved into. And good lord, what a depressing place. EVERYONE is in wheelchairs, 2/3 of the folks are totally out of it and probably have no idea where they are, and most of them will stay there until they die.

Luckily papa only has to stay another week at the very most. He's not sick with pneumonia anymore, he just has to work on getting his body stronger again.

After visiting with papa for a while, we went to dinner. I ended up driving because mom and dad wanted to ride in my new car, but when we were like 3 minutes away from the restaurant, I looked behind me and noticed a cop car had its lights going. I pulled over into the left lane thinking he would pass me and get to where he was going, and then in a total "well, shit" moment I realized he was going after me. So not only did I get a speeding ticket, but I got a speeding ticket with my parents in the car with me. Guuuuuuuuuhhhhhh.

Today has been pretty good, though. I've been putting together a personal cookbook full of recipies I've found from the Food Network and various other places. Got a cute green canvas binder and some bamboo-print paper to cut and paste the printed-out recipies onto. Also got some of those dividers that you can write on. It feels like I'm in high school again! I haven't touched a binder in 3 years!

And on Thursday I go see my baby! YAY!!!

= Kelly =

Current Mood: cheerful

So for the last week or so, my skin has looked the worst it has in recent memory, and because of that I've finally broken down and ordered Proactiv.

I'm having it Fed-ex'd so it'll get here before I leave for Illinois on Thursday. And I'll definitely post updates about if it's working or not. I'm feeling optimistic, but we'll see.

Also, it's funny to watch cooking shows just to see what sort of disgusting stuff they make. Especially that Everyday Italian show with the chick who has to pronounce all the italian words perfectly? She makes some groooooooss looking food.

= Kelly =

Current Mood: tired

HEY GUYS!
New car aquired! It was so hard to let Dusty go. I honestly almost cried. ): My first car... At least I got to keep his license plate.

The new car's name is Vino. My mom suggested it because he's merlot-colored. But over the course of the afternoon I started calling him Wino-car, so that's his nickname.

( Meet Wino-car! )

= Kelly =

Current Mood: sleepy