WITH Bonus Photos from 10 and 11 Years Ago!

I have my one week post-op doctors appointment this afternoon.  I expect he'll just tear off the bandages, look at the stitches, tell me they look fine, wrap them up in a smaller bandage and schedule me for another appointment next week where he will do the same thing.  I believe the results of the tests on the tissue they took out will have come back with "Clean" edges and that will be the end of the cutting.  I'm sure they would have called me by now if that wasn't the case.  I can't remember for sure, but I'm either going to have to go in for exams every month or every three months now for the next year.  When I asked why I had to do that the last time I had surgery there, I was told very sternly by the head nurse that "Cancer is a very serious matter, you need to be checked more often until we're satisfied we got everything".  Whatever.  I went through that drill three years ago and it didn't stop me from getting it again, did it?  Although, I am grateful we caught it early.

Here are, as promised, 3 photos from 10 and 11 years ago.  The first one was taken in London in 2001 when a group of us were setting out for a pub crawl.  Yup, it's morning (freezing cold) and apparently a normal thing to do over there in the morning is start a pub crawl.  Yes, I had the 9th Doctor's coat before he even thought about getting it. (Jealous?)  Still have it too, in case I want to do a little Doctor Who cosplay.  The other two are from the year 2000 when I went to meet two of my British friends and my Texan friend Wayne in Austin.  You obviously can't tell from the photos, but it was about 1,000 degrees F with 120% humidity while we were there.  Can you believe I actually have a tan?  Come to think of it, I believe that's the last time I had any color to my skin at all.  I stayed at a really neat B&B my friend Wayne recommended that Russell Crowe stayed at when he was there filming or recording his album, not sure which.  It was really nice, too bad the other guests went to bed so early and got mad when we sat out on the porch talking on my first night.  Oh well.  The first one is of the four of us outside Wayne's mom's house and the second one is us at a BBQ place watching a country band play.  You can't tell, but I DO have a black cowboy hat one.  It looked silly.  The bottom two are scans of photos, so that's why you see that weird smudge on both of them.

Tell me the truth, do I look old now compared to those pictures?

I miss having that hairstyle.  :-(

Have a great day everyone, and, as always, be good to each other.

Are you sitting down?  I actually went out last night.  On a WEEKNIGHT!  I wasn't going to go since it was a category 9 awful kind of day, but I forced myself.  I met my friend and we went and saw a taping of Web Soup's season 3 premiere episode.

I can't tell you how glad I am that I went.  First off, because it's a straight shot over the hill and easy to get to, secondly, because it was the first time I've really laughed in the past few months.  We were sat in the front row and methinks Chris Hardwick may have a teeny tiny thing for my friend.  If we go again, I'll have to see if we can get front row again.  Yeah, I'll totally play matchmaker!  We saw him one other time when he hosted Cinematic Titanic's performance of "East Meets Watts" at Largo and he'd come up to her there too (during the movie).  Last night he zeroed in on her and even stroked her arms.... TWICE.  It was awesome!  Maybe it was her Doctor Who T-shirt (10th Doctor) or her "Exterminate" pin?  I mean, the only mention I got was during "This Week in Fail" when he says "You know it's bad when a chick automatically crosses her legs in pain" (or something like that).  I was the "chick" and the clip was bad!

It was a really good taping with hardly any pick-ups and the material was hysterical (Things You Can't Unsee was especially gross/funny).  I'm still pissed-off that DirectTV took G4 off the programming grid.  The only way I'm going to be able to see the show is at tapings.  The crew was nice and pretty laid back.  They even have their own groupie, some dude who knows everyone's name.  I mean EVERYONE'S.  From the admin staff to the camera guys, to the directors.  He would make loud jokes and comments during the times we weren't recording.  Usually not funny either.  I felt kinda bad for him.  And for his high water pants.  How long has it been since you heard of someone wearing high waters?  Well he was!  The audience for the show was really small, they only have about 50 seats set up.  The studio is small too.  I guess they also use it for E! News and shows like that too. 

I doubt I'm going to go to the taping on Thursday.  I got home kinda late and had a really hard time getting up this morning.  By the time I was ready and in bed, it was after 10pm, so I got less than six hours of sleep.  Not good.  If you think I'm cranky normally, just wait until you have to deal with me on less than eight hours of sleep.

Most of my friends know how uncomfortable I've been with my weight loss since I've been sick (I think I'm at 30lbs down now), but I can tell you that the camera does indeed add weight.  From what I could see on the monitors, I look like I always do.  Same with the photo I'm going to post below.  Either that or I just can't see it because it's me and you know how I am (thanks mom!).

Enough about that!  What happy topic can I come up with?  Hmmmm.  Lady GaGa is only 25?  I saw photos from the new Wonder Woman show, I hope it's good.  Glad the red boots are back.  Still not sure about the costume.  Looks too much like JMS's and Jim Lee's revamp. 

How sad are those?  Maybe I'll come up with a good topic later.

Okay, so the photo below is from the reception I was was at Sunday.  You know who I am and who my friend Sandy is, so that leaves the bride, my friend Ginny.  Doesn't she look beautiful?  I look like I have a load of oil on my face.  Weird.

Be good to others today, you never know when you will need them.

It's been a few days since I blogged, so I guess it's catch-up time.

Surgery Thursday went well. Took an hour, just like I thought it would.  I'm not sure how many stitches I got, I think it's somewhere between 11-15.  My doctor has such small hands he's able to make small incisions!  Turns out that the tag that came back positive was the one on my upper arm, so at least it's easier to keep dry than the one on my stomach.  LOL.  Only thing is, if people see the bandage, they think I got a tattoo and ask me what I got.

I was able to go into work Friday and only left about 20 minutes earlier than my normal time, so I was still there almost 10 hours.  They can't complain that I'm not putting in my time!

Went and got highlights done on my hair Saturday.  It took OVER THREE HOURS.  They didn't come out like I wanted, but they're okay I guess.  The problem was that the area he started on lifted a lot more quickly than expected, so the part he did last hadn't caught up when the bleach was ready to be washed out of where he started.  Anyway, Alex decided that he was going to put a toner on them, so it wouldn't matter.  I told him "I don't care, just make it look nice".  Well, he put a copper toner on them and it sort of stuck to the rest of my hair too.  I went to all the trouble of becoming a brunette again and now instead of having brown hair with copper highlights, I have dark reddish brown hair with copper highlights.  I'm hoping the toner will fade off the darker hair with a few washes.  Long day!  I can't tell you how many times my hair was washed!  It was exhausting.  Sitting around, reading and having someone do your hair isn't always relaxing.  Especially when you have Guiseppe Franco himself bouncing all over the place.  His station is near Alex's and he's always "UP".  Running around, telling jokes in his NY Italian twang, paging people, checking on everything.  It's his salon, so I guess he could do what he wants, right?  At one point, he ran right into me when I was walking back to Alex's station from getting my hair washed.  He felt bad and grabbed my arm to steady me..... right where I had surgery.  I about passed out!  I just sort of forced a smile and went on my way.  I think he thought I was a bitch because I didn't say anything, but I doubt I could have verbalised anything other than "You asshole, you just grabbed an arm full of stitches!".

It was cool to see that Alex still has the Superman pin I gave him from Comic-Con years ago taped to the inside of the door to his cupboard at his station.  Right above the topless redhead drawing.  Two things he holds dear:  My Superman pin and redheads. Ha!

Sunday was fun.  Ginny and Josh's wedding was lovely.  Strangely, I'd never been to a Jewish wedding before.  I thought I had at some point, but when I thought about it, nope.  Ginny was a beautiful bride and Josh was a handsome groom.  It was strange seeing both of them without their glasses on!  Turns out that neither of them could see a thing during the ceremony or the parts of the reception when they didn't have their specs on. :-) 

The reception was loads of fun, we had the best table in the room.  After years of knowing him, I finally got to meet Steve's wife Kelly.  We all knew each other from going to concerts and we are all around the same age, so the conversation never lagged.  It all started off with: Is it possible to name the top ten 10 of the greatest albums of the 1980's.  We found that it was pretty much wasn't possible because we liked more than 10 bands that had albums out in the 80's.  PLUS, some of our favorite bands had more than a few albums out in that decade.  We even tried to limit it to certain genres.  Still not possible.  We'd come up with one band and album, say "Echo and the Bunnymen's Killing Moon" and then someone would say "What about XTC's English Settlement?", which led to The Clash, The English Beat, Peter Gabriel, etc, etc, etc.  Plus, trying to remember if albums were out in 1979 or 1980 or 1989 or 1990 was hard.  We'd get tours and album releases mixed-up.  It was fun.  What did we do before Smart Phones where we could look things up? 

Our booth was next to the Bride and Grooms table, so we were surprised Ginny didn't pop over the booth and chime in with her answers.  I think we all met her at some concert or another.  She's even arranged her honeymoon around a concert date.  They can't leave until AFTER Neil Finn's show at the El Rey next week and Ginny's worried that They'll add another date and she'll miss it.  I think she'll be okay though.  If they haven't added a date by now, I doubt they will. 

It was also decided at our table that Del Taco has the best french fries, especially late at night.  EVERYONE knows that, right?  Right?  RIGHT?!!??

I don't say this too often, but I really like the dress I wore.  I had to take it in and pin it in the back, but because of the fabric, you couldn't tell.  If you can believe it, I didn't wear a black dress!  Come to think of it, I didn't wear black all weekend.  I must be getting sick or something!  The dress I wore was different shades of blue with a wine color.  I'll try and post a photo here later.  It will probably only be the top part though.  I don't think I took any photos standing up.  Yes, I did take a couple of pictures.  You can pick your jaws up off the ground now.

Here's a link to it until I can post a photo:

http://www.overstock.com/Clothing-Shoes/Argenti-Womens-Ruffle-Neck-Sleeveless-Crinkle-Dress/5728343/product.html

Got home from the wedding reception around 4pm and pretty much crashed.  Took off my heels and everything, showered and watched Gilmore Girls DVD's with Gotham until bedtime.

I had things I needed to do this weekend and didn't do any of them.  Argh! 

I'm going to a Web Soup taping tomorrow night.  That should be cool.  I guess when I emailed them about 8 months ago they must have put me on their email list to let me know of taping schedules.  Now I have to figure out what to wear.  If I remember correctly, TV tapings last a long time and it's usually cold. 

Hmmmmm, much to think about.

Have a great day and be nice to a jerk today.  It pisses them off.

Update

Well, had kind of a shock a little while ago.  I was on the phone with our Marketing Department head when my cell phone rang.  I was going to ignore it, but picked it up anyway since the number looked familiar.  So I asked Mktg Head to hang on (didn't put on hold since i had my headset on) and answered the call.  It was my dermo cancer docs office.  They were calling to tell me that instead of just going in and having my stitches removed on Thursday as scheduled (finally!), that I actually have to come in in the morning for surgery because one of the five biopsy tags they took a couple weeks ago came back positive.

So I'm sitting there, trying not to freak out because I have the Marketing Dept on the phone listening to my side of everything.  I calmly schedule the appointment and assure them that I should be able to take the day off work and will see them Thursday morning.  Inside I'm freaking out.  I shouldn't be, I  mean I had the same thing done on my leg in 2008, so it's nothing new, but it's still scary.  I'll be awake for the whole thing and I should be able to drive myself there and home. 

I don't want a scar on my shoulder.  It's bad enough I have a gouge there now.  What are they going to take out?  It's not like I have big beefy shoulders.

I called my dad and he made me feel a little better.  I'm still kinda scared and nervous though.  I guess I just need to suck it up and just get through it.

Yesterday was an interesting day.  Kind of a mixed bag of good and bad.  I felt like I was put through the ringer for some reason.  By the time I got home, I was toast.

Good stuff - I got a lot of things in the mail that I'd ordered.  My DVD box set of the latest season of Doctor Who (with nifty art cards!), a T-shirt, a scale (Gotham weighs 14.1lbs.... he's not a fat cat, just long and lean.  Really. No, seriously.  Maybe.), a dress for the wedding I'm going to, and a couple of other things.  It was like Christmas, but I paid for everything.  Well some was from gift cards, so it was kinda like Christmas.

Kinda bad - I'm disappointed that the first item to arrive for my big project is too big.  I took accurate measurements and everything, I don't know what happened.  I'm going to call the vendor today and see if they will take it back and send me a smaller one.  Unfortunately, I didn't get it on EBay, so I don't have the threat of negative feedback to toss around. I have a few more things that are supposed to arrive over the next few days, hopefully they'll be right!

Kinda Surreal - I talked to my mom yesterday.  She called to tell me that "24" was being made into a movie.  The thing is, I've never seen a single episode of 24, so she was kinda mad that she made the effort to call and tell me good news and it wasn't something I watch.  She doesn't watch it either though, so I don't know why she was so excited.  I thanked her and everything, but I think she was still annoyed.  We talked for a while about what was going on up at their place and down here and my dad's health and stuff.  Pretty standard phone call.  I think she's still mad at me though. 

I should call my dad.  I always feel like I have a safety net under me after I talk to him.  He's reasonable and gives advice that tells you all sides, but rarely scares you.  Wow, I never thought I'd say THAT.

My uncle is always good to talk to.  As I've mentioned before, he has a unique take on everything.  Plus, whenever I mention something that has either hurt me or upset me, he asks for addresses of who did it.  :-)  I never tell him though.  Just the thought that he's in my corner means a lot to me.

Vasthy, you are always in my thoughts.  I know I've said it already, but if there's anything I can do to help you through this, please let me know.  You have all my numbers and can call any time day or night and I will talk or meet you.  I've got big shoulders to cry on and long arms to give big hugs.  I mean it.

That's about it for now.  Be good to each other.

First things first, Happy Birthday to Mark.  On the correct date this time. :-)

What a weekend, I got a lot done!  Yay for me! 

Got up around 6:30am on Saturday and started sorting through stuff straight away.  FOR SIX HOURS STRAIGHT.  Then I had to carry the bags to my car, which was parked kinda far.  Well, it SEEMED far as I was carry bags with magazines and books in them.  LOL.  I would have moved my car to the red zone in front of my building, but one of the other tenants was moving out and had their moving truck parked there.  Although, come to think of it, I never actually SAW them move anything.  I saw the dudes female friend sitting in the back of the truck picking at her fingernails, but moving stuff? No. 

I've been taking Laurel Canyon a lot lately when I've had to go into Hollywood, so I did the same on Saturday.  The shop I donate all my stuff to is on Fairfax, and Laurel Canyon is pretty close to Fairfax once you get over the hill.  I usually make a lleft at the signal at Hollywood Blvd and then drive the block and a half to Fairfax and make a right.  Easy!  As I was stopped at a traffic light at Santa Monica, I saw my friend Terry riding his bike, I honked a bunch of times but he didn't hear me.  I guessed he had his headphones on pretty loud!  I texted him about it later and I was right.  He didn't hear me at all.

I was kinda disappointed that the shop couldn't take any of the paint I brought in.  I had a big box of art supplies and some of those tubes had never been been opened!  The guy said he would take care of it though so I wouldn't have to.  Hopefully he's an artist or knows someone who is.  I haven't touched my paints, canvases or anything in a couple of years.  If I ever get the itch again I can always get new stuff.  I gave away my easel anyway....

When I got home I started back in on going through my things.  I got another three bags filled and ready to go.  Fingers-crossed I can keep the momentum going this week.  I usually peter out and fail to do much on weekdays.

Yesterday, if you can believe it, Sam, her daughter and I went up to Camarillo to the outlet mall.  Thank goodness she drove us in her Jeep because the wind and rain was the worst I've seen in years and my car would not have fared too well.  It reminded me of the bad storms they get in Florida in November (I've been caught in those, no fun!).  Laurel Canyon going North to the 101 FWY was flooded on the West side.  Water halfway up the sides of the cars parked on the street and up and over the curb and onto the sidewalk.  You couldn't even see the sidewalk or curbs.  The LA River was higher than I've ever seen it.  Granted, I don't watch the local news or anything, but was the storm supposed to be that bad?  I thought we were just going to get a little rain and that would be it.  This was non-stop from 2:30am through to after I went to bed last night.  It. Didn't. Let. Up. 

The drive up to Camarillo was treacherous to say the least.  Why is it that people who drive Prius's think they should drive at high speeds in bad weather?  A bunch of them were doing it.  Don't they know their cars don't weigh anything that that they're going to hydroplane if they drive too fast? 

Got some good, and much needed shopping done at Banana Republic, but that's pretty much it.  I looked around at different stores for more stuff, but didn't see anything I liked.  The trip was mainly for Sam's daughter anyway, it's her birthday this Saturday, so she was birthday shopping.  If I never go into another "American Apparel" or "Forever 21" again in my life, I'll be happy.  The first has nothing but grossly overpriced ugly clothes and the latter has music on too loud and too much stuff to look through (and no "mom" chairs to sit in).  I finally begged Sam for the keys to the Jeep so I could go sit down.  I've got some audiobooks on my Iphone, so I went back, sat down and listened to a book.  I feel old!  The music was too loud and I needed to sit down.  BAH!!! 

It was a mad dash back to the car from each store as it was pouring up there too.  Best being when we left Charlotte Ruse.  The SECOND we stepped out from under the shelter it started to pour even heavier, and I didn't think that was possible.  In the 30 seconds we were dashing to the car, we got soaked through to the skin. 

The drive back was just as bad as the drive up, but more wind!  We made it home safe and sound though (good driving Sam!).  I half expected to have no power and a load of leaks from my ceiling, but the power was on and the only leakage was through the exhaust vent above my stove.  That wasn't a problem though as I keep the pans I use a lot on the stove top, so they caught all the water.  Once I saw there was no damage anywhere, I immediately changed into dry clothes and settled in with Gotham to watch Seasons One and Two of Black Books.  I wasn't in the mood for more clearing out, so it was a nice way to spend a Sunday afternoon / evening.

Loosely quoted from my favorite episode of Black Books, "He's Leaving Home"

Trebor: A nice glass of wine for YOU!  You want a bath or some chicken?  We can watch the Simp-sooons.  yeah, I'm cool.
Manny: What do you do? 
Trebor: Me?  I take pictures and sell Ice cream.
Trebor: May I look at your beard?
Manny: Um, no, I don't...
Trebor: Is good beard, it's like a little bird.  Do you use oils?
manny: No.
Trebor: You should.

So yesterday went well, I guess.  I didn't get my stitches out and they have to re-evaluate one of the test results, so I have to schlep back up to Arcadia next week.  No worries though!  I'm sure it's all for the best and everything will be fine!

I had a really good chat with my uncle yesterday.  We met at the Knights Hall..... I figured that they were having some sort of St. Patrick's Day gala or something, but it was just us.  It was nice catching up with him.  For all the nonsense I experienced while living with him, I really miss him.  He's like someone out of a different time.  He has unique "homespun" takes on everything and he's always on your side.  At least, he's always on my side.  :-)  And he misses my cat Gotham, or as he calls him "Auggie" (short for Augustus Caesar.... don't ask).  I, yet again, invited him to drop by my place whenever he wants, but I doubt he will. 

Traffic home was pretty brutal, but it gave me time to think and evaluate the day, which is good.  You know, go over everything in my head and get things in order.  By the time I got home I had a pretty good plan for the rest of the night and a tentative plan for today.  I even got a decent parking space near my apartment when I finally got home!

Only bummer was that the three pairs of pants I got yesterday don't fit.  BAH!  I hate trying things on AND I hate returning things.  Oh well, at least they're too big and not too small, so there's a bright side!  I guess I'll take them back and exchange them this weekend.  If I have time.

I didn't get a chance to get more of my stuff together for charity last night, so that's what I'm doing tonight.  Big Friday Night Plans!  This weekend is so packed, I gotta do it tonight.  I'll put some DVD's in and get to it.  Since I have an appointment with Dr. Sophie early this afternoon, I should get home before my normal time and have a nice long stretch of time to spend on getting my crap bagged and loaded into the car.  I just wish the charity shops opened up earlier for donations on Saturdays so I could get it done earlier in the day.  I think they open at 10am at the earliest.  Grrrr.

Have a great day everyone.  Remember to be kind to everyone you come across, even if they're jerks.

Wow!

I actually had a pretty good day yesterday!  I think it's becoming a trend.  At least I hope so!

My project is going really well, I have almost all the pieces together, just a few more to find.  I'm probably at about 80% complete.  I think I may start another one.  More difficult though.  I'm looking at it and thinking, "Now just how am I going to re-create THAT?".  I still have loads of time to figure everything out though.  It's good to be busy and keep my mind occupied.  We'll see what happens when I have everything laid out in front of me.  LOL.

Still working on Robin's Big Clear Out of 2011.  Out with the old!  I just have to free up some space in my apartment.  Living room is almost done, next is the alcove area behind the bedroom door where I have boxes literally stacked up to the ceiling.  For those of you who have been to my pad, I've gotten rid of the two huge towers of storage bins next to the bed.  I'm down to one sitting on top of the two-drawer filing cabinet.  I have two more office moving boxes by the window that I need to go through.  Phew!  I'm tired just thinking about it!  I must continue though, it's good to get rid of things holding you back.  Right?  Everything I've been reading about pretty much says that.  Plus donating everything to charity is helping people.

Don't ask me about the lava lamps though.  I'm just not ready to face that yet.  :-)

Gonna see a British friend I have called Terry this weekend to see if he wants the Mojo magazines.  Only thing is, I have more Q's than Mojo and he doesn't want those.  GAH!

Get my stitches out and my test results this afternoon, so hooray for that!  I'm keeping a positive attitude and all fingers and toes crossed that everything is fine.  I'm sure it will be. :-)  Loads of errands to run after that and then I'm going to go visit my uncle Scooter.  He's got about 4 months worth of my mail!  I'm sure he can't wait to unload all of it and get it out of his house.  I think we're going to meet up at the Knights Hall though, not the house.  I think he's got some function going on there, but I'm not sure.

Remember, be kind to everyone you meet today.  Pay it forward!

(Listening to a Crowded House / Midnight Oil marathon today.... how can I NOT be in a good mood?)

Tuesday Stuff

Okay, I donated the money I won to the Red Cross, so that's done.  It wasn't much, but any little bit helps, right?

Been getting input from a couple of people about a neat project I want to start up again.  Should be cool, if I can keep up the courage to actually follow it through to the end and do it.  I'd originally planned to do it this month, but that pressure's off so now I have some more time to do it right.  I actually came up with the idea about a year ago as a sort "gift" for someone and got a couple of bits and pieces together, so I'm a little ahead of the game.  Can I be any more vague? Ha!

Still on my "out with the junk" kick, so I'll be shredding more documents and throwing out more stuff when I get home tonight.  I want to be able to drop off more bags at the charity shop on Friday afternoon on my way home from my appointment with Dr. Sophie.  My goal?  Nine more bags.  I'll take more down over the weekend, but that's my goal for Friday.  If you know anyone who is interested in old Q, Mojo, and NME magazines, let me know.  If I don't hear anything, they're going to be at the Out of the Closet on Fairfax.  <grin>  And no Vasthy, I'm not getting rid of the Franz mags, so you can't have them.

Speaking of Vasthy, I hope you're mom is doing better.  I've been thinking about her and sending good vibes her way (and yours!).

Enough for now.  Be kind to a stranger and to someone you know today.

Neat!

Turns out the scratcher I got that I was going to give to charity was worth $10, not $4, so that's cool.  More than double what I was going to give!

I was able to drop three more bags of stuff off at the charity shop on my way home, fingers-crossed I can do more as the week progresses.

Life is looking a little brighter right now and I'm grateful.  Be good to each other.

Monday (again)

My apartment clear out is going well.  The only thing I'm not so good at is getting rid of the magazines and clothes.  I paid a lot for those magazine (mostly British) and you never know when you're gonna want to wear that pair of pants again, who cares if they're four sizes too big, I can get them tailored, right?  I know it's silly.  I need to get ruthless.  I can't continue to say that I'm going to put them up on EBay when I know full well that I'm not gonna do it.  I do not have the room for all my stuff.  Full Stop.  How many white t-shirts do I actually need?  I must have about 15 pairs of black pants and only a couple actually fit.  Same thing with books.  I don't need all the books I have.  I should pass them along so that other people can enjoy them as well.

I'm finding all kinds of treasures I forgot I had.  Stuff ranging from when I was a baby all the way through college.  The trick is deciding if I need to hang on to any of it.

Be good to each other people.  You never know how one act of kindness will change someones day.

Sunday, Minus One Hour

Wow, considering that we were shorted by one hour today, I've gotten a lot done. 

In order to bring new good things into my life, I decided that it's time to get rid of some of the old bad stuff I've been holding on to for years.  So far I've taken 9 garbage bags full of stuff to the charity shop and heaved untold numbers of bags into the dumpster outside the apartment.  I've broken down loads of boxes, tossed out a fuckton of junk mail, and will even wipe down the kitchen counters.  I don't know how they get dirty, I haven't cooked properly in almost three months. 

I know I said I was going to try to eat a full meal this weekend, but it's just not happening yet.  I really have been trying, but it's no good.

My living room looks almost like a normal living room.  Just need to take the small fridge to Manny tomorrow (if I can get it to the car) and get rid of the boxes of magazines.

Will old magazines ever be worth anything?

I'm also going through my closet and have gotten rid of a lot of clothes.  I don't know why I have such a hard time getting rid of this kind of stuff!  Grrrr.  Do I really need all of these cd's?  Concert t-shirts? 

I still have a lot to do, but I'm making progress,

Saturday Update

So I ran my errands early this morning.  Was able to get a load of laundry done and start going through the boxes that still litter my living room.  Weird thing, I came across two boxes that were different than all my other boxes, so I sat myself down on the floor and started to go through them.  What a treasure trove!  I found comics I'd either forgotten about, or never knew I had.  Some I'm not sure why I have them. There was a pretty good run of Perez Wonder Woman, Dwayne McDuffie (RIP), a crap ton of Mark Waid  CrossGen titles, Ron Marz CrossGen, some Marvel, Image, Dark Horse, DC, etc.  Even four hard cover French Trades of books I have no idea what they are.  Now the problem is, what do I do with them?  I'm behind on my inventory input by two years (at least) and this is a huge number of books.  Should I add them to the pile(s) to be input or should I just box them back up?  With Ruse being brought into print again by Marvel, I think I'll read those issues, but I'm overwhelmed by the rest.

I know that no one reading this find any of this cool, but I think it is. 
Of course, it stopped my cleaning dead in it's tracks.  I gotta start back up with that.  I plan on taking boxes and bags to charity tomorrow and my junk isn't going to pack itself up.

Now I'm feeling all sentimental.