2003-09-30 - 9:11 a.m.

Roaches are evil. And to my great horror, the first roach of summer made an appearance in my kitchen last night. Right next to the pan full of leftovers I was about to put in the fridge. Instead, of course, I had to throw them away. I chased him, lost him, sprayed the hole he snuck into, and this morning I found him upside down and barely mobile. So essentially, I won. But he better thank his lucky stars my leftovers weren't all that exciting.

So this is really awesome... I'm sure I've previously mentioned the fact that a co-worker commissioned me to do a portrait of her dog. Well I finished it (to appear on my artsite soon) the other day and she loves it. I didn't know quite how much to ask for, but today she sent me an email asking if I would be insulted if she gave me $120 for it. I really wanted $100, but would have only asked $75 (because I'm a big pussy) if she'd made me name a price. So uh, yeah. $120? Not an insult. That means I can actually buy the bamboo blinds for my room with cash instead of charging them like everything else. YAY!

Speaking of my room, I'd like to take this opportunity to mention that Chris is an asshole and I am SO pissed at him. He doesn't even remotely rock - I don't know WHAT I was talking about before. Ha Ha Ha. He predicted I'd write something like that, but I would never (even if I might think it inside ;) at least not until my room was completely finished. Ha Ha Ha again. Ahhh, I'm so funny. But we did actually get quite a bit of work done on it last night. The wall that was meant to be red is now "curry (i.e., military) green." It looks groovy though. And when it's all done, it'll be really really lovely.

So my 14 year old nephew Andy and his friends decided to start a band. They all admittedly don't know how to play their instruments very well yet (or at all). He wants to sing and play a little drums. I'm so proud of him, naturally. But when he asked his parents if they thought he could get a microphone at the Exchange (the only American place for him to shop in Italy), they LAUGHED at him and told him he was TOO YOUNG to be in a band. He was so devastated, as am I, as are all of you reading this I'm sure. They don't let him dress the way he really wants, they take away most of his CDs (because they are "evil"), they force him to read the bible and go to a Christian youth group, and they LAUGH at him when he expresses his interest to start a little garage band with his friends. I honestly can't imagine how I'm related to my sister. My heart just breaks for poor Andy.

Hey, don't you all love this weather? I do.

Oooh oooh! I saw the black dwarf again today! She was at the bus stop talking on her cell phone. I wonder if she was talking to another black dwarf. That is just so fascinating. Dwarf porn though, is NOT fascinating. And yes, I had to watch it once. I was at Molly's and someone brought in a tape and put it on. Everyone in the bar was watching it and just screaming! Maybe midgets and other dwarves get off on it. But not me. Right now, Phil is imagining Rocco with a dwarf...

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