I'm up, sort of...

For the first time in weeks, I got to sleep in on the weekend. Yay! I had nowhere to be, no one to go see, nothing that was time-sensitive to do. I don't know if you can appreciate exactly how nice that is. I'd forgotten what it was like to have a Sunday to myself.

So now I'm awake. I should get up and ablute, and I still have the rest of the apartment to clean. Problem is, I don't feel like moving. ;)

Fifteen hours of sleep will do that to you. I had planned on getting up at eight, but that didn't happen. I was in bed at 8pm and asleep less than five minutes later. Guess I needed the sleep.

Anyway, the cats are fed and are no longer trying to beat down my bedroom door. "Mummy... Muuuummmyyyyy... come out and feed us! We know you're in there —we can hear you breathing!"

So the plan for the next hour or so is to perform ablutions necessary to belonging to the civilised world, having a bite of breakfast (or brunch, seeing what the hour is), and making a small shopping list. I don't have much to eat this week, so that must be remedied. Mind you, I still have about half of the giant pot of chili I made last week, so it's not like I'll starve or anything. I also have the bag of veggies that toughlovemuse gave me on Thursday. Tonight I shall have steamed asparagus!

Important things on the list o' things to buy today, money permitting: tupperware (for storing large quantities of chili so's I can have my pot back to cook other things), muffin pans (two pans of six should be fine), and a fly swatter. I will kill all the stupid living flies, and continue to clean this place until I've found where they're coming from. Damn them. They are annoying, and my cats don't even derive entertainment from them. My cats are lazy, lazy creatures.

So, there will be figuring out of what to make for dinner(s) this week, and maybe I'll even be able to make muffins. The possibilities abound.

My parents are returning from France on Friday, and so hopefully I'll have this place in good enough shape by the time they come that I can have them over to dinner. They've been dropping hints for about a year now, so it's about time I did them the favour. Also, they now have most of the sordid details of the Bell debacle, and they've pretty much told me they plan on helping me sort the whole mess out when they return. :)

All I have to do now is vanquish the forces of inertia that have stapled me to the computer.

Today seems to have been impossibly short

Went to the Parental Units' place to tidy up. I remembered that they'll be coming back Friday and that I might not have time this week to go in and do dishes and stuff. So at least that's done with.

Did my food shopping for the next little while, and stopped at Canadian Tire for muffin pans and tupperware and, most important, fly-eradication equipment. So far:

Fly swatter: 4
Flies: 0

Fly paper: sixteen billion and three
Flies: 0
Me: 0
Cats: -1

Seriously, fly paper is the most disgusting substance in the universe. I got sticky stuff all over my hands, and then Pan-Pan managed to jostle me as I was hanging one strip and so I dropped it on him. Ripped out a whole bunch of fur when I removed it, and he seems none the worse for wear, but still. Yuck.

OTOH, after less than five minutes, no less than fifteen flies had attached themselves to the fly paper. So I consider the venture a success.

I have no container-thingy with which to dry my lettuce. I forget what they're called. So that was another excuse to go to my parents' place: I washed and dried my lettuce in the sink and watched two episodes of CSI. The original CSI is pretty good. CSI Miami sucks and yet I still watch it, I don't know why. The Horatio character speaks every line as though it's the punch to some cosmic joke. Highly annoying.

I think I slept too much. I'm all lethargic today, even though I got some stuff done. Not nearly as much as I had planned, mind you. I'm tempted to go to bed early again, but there are still a few things I ought to do. Transfer my chili is one of them.

Okay, I'm going to post this and go. Otherwise who knows how long I'll end up puttering around on the internet?

Webcomic pimpage

Rarely do any of the webcomics I read make me laugh out loud. "Two Lumps" has its moments, but mostly I chuckle quietly to myself and move on.

And then there's Yet Another Fantasy Gamer Comic.

It has at least once made me snort a beverage through my nose. After that I was careful not to drink while reading it. It's hysterically funny. Yes, it's a gamer comic, but like "Questionable Content," which is all about indie music and seems to be one giant in-joke, it's even funny for people who don't know the gaming scene.

Go read it. It's in its infancy, but it will grow, and it will be awesome. Tell all your friends. I'm serious: the word needs to get out there about this webcomic. It deserves the widest audience we can give it. There's also a discussion forum.

Go forth and pimp the comic! Talk about it in the forums! Have fun! I command it. ;)