April 28th, 2011 – From one city to another I left York at 5:21 PM. I spent the beginning of the day doing final tidying of my room. Sharon (our landlord) was supposed to inspect my room so I could get my deposit back (I planned to the money toward postage on the giant box I packed). She sent me a text message saying that … Continue reading End of Days – Leaving England
Day 27! The voice is back (mostly)! I bet you missed me. Continue reading Crocheted Conan O’Brien
Alarms have been haunting me all day! Four to be exact. For a few days last week I was woken up by what I thought was a car alarm. Yesterday, from about 5 PM onward we heard the same alarm from our living room. After some investigating on Dan’s part, he found out the alarm actually belonged to a house across the street. It appeared … Continue reading It’s Alarming
We have a big white wall in our living room and it’s pretty boring to look at. I thought it would be fun to make a painting. I thought about it for a while and couldn’t think of a) what to paint and b) what I had the ability to paint. I finally decided on painting portraits of all the housemates. Now, I’m no Rembrandt … Continue reading Where Art Thou…
Reduce, reuse, recycle. So, a new house means the opportunity for new regimes, which can be scary but in this case it’s rather exciting! I have been told that up until fairly recently (say, last 5 or so years) recycling programmes haven’t been that big or popular. Because of this, none of my housemates recycle, really, which results in several things: embarrassingly empty recycling bins … Continue reading 2 Out of 3 Ain’t Bad
Well, nothing makes moving into a new house more official than creating a video tour of that house, which is exactly what my house mates and I did yesterday! To christen the new (old) house I do a video walk through and welcome all of you into our abode. So, goodbye ManHouse; hello AppHouse! Coming soon: A commemorative post about ManHouse. Continue reading This Old House
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