Goddess, I Am.

I have discovered something else that makes me happy, apart from shoes and Apple gadgets: furniture! I’ve kinda been binge shopping for furniture the past couple of weeks, which, in a way, is a good thing because I actually need them . . . unlike other things I could mention, tee hee. This is progress, my friends!

But really, I am quite proud of my new acquisitions. Not only am I so much more productive, I’m actually, umm, neater. How long that’s going to last, I have no idea, but hope springs eternal.

First, there’s my MTO (made-to-order) table.

I wasn’t going to post any pictures of it until I’ve finished prettifying my little workspace, but I couldn’t resist. It’s made of real wood, not those pre-fabricated faux wood things that you get from department stores, so I’m very, very proud of this desk.

I also found a very cool lamp to go with it when I went to Mandaue Foam over the weekend. I think that’s how a desk lamp should look like.

That same trip to Mandaue Foam, I also got a nice leather chair of the non-wheelie kind. (The Husband thinks a wheelie chair and me are one big accident waiting to happen.)

It’s a rather boring plain black and is honestly too plain for my taste, but it was just so comfortable! I couldn’t let it go! It supports my bad back perfectly, and it’s big enough for me to sit cross-legged on, if I want to.

Methinks I’m going to drape a colorful quilt on it to brighten it up some.

When we bought the lamp and the chair, we were still on our way somewhere else, so we had to pick it up the next day. Which was a good thing, too, because we found this great covered shoe rack that was exactly what I had in mind for my shoes. Just a few days before that, The Husband and I were discussing my shoe, umm, buying habits, and his main problem was that our old racks have run out of room. Well, problem solved, thanks to my shoe-rack-cum-dresser.

This one’s already running out of room as it is (I knew we should’ve gotten the really big one!), but, hey, that’s just one more reason not to shoe-shop, right? Right. I will keep telling myself that.

I think next time, I’m going to find us some contemporary sofas. Right now, we’ve got a bugly electric one made of leather in navy – a relic from The Husband’s bachelor lifestyle, ugh! I absolutely hate it (don’t tell him that), but he won’t part with it for the world. Men.

Sky Broadband has failed me! For 2 days now, we’ve been having intermittent Internet connection, which is not good because I’ve so much work to do! All they can tell us is they’re fixing ‘something’ in our area and it’ll probably be done by the end of the week. Probably. I could SCREAM!

Honestly, now would’ve been a good time to go on one of ‘em Branson vacations, or even just to lollygag around the house. Unfortunately, I’ve been so ready to tackle my to-do list, and I’ve hyped myself up to kick my deadline in the teeth that it’s impossible for me to sit still. So I cleaned my closet.

No longer looking like a bomb site.

And spruced up my new shoe rack.

Running out of room.

The Internet better be back tomorrow because I really can’t do any more cleaning!

Married life is such a pain sometimes. Especially when one’s husband is channeling his inner Pol Pot, making one’s life one gigantic headache. Honestly, I am so pissed off, I’ve half a mind to channel my inner Jack the Ripper.

Instead, I went out and bought . . . shoes. And a Topshop bodysuit (50% off, yo!). And a cork board. The barcode scanner is indeed the pissed-off wife’s best friend.

Pictures will have to follow. My camera is downstairs – his territory – and I refuse to step foot thereabouts until I get an apology. For the moment, I’m holed up in the bedroom-slash-office with meatrolls and bread and lots of orange juice in the bedroom refrigerator. Yes, I could do this for days.

My money’s on Jack the Ripper.

I was browsing through old travel photos to plan which ones I want printed out when the Magnetic Photo Rope I bought from Photojojo turns up, and I found these photos:

Sigh.

I was so thin once, I actually want to cry. But I shall not, for I will be thin again! (Even if means scouring the entire planet for the best weight loss supplement ever created by man, or grown from a tree, or whatever.)

Good plan, yes?

If you know me, you know that I’ve had a boner for vampires for as long as I can remember. (Said boner can put natural male enhancement to shame, which is saying a lot, considering I don’t even have a penis.) And because it’s almost Halloween and all, I figured I’d pay tribute to my favorite undead by sharing my five favorite male vampires of all time. (That, and I’ve got absolutely nothing to write about, tee hee.)

Number 5 – Sparkling and the name ‘Reneesme’ notwithstanding, I really do like the Twilight series. But no, you’re not going to find that Drama Queen Edward Cullen on this list. However, Jasper Hale is.

Why? Because he’s a bad-ass civil war hero with some mad fighting skills. Never mind that he looks constipated most of the time. At least, he doesn’t act like a freakin’ twink. And he is pretty cute.

Number 4 – Bill Compton. Honestly, who doesn’t love True Blood? But we all know the series won’t be half as good without Bill’s throaty, “Sookie. . .”

And that stare . . . Gaaahhhhhh!

On a side note, I was so happy when Stephen Moyer and Anna Paquin got married. It’s not hard to imagine these two having a sex life as awesome as Bill and Sookie’s. It’s all in the chemistry, folks!

Number 3 – I can’t decide who I like playing him more – Tom Cruise, or Stuart Townsend. Either way, there’s no way Lestat de Lioncourt will not be on this list.

Lestat is the perfect vampire – both cold and passionate with a sense of humor. He’s also very much misunderstood, which makes it almost impossible not to love him.

Number 2 – He’s Roman and a vampire. What’s not to love about Marius de Romanus? He’s an old one, which is why I love him so. I like my vampires really old, like thousands-of-years old. They’re more awe-inspiring that way.

I was very disappointed that they changed his looks in the movie Queen of the Damned, so there’s no picture of him worth posting. But then, that movie was fairly screwed up from start to finish, anyway, so I guess making the blonde, fair Marius into a dark one made sense.

I would say Marius has the most fantastic history of all the vampires I’ve ever read about, which is why, until recently, he was my favorite vampire. Why the drop to number two? Blame . . .

Number 1 – Eric Northman. I swear, I go into spasms every time he’s in a scene on True Blood. The fact that he’s played by the extremely delish Alexander Skarsgård helps – or doesn’t, depending on how you look at it.

Apart from his sheer good looks, Eric is everything a vampire should be. He’s a little over a thousand years old, was a Viking king, and he can fly. I so want to be Sookie Stackhouse just so I’ll have Eric Northman crushing on me. Bill Compton can go fry in the sun, for all I care, tee hee.

Vampires are awesome, aren’t they? Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to go find the perfect vampire-bait costume for Halloween.