Moving is hard!

For almost two weeks now, Tater and I have been trying to move in to our new place that we bought that is ours that we will live in (we're very excited about this.) However, everything takes SO. MUCH. LONGER. than you think it will. Since 2 weekends ago, I have repainted the kitchen, replaced all the knobs on my cabinets, ripped out the old bathroom sink & counter, ripped out two walls and part of the floor in the bathroom, replaced the sink two walls and part of the floor, replaced the innards in the back of the toilet, picked up all the random bits of junk that were left in our yard, and of course cleaned everything. Despite my initial optimism on the amount of time these "small repairs" would take - we're still not moved in. I can, however, gladly report that we are ready to move in. Sure, there might be a little bit of exposed plywood left in the bathroom, and don't even get me started on moulding - but it's livable. There's no leaks, drips, holes, or mold!

Film at 11

OMGOMGOMG!

I'm totally moving today! I'm also listening to Goldfrapp.

That's it!

Site update & awesome news

I did a tiny tiny site update and shuffled a few things around today. Some things might be in different spots but it's largely the same

Also, I have some FANTASTIC news:

Long long long ago, our website used to be "peroxidemocha.com". I'm not sure how much Rachel wants me to say, but due to an unfortunate error involving somebody that wasn't either of us, the domain name did not get re-registered. This was probably some time in... 2000? It immediately got purchased by a cyber-squatter. Hence why we've had a hyphenated domain name for so long. We tried in vain for many years to track when it would expire so we could get it back, only to have them renew it at the last possible minute. This last time around they actually tracked us down and contacted us, making a last ditch effort to extort and unreasonable amount of money from us to get our domain name back. We wisely ignored it. I just checked it again today and to my surprise it was AVAILABLE! I GOT IT! I GOT IT BACK! WE OWN PEROXIDEMOCHA.COM AGAIN!!!!!

I haven't re-directed it yet but I will keep you all posted and hopefully very soon it will be working again. Hurrah!

Sticker Strip Sparkle Trout

Tuesday is superior to Monday in pretty much every way imaginable. If I were still in Portland, today would be Special Chicken day, but since I'm no longer in Portland (sad face!) I packed a chicken sammich for lunch.

I'm really looking forward to moving in to my own place this weekend - I kind of feel like a kid who is about to go off to college. Whee! I wish I still had some of my posters from college, that would rule.

This blog entry has very little content, so I think I'll end it now. Awkward!

I am cranky!

I just had a really great weekend which of course must be followed up by a singularly irritating Monday morning.

Friday night Tater and I drove 6 hours north to our nation's capitol, where my Mom is doing some kind of convention / teaching / grant reviewing thing. I'm fuzzy on the details, but I do know that if your mom is anywhere within 12 hours of you and you haven't seen her for 7 months and you have any kind of relationship with her at all, you should probably go see her. So we did, and had a pretty great time in the 14 hours we were there - we saw the White House, the Washington Monument, and a tiny little corner of the Smithsonian.

Sunday we drove around some more and hung out with friends at a friend of a friend's mansion. At first I was completely awe-struck my the sheer magnitude of the house, but then the anal-retentive practical part of my brain kicked in and I decided that I really wouldn't enjoy living in a huge house - but, visiting one sure is fun.

So basically, my weekend pretty much reached the maximum capacity of driving and having fun - victory!

This morning I noticed that the company that I have my old retirement fund with sent me a letter on Saturday - what could it be? Turns out that the forms I sent them almost 3 weeks ago weren't form-y enough or something and they couldn't process my request to send me money. Money that I need... TODAY. I called them up, spent 10 minutes trying to reach a human being (which is normally something I'm quite adept at - but their phone tree was extra specially guarded against human interaction) only to find out that the letter was sent in error. Thank goodness! However, they still hadn't processed my request: in fact, I can just forget about seeing that money until at least Friday. Why? Because apparently "7-10 business days" translates to "12-14 business days plus some more just because" if you're a large financial institution. JOY! Hopefully, it really does come on Friday and I can move in to my new place this weekend.

I really wish I had some tea.

I. Love. Tazo "passion" flavor iced tea from Starbucks.

I'm serious, I can't get enough of it. It is pink and fruity and delicious. If you get it unsweetened I think it has very few, or possibly no calories. I don't know, does tea have calories? I don't think so.

Well, technically it's a "tisane", as a co worker once pointed out to me.

I'm going to look it up.

Alright, I looked it up. NO calories. You can get a big venti one and not feel guilty about it. I should probably buy a box of it and make a big pitcher.

I'm serious, go try it. It's a summertime treat.

Rachel Interviews Pete

Pete interviewed me, so it's only fair that I return the favor! Following please find the most fascinating interview ever conducted:

Why hello there. What's your name?

Pete.

Hi Pete! I'm interviewing you because you're in an amazing band. Please tell me about your band.

Yes, I'm in a band called Peroxide Mocha. We are amazing, but the rest of the world doesn't quite know it yet.

I'm sure they'll figure it out someday.
If you were on tour, who would be your opening act?

I think maybe some kind of German techno group that does Kraftwerk-style covers of Carpenters songs, but with robot voices.

Excellent answer! Speaking of robots, what's your favorite food?

I like Thai food, mostly dishes that have unfortunate names like "Pad See Ew" "Pad Prik King" or "Chan Pad Poo."

Other cultures are often quite the comedy goldmine, aren't they?
What is your favorite phrase?

I really like it when sombody says "I'll bet you donuts to dollars" - where does that even come from? I like donuts though.

Oh, me too - but not quite as much as dollars, to be honest.
If you were to pay someone to do something you could easily do yourself, what would it be and why?

I really, really hate cleaning the bathroom. It's not that it's difficult, it's just gross and I'm lazy and it usually slips pretty far down the priority list. When I'm rich and famous I will hire a "bathroom consultant" (that exists right?) to come clean and organize my bathroom once a week and make sure it is well stocked with toiletries, color coordinated towels, soap, etc and always smelled nice. Like gingerbread or something.

That sounds really great! You're going to be really good at being rich and famous.
If you could only smell 5 smells for the rest of your life, what would they be?

In no particular order: Toast, Cinnamon, Coffee, Melon, Cucumber. Thanks, now I'm hungry

You're welcome, and thank YOU for this awesome interview. Let's go get something to eat!

You're quite welcome. Any Time.