Skates and I, as we have discovered over the course of our relationship, we share a number of common interests. One of those is we like a lot of the same movies. And one of those, is Hot Fuzz. British humor has always been one of my favorite things. Fairly dry and absolutely historical. If you haven't seen this movie, its a good one. Watch it. It will be.... For the Greater good.
Anyway, the Peace Lilly plays a sort of in-the-background role, but its fairly significant to the character development as opposed to the overall plot. And at Christmas she bestowed upon me my own Peace Lilly. Quite possibly one of my favorite gifts ever. She is beautiful. She is lush and she is green. And I find myself tending to her needs and loving the fact she brings such vibrant color to my little home. And I love her.
I talk to her often as I'm watering her, or giving her leaves a little spritz of water. And she replies in her quiet nature; unassuming, never pretentious, and always amazing.
She has a name too, cause that's how I roll. I've been putting some amount thought into this. Whenever I know something needs a name I typically let it mull around in my head for a bit before letting it take hold and become permanent. Giving Abner his name was a huge process that took the better course of a week to settle on.
And I believe I'm reaching the "settled stage".
Hello, Sophie. Welcome home.
<insert sophie Picture>
Now, lets get back to Abner for just a moment. This guy is, for lack of a better term, a shit. And hes a little cocky. Hes a young man, after all, and thinks he generally owns the place.
I present to you, Abner, in all his self-perceived glory:
He thinks he is a sexy beast, and isn't afraid to show it. In his apparent ownership of anything he can get his paws into, he has started digging into Sophie's soil. This is, of course, unacceptable. Aside from the fact its no good for Sophie, he also fails to clean up after himself. So I started looking for something to put Sophie on. A pedestal, if you will (on a side note, I spelled PEDESTAL so poorly, about 7 or 8 times, that the spell checker couldn't come up with the proper spelling; go figure).
And now we get to the impulse buy.
I own a laptop computer. Its a decent machine, about 2 years old and gets minimal use. Far less than I thought it would when I got it. And I know exactly why: I don't really like laptops.
I can't get comfortable with them. I feel like when I'm sitting on the couch its weird in my lap (and too warm for my own general comfort). I dislike the frame of the laptop around the keyboard so I find it nearly torurous to type on it. And as a result, it simply doesn't get used.
As a result, it turned into a search for a desk to use. Which of course had to have a pedestal to properly display Ms. Sophie (I'm still not sure I'm completely committed to this name), and of course, I needed a chair as well. And so I went to Amazon. And after a little research, I found an affordable desk with good reviews (I'm a total and complete junkie for product reviews!!!) and an affordable chair with similarly good reviews.
The chair arrived yesterday, and currently sits in my living room unopened. My desk, currently sits on my doorstep waiting for me to get home. The next phase of this impulse buy will now be the construction of these items (which typically leaves me filled with rage and unleashing a string of expletives which would embarrass even the saltiest of sailors.
And what will most likely prove to be even more challenging, is where am I going to put it. There will most likely be some furniture in my immediate future. But I welcome this little challenge. It will be fun, in a sadistic sort of way.
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