Altruism

this hasn't been my best day, but it hasn't been my worst either. it all started when christin woke me up around when she's supposed to be leaving, telling me that her jeep [which we just fixed] was not starting. the lights wouldn't even come on, and she didn't have time to mess with it. so i drove her to work and came back to see if i could finagle the battery into responding. i got the lights to come on, but the car wouldn't start. didn't put much effort into it, but i got angry and kicked the car and slammed a few doors on the way in. then i sent a series of horribly depressing and rage-filled text messages to christin and went back to sleep.

it wasn't my finest moment.

when i woke back up, i decided i had to get something done, so i went out to work and made a bit of progress before it became painfully clear [on account of the rain and all that business] that i needed two things: an umbrella and a new pair of shoes. i'd fixed my old shoes with shoe goo, but they broke again, and i didn't feel like going that route again. plus, with winter on the way and rain to boot [it's supposed to rain all week], i just needed something new.

so i went to target and picked up a pair of $20 airwalks which i paid for with a $10 gift card and the $10 christin's mom paid us back for the book we bought her on the interwebs. our friend wrote it. it's great. the shoes? generic but acceptable. the umbrella? overpriced but large and functional. i drove back to the house to finish up the bit of work i got done and clean out my car a bit. i got through the front seat, which was a major accomplishment, and i may finish the back tomorrow. we'll see how that goes. cleaning is not my forte.

christin made chicken adobo tonight, or at least she tried to. she cooked it a bit too hot, so the marinade sort of burnt off and caramelized. the chicken was delicious, but it was just like salted chicken you'd get at a take-out joint in hong kong. took me back, yo. not really, i never got that chicken because all the bones were still in. i have a thing about bones. they're kind of gross. i can live with it, but if i can avoid it i will. christin took the bones off my chicken tonight, and that's why i love her. well, it's part of the reason. then we watched house and went to bed.

i stayed up a bit later, as i usually do, did some homework and caught up a bit on my youtube subscriptions. down from three whole pages of videos to seven, and the ones that are left are quite long. i'll tackle those in the morrow if i feel so inclined, though i'm sure they will slowly pile up as usual and i'll end up reacting to stuff super late. ha! i got another video response on my 'power' video today, which can be seen here. it was nice, but the guy didn't even address me by name or at least say my username correctly. major faux pas, bro.