random updatey update

• i bought a prizm metal detector! besides wanting to run the detector around in my brother's yard, this is also just in time for...


• front porch construction starts next week! woohoo! off with the old! on with the new, taller, smaller-footprinted! see what, if anything, is hidden inside the old concrete porch foundation! see if the house foundation behind it is damaged yet!


• this means i should probably plan to get rid of the fugly shrubs in front of my house soon. probably not great for burning (although anyone local with a fireplace is welcome to them), so i'll likely chop them up and send them off to compost.


• need to figure out what to do with the postage-stamped sized yard after the construction is done. i know for sure i want some english lavender plants along near the front fence, and maybe some morning glories or clematis where the porch lattice will be, and probably some rosemary plants near the foundation so they have a better chance of being hardy in this climate (we're 6b here, iirc).


• i should probably plan to rake the everloving crap out of the yard and re-mulch, too, when construction is done. perhaps i'll have a "work day with brunch bribery" when the porch is done.


• must clear things away in the front room of my apartment so the path to where the new door (to the new second floor of the porch) will be.


• need to make a run to goodwill some time this weekend. maybe take a run sunday over to the morgan memorial store near harrison ave.


• bsg season opener was squeetastic.


• i didn't realize glasgow had an american football team, nevermind that they made a music video in the 80's. the subtlety of lyrics. my god.


• playing bioshock, even briefly, makes me want to redo my house in fabulous art deco.


• didn't make it over to the ENSMB circus fundraiser thursday. i ended up spending the evening with clauclauclaudia (who is doing well, all things considered).