life, unchaperoned

so! news! i now live in sin with my boyfriend! go me! it's fantastic, and by that i mean it's 100% parent-free. although let's face it, i could be living with an angry rhinoceros at this point and i'd still be all "hey, look, at least it's not a passive-aggressive parent, am i right?" but i'm pretty sure this is good, even when measured objectively against other living situations that don't embody the epitome of suck. we have a slight disagreement on use of the dishwasher (karl: they're unnecessary. and it's annoying when dishes are in there that i wanted to use. i'd rather wash everything, ever, by hand. me: .....) but in general, everything is going swimmingly so far.

we don't yet have wireless internet, just some archaic system of "plugging" a computer into a "wall," or some such nonsense. i've been so disheartened by this method that i have yet to unpack my computer stuff, like the cable to get pictures off my camera. and let's be honest, even once i have all that unpacked, i'm still going to be weird and anal and not want to show you guys photos until the place is set up the way i want it. what if you think i don't know that walls look better with stuff hung up on them? WHAT THEN? i couldn't bear it.

oliver the cat has taken the move in stride. if by "in stride" you mean "has apparently become a meth addict, what with all the racing around the house and spazzing out, and also, since when did he fall off of stuff so much? it's probably worrisome, but also fairly hilarious, except OMG SERIOUSLY CAT STOP KNOCKING SHIT OFF TABLES, OK?" so basically he's exactly the same and completely unfazed by the whole shebang.

hah. shebang.

i also need to get my bum in gear and buy a fancy ol' flatscreen tv for the new living room. does anyone have any suggestions and/or dire tales of woe regarding specific brands i should avoid?