Caterwauling

Cat Hair Trap, originally uploaded by dcwriterdawn.

The living room is now a work-in-progress, whereas it was formerly a black hole o’ nothingness. Couch/loveseat fit perfectly.

I just broke my back moving that entertainment center (there’s a 32-inch TV hidden behind the smoked glass, and don’t look too closely ’cause I didn’t hang them straight just yet!), but oh well. Something to sit on to watch that TV!

I’m getting rid of the coffee table/end table, if anyone wants to call dibs. They were donated from a friend, so I’ll donate them forward.

Can’t wait to have time to decorate, although I suspect that won’t happen till June at the earliest. Can we say “apartment-warming”? I knew you could!

Squee!

Ahem.

1. What is your all-time favorite song? You can only choose one.
*perusing iTunes* It would have to be a Bon Jovi song because, really, how could it not be? I’m going to go with “Wild is the Wind,” from their “New Jersey” album.

2. What is the cheapest price per gallon you recall ever paying for gas?
I remember it being below $2, although that was in a galaxy long ago and far away. I’m pretty sure it was around $1 or $1.15 in late 2001, when I started driving (at age 27. Shut up!). 🙂

3. How long do you think you could manage without any Internet access before totally losing your mind?
If it’s a workday, give it 10 minutes (just long enough to go to Starbucks and back) and I’ll be chewing off my own arm in frustration. On a weekend, I can unplug for a few days with only a passing curiosity what drama I might be missing.

4. If you could bring back one canceled TV series, which one would you choose?
I would want to see how “Reunion” turned out. But really, it’s that I miss seeing Mathew St. Patrick in high-def every week. Rowr.

5. Do you use Twitter?
Addicted!

6. Do you use MySpace?
I let all of five people see what I do there. Not so much.

7. Did you celebrate Cinco de Mayo on Saturday?
We celebrated on Friday at work, with a catered lunch from Baja Fresh, a party (which my team and I missed — we went and ate at our desks) and a mariachi band.

The mariachi band strolled the hallways afterward, and our friend Terri walked around with them, with her own sombrero and guitar. One of the musicians was at our party last year, and he asked her out. But when she said, “Are you Jewish?” and he said “What’s Jewish?” we knew it would never work out for them. *sniffle*

8. Have you ever had a mint julep?
Loved ’em — I hosted a fund-raising cotillion one year, and our theme was “An Enchanted Southern Garden.” It was when I decided I should have been a Southern belle and probably was in a past life. We even had the mint juleps in the “right” kind of glasses (my team of volunteers researched it).

9. Would you rather be in a hot dog eating contest or a pie eating contest (assuming you’d have to 5 lbs. of the food)?
Pie, preferably banana cream or sweet potato. If it’s something made with all that nasty fruity gel, I’d go with the hot dogs instead.

10. Ask me something.
When are you getting your new furniture?

From the Hallway, originally uploaded by dcwriterdawn.

The problem with living by a furniture store means that you will be LAST on their delivery route, not first. Which gives you a good five-hour window to wonder whether your brand-new purchase will not only fit through the (small) front door, but whether it will also engulf what you had thought was a decent-sized living room.

I didn’t realize the cats were at the bottom of the shot, so say hi to Maddie (left) and Kadie. They’re like, whoa dude, where’d all the boxes go? (Off to the right, in the dining room, actually!)

So, this is the “before” photo. And I’m hoping the “after” photo actually has furniture in it and that it won’t look like a tiny warehouse/showroom when all is said and done. Funny how I don’t get nervous about much, but this? Makes me batshit, wondering whether today will have a happy ending after all.