Misha and I were talking this evening about things we do that might get on each other's nerves when we move in together. So I got to thinking.
Uh-oh.
While this is probably a bad thing, I'm going to compile a little listy-list.- I sing. A lot. Mostly out of tune. When I am busted singing and actually making an effort, I turn it into lame, but very loud opera -- more as a defense mechanism, but it usually gets people laughing, so it works. I also make up songs. I also sing in the shower.
- I dance. A lot. At any given moment. I have specialties, like the black-American-woman-bum-dance. If you shit me, I'll do it in front of the television while you're watching something important. Or right in your face. I also do The Running Man, and many variations of.
- I have a meticulous filing system for bills. Hey, it gets them paid on time.
- I read in the toilet. I may/may not collect FHM and bring in a magazine rack so I'm not scrounging around at the final minute, holding my butt. The rack depends on if/how much FHM I collect.
- I write down stupid things on post-its so I don't forget, then I lose said post-it almost immediately.
- I check my pockets and bag for my keys, Medicare card, and keycard obsessively before I head out.
- I'm very very very clumsy. I run into things that couldn't possibly ever be run into.
- I'm a novice cook, but I'm learning. I was horrible, but only because of self-doubt.
- I only check the mailbox about once a week.
- I live on a tight budget, since most surplus money goes toward paying bills early in increments. I admit I have no social life.
- In the event my social life spikes, I like to be notified of opportunities as well in advance as possible. Money doesn't grow on trees.
- I am a bit of a nazi when it comes to paying rent on time. I've never been late, and I have no plans of changing that.
- I write horribly crude magnetic poetry.
- I prefer candles at night.
- I get annoyed if people sleep in past 9am. Permissible depending on drunken hilarity the night before.
- I smoke. A lot.
- I plant avocado seeds, ASAP. They never grow, but I really need to give them a fighting chance.
- If there is neighbourly fauna that pays a visit, I will nearly always welcome it. I never turn away possums, cockatoos, rainbow lorikeets, blue-tongue lizards, brush turkeys, ... pretty much anything native to Australia. I do not, however, entertain cats or dogs that don't live with us.
- I always have the Innernets on.
- I try to delay vacuuming as much as possible.
- I go on cleaning sprees, usually if I'm in a bad mood with someone of the opposite sex. Or work.
- I get annoyed when the liquor cabinet is empty. I like a stiff drink before bed, so sue me.
- I like to read the newspaper a day or two late.
- I don't like people in my bedroom unless I'm in there, too.
- I hate it when people go through my things, with or without my permission.
Other than this, I don't think there's much else. As for Charli, she's an angel aside from the normal growing pains of a child her age. I struck gold with her, deadset.
Oh. Before I forget, I won't be writing anything further on Ettish & Asa's visit, since it will take another three posts to do it any sort of justice. For all the photos, visit here.