You know what sucks? Moving. You know what sucks more then moving? Unpacking. Sure moving during a snowstorm was annoying and unpleasant. But this eternal shuffling of boxes and furniture from room to room is unbearable. It starts out innocuous enough, boxes go in the rooms in which they designated until everything is unloaded and in the apartment. Then the insanity happens.

You start unpacking in the kitchen because you are hungry, only to discover the cabinets are too small to hold any of your pans. Or maybe your oven is from the 1950’s and is larger then a Cadillac, yet for some reason seems to not have a pilot light anywhere for the oven, thus effectively tying your dinner preparation to only the stove top. But why just the stove top? Surely you have a microwave you can use? Well, it seems the architects who designed this building in 1920 didn’t have microwave’s in mind, and thus decided to wire four of the five rooms onto one circuit, leading to a fuse being blown every time one tries to nuke a burrito. I’ve been here seven days and already have gone through three fuses. It’s a race to see who comes out on top!

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It has been a frustrating week with the girlfriend, not because of any relationship strife, but because she was going out of town for the weekend. Now when this happens she typically likes to spend as much of her free time with me as she can, following me around, attempting to nestle into any open crevice on my body when I sit down, and unquestionably attempting to sabotage any of my efforts to sit down and write this column.

At this point I should also note that I have a cat named Kali. Kali and I are fast approaching our 11 year anniversary. In the past few weeks I have also worked an unusual amount of hours beyond my normal standard, resulting in my temporary absence from Kali’s daily routine. Those of you cat owners out there will know what I mean when I say she makes it perfectly clear that my recent behavior is totally unacceptable. (more…)