Nice relaxing Saturday.
Kindle, high 70’s and Sunny, Return of the Jedi blanket and Lake Erie.
Quite nice indeed.
Tag: Saturday
A Cure Morning
Last Saturday I got up, picked up the living room (as I’m apt to do on Saturday mornings) and put on a record.
Most weekends when I get up I put on some background noise of some sort. Usually a TV show while I read the news, clean, or futz around on the internet. Instead of TV last weekend I thought I should put a record. I have a nice leather bound Califon record player. Its pretty ancient. I saved it from a dumpster when I was in college at Niagara University back in 2000. Originally it was going to be a gift for my dad, however it grew on me and I kept it for myself. It’s a Califon 1430k Solid State Phonograph. What all that means is a loss to me… what I do know about it is that it plays records well, looks good open or closed, and sounds as good as I’d expect my records to sound.
So last weekend I listened to Beethoven. I have a 7 record collection of Beethoven’s Symphonies that I picked up for three dollars a few years ago. I got through four records that morning while drinking a French Press of coffee with Sam. It was a nice, lazy, relaxing way to start the weekend. We went out after that to the zoo, got some food and just enjoyed the day.
Today it is the Cure starting my weekend. I have a few Cure records, but chose their greatest hits album Staring at the Sea. Actually its called Standing on a Beach. Interesting fact I did not know about til today (and it shows how closely I looked at the record when I bought it), on vinyl (record) and tape cassette it was called Standing on a Beach. On CD it was called Staring at the Sea. Ahhhh Wikipedia…. you teach me so many things.
For a long time I considered the Cure my favorite band. Smashing Pumpkins competed with the for top spot in my musical tastes for all of my formative music years (late high school and college). At one time I owned more Cure cd’s than all of my other cd’s put together. Granted it was like 22 out of 40 total cd’s I owned at the time, but I was that interested in all things Cure. I bought all the singles I could find, t-shirts and other memorabilia. Aside from Wussy, and maybe Patrons of Sweet – that’s right Matt… you count – the Cure are the band I’ve seen most in concert. But that doesn’t say much, as I don’t go to too many concerts… particularly bigger names.
The Cure have been out of my listening rotation for a while. I’ve been on a Wussy, Guardians of Galaxy Soundtrack and Angel Olsen kick. Yeah… The Guardians of the Galaxy soundtrack is as good as everyone says it is. Angel Olsen I found after Google Play suggested her on some playlist. A quick view to watch her Tiny Desk on NPR concert and I was hooked.
Anyways… yes. The Cure is a great way to start my weekend. Up until Wednesday I actually thought we had school on Monday. But we do indeed get Labor Day off. So yeah… Long weekend. I can dig it, and the Cure are setting it up as a good one.
A day of cleaning
Sam and I celebrated our 2 year anniversary last night. Crazzzzy.
We went to Happy Dog for some awesome vegan hot dogs and tatter tots. We then moseyed down the road to catch Skyfall at the Capitol Theater. And it was good. It started a little slowly I thought but plodded along until it was fantastic.
Today we’ve attacked our office area. It’s the least used room of our apartment (whoa!!! We have a big enough place to have a least used room. That’s pretty awesome). I have done a fecal scrub and the floor is now clear of any of Angelo’s accidents. Being a cat with intestinal issues can’t be easy or comfortable.
We cleaned up the guinea pig cage and are going to completely redo the shape of their cage. We also cleaned out the closet and went to down de-cluttering the room. It’s all good.
Now I’m starving and it’s time for food. Or at least coffee.
Couch Lounging in the Office
Saturday Morning Transgressions
After writing my blog post this morning about being ‘beaten’ I got to work.
I wanted to organize my photos on my iphone. I had so many that looking at them on my phone had become a hassle. I uploaded them on to the computer, sorted them, and put the ones I wanted back on the phone. That took a lot longer than I thought it would.
I then fixed a couple videos that weren’t playing properly on my external harddrive.
Then I really got to work. I picked up the living room, organized it, and vacuumed. I then proceeded to the kitchen where I did some dishes (there are still some left over), tackled both litter boxes, took out two bags of garbage, bagged up the recyclables to be returned, swept and mopped.
I then sniffed the ferret, discovering that she hadn’t had a bath in a while and really needed one. So I bathed the ferret and after toweling her dry decided it was my turn to shower.
The bedroom is a mess, and there’s laundry to be done, but I’m taking a break to go get some coffee and draw for a little bit. I also want to clean out my medicine cabinent. Its a mess, and I’m sure there is expired medicine in there.
Anyways. That’s the plan. I feel like going out tonight. That does depend on my energy later on. And some phone calls I need to make. Also, I have to pay rent. I’ll do that now I suppose.
Saturday
Oh happy day.
From start to finish, long week. Although I’m sure others had longer. I’m mapping out my Saturday in my head. I’ve been up for about an hour (laid in bed and read and watched a movie). I’m going to go for a run, make some breakfast, put a load of laundry in, finish cleaning my bedroom, scan in the rest of my drawings, vacuum, help Dani with her homework assignment, and then hit up a concert at Brother’s Lounge with her.
Somewhere in that timeline I’m sure I’ll fit in a nap and dinner. I’m also contemplating giving the cats a bath and good deshedding (probably the other way around). Angelo is looking a little scruffy. I also may have Dani trim my hair. It’s a little long in the back and curling up behind my ears. Looks a little weird. Not weird enough that I’d go to a salon and have it cut, but weird enough that I’d take scissors to it myself if someone else didn’t.
On second thought I may head out to the Coffee Pot for breakfast after my run. I haven’t been there in a while and they make perfect greasy diner food, and like diner food should be; it’s cheap. Not to mention I can read the paper and work on a crossword sitting up up at the bar. Yeah…. I’ll probably do that.