How I'm living

Direct from the pages of Better Huts & Hovels, I am pleased to present…

…my new apartment!

Yes, dear readers, I realize I haven't posted in quite some time. Please, forgive me. As these pictures will show, I have been busy not only settling in to my new digs, but also taking copious pictures of them and working up the cajones to use the phrase "dear readers" in a blog-post.

Obviously, that first photo up there is of my front door. Walking into the apartment and looking to your left, you would see this:

My living room, replete with reading lamp and chair there in the foreground and electronic entertainment there in the background. And how's about that rug, folks?

From this left-looking position, swivel your head to the right slightly and feast your eyes on…

…my awesome and amazing decorating sense in all its glory! Yes, that is a replica lightsaber up there on the cheapass ladder shelves. Yes, that is my trusted Fender Jagmaster in the background. Yes, that is a beanbag chair in the foreground and a swiveling floor-chair next to the beanbag chair. And, yes, that is the smallest dining-room table known to humanity.

Exciting, no?

Now, I realize you're all waiting with 'bated breath to see the rest of the apartment, especially those parts at which I've already hinted. However, before we proceed any farther, allow me to take you coats…

…and hang them in the coat closet, where they will be in very good company with my own, seldom used, coats. An interesting note: to the immediate right of the coat closet is my "Guest Stick," which I keep handy for those times when I have unexpected visitors. Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormons, evangelists and traveling salesfolk, take note!

Moving on to the rest of the apartment, you will have noticed the back door visible in one of the photos above. Please allow me to show you my back patio:

Stepping out the back-door, we are greeted with this view. That tree there in the foreground is known as "Mr. Awesome." He is one of my new best friends.

In case you were wondering what the patio itself looks like:

Voila! Believe it or not, as in-doorsy as I am, I spend an awful lot of time out here.

Headed back in through the back-door, we are greeted with the kitchen:

As you can see, I may boast not only a back-door and sink, but a dishwasher as well! Impressed? Oh, wait, there's more:

Not only does my kitchen have a dishwasher, but it also includes a stove and refrigerator! One could almost get the impression that I am living like a normal human being, no?

Now, let us travel deep into the bowels of my apartment. "The depths," one might way, if one had only said we were going to travel deep into the apartment, because saying "deep into the depths" is akin to saying "Please, empty my drool cup, as I am unable to think clearly."

Here is my hallway. To the left:

A laundry-nook, which is currently empty! (Thoughtful gift givers, take note: a washer, at the very least, and a dryer, sometime a little later on [since I have learned that clothes will, over time, as if by magic, dry themselves!] would be very much appreciated!) To the right:

The entrance to my bedroom! Inviting, no? Makes you women want to come in and sleep with me, am I right? What? Wait, wait…have you seen:

My bed? It's a single! Guaranteed snuggling! Plus, I have Yoshitaka Amano's version of Neil Gaiman's character Dream of the Endless watching over us! That's pretty sexy, right?

Hmm. Well, how's about this:

There's my desk! You'll notice that I have Cthulhu dressed as Santa Claus there! I also have a print of the Virgin Mary gazing out, but I can explain that! See, at first I wasn't sure who she was, but I knew she looked like Cate Blanchett and I had to buy the print because Cate Blanchett is really hot!

Oh, c'mon…I know she's too damn skinny, but all women agree that Cate Blanchett is hot, right? Especially when she looks like the Virgin Mary?

Okay, okay. How's about this?

It's my walk-in closet. Walk-in closets are pretty cool, right

No? They're de rigeur these days?

Oh, well, might as well close up with this, then:

Yup. That's me acting like a dork in front of my large, bathroom mirror. There're a toilet and a bathtub/shower in there as well, but I figure that's "de rigeur" as well.

Anyway, and in short: I'm fine. I love my new place. I spent too much money buying furniture, but Friday's payday and all will be fine then!

Hope all of you are doing well, in turn. I'll try to post more, now that I'm done putting furniture together!