New address or metal band name?
Things currently rocking my socks:
- After a lengthy battle, endless skeezy landlords and ugly apartments, and weeks of checking Craigslist religiously, I have an apartment. Best of all, and perhaps surprisingly, it's actually a step up from my current place. I'm a subway stop closer to downtown, the ceilings are actually to code, the main room is huge, and it's a walkout rather than a conventional basement (i.e. I have enormous windows and a ground-level private entrance). I'm only paying a wee bit more for the convenience, and even that doesn't really matter, because...
- The Indigo folks gave me a hefty raise and a performance appraisal that practically glows in the dark. They like me! They really like me!
- KT Tunstall's cover of "Sleigh Ride" in particular, and in general the strange trend this year of remaking Christmas carols with lots of jazz/big-band instrumentation over gigantic and grimy hip-hop drumbeats. When I have to hear Christmas music for 40 hours a week, that stuff is a hell of a lot better than (may his personal Hell be a never-ending Slayer mosh pit) Michael Bublé.
- A semblance of a social life, with visits from Rebecca and a recent habit of hitting the bar with coworkers
- The holiday customers have been far nicer than one might expect. I've had very few assholes so far, and nothing that's really gotten under my skin (though admittedly I'm pretty damn jaded after seven Christmases).
Things not currently rocking my socks:
- Food court Thai food. Never again.
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