IKEA is cheap! And never quite right.

S4 and I went shopping yesterday.

We decided to stop by IKEA to get some house things. Mainly, we need curtains. We have two huge windows and they stare directly into other people's windows. Knowing this neighborhood, it's likely that I know the people who studio there, too. This is something of an impediment to, say, wandering around naked searching for pants. (I've spent more time than I care to admit wandering around and looking for pants. I'm blaming this on the fact that I had lots of help packing up clothes. Super awesome, except I'm not really sure where a lot of them ended up. I've worn the same pants for too many days in a row, now...)

Anyway, we went to IKEA. We got there with very little time left before they closed. We thought we could do it. We had a mission. We wanted curtains. And maybe a shelf. And maybe to look at kitchen island-type things. You know, just quick...

Our windows are huge. This is really cool, of course, except for a few things. They're not a standard size, so regular curtains don't fit. IKEA curtains are all too wide or too narrow or too short.

We started realizing a theme about pretty much everything at IKEA. It's all really really cool... almost. "Oh, I love this. Except..." "Oh, if this was a little longer..." "Well... that... might work. Maybe." "Does it only work with *those* jars? I like the rack thingy but I hate those jars... Oh! I like these jars! Do these fit? No. Too little. Shit." "Would that fit in the bathroom? ...not really..."

We ended up realizing that the three or four things we put in our big yellow bag we didn't actually like enough to commit to purchasing. We left. Since we don't have internet at home yet, we decided to get something to eat someplace with wireless so we could look around more online. Then the wireless didn't really work, so our shopping for the evening was pretty much a wash.

Oh well.

S4 said that at least he got to yell at Oliver, and that helped make the evening worthwhile.

motorcycle.

So...

I've decided to sell my motorbike.
My neighbor at the old place has been pestering me for a year for me to sell it to her. She got her endorsement this weekend, and i thought about it for a bit, and decided to let it go. I've been thinking about getting a different bike, and she really is IN LOVE with it. She said she could pay for it on Friday, so it will only be mine for another few days. It kind of coincides nicely- this way I won't have to find a place to park a bike at the new place- at least until I do some research on parking lots and who might let me double up. I'm kinda sad to see my first two wheels go, but... it's a great starter bike and I think it's going to a good home.

Plus, now I'll have some cash to put towards a vintage cafe style bike, which is what I reallyreally want; it would suit me a little better than a cruiser as almost all the riding I do is around town.

I got to see my coworker's '68 BMW this weekend. *drool*

I can't afford a vintage BMW, but gimme a holler if you see any early Honda scramblers or CB's or similar that look decent, 'kay?