Just some oak and some pine and a handful of Norsemen
It turns out that “flat-packed” is not the same as “light.” I finally broke down and got some furniture at Ikea, so I now have things on which to put my TV and shot glass checker set. I ignored the warnings on the inside of the box against carrying the boxes alone, and I think I may have pulled something in my left arm. I guess I’ll have to avoid carrying around 80lb boxes for a couple of days. Putting the coffee table together was a bit of an adventure, since I didn’t realize that I was missing the legs, middle pieces, assorted screws and the Ikea tool until I got home. Ikea customer service helped me out, but not before chastising me for not bringing back the parts I had. I was told over the phone that I didn’t need to drag the big, heavy sheet of glass back down the stairs, so I didn’t. Everything’s sorted out now, so whatever.
Hooking up the TV was another adventure. I put it on the table, got out my Michael Graves designer surge protector and my 50ft coil of coax cable (if you’ve ever wondered how much cable is too much, 50 feet is too much), and then I realized that the RCA outputs on the DVD player don’t match the coax input on my cheap TV. I slipped into Best Buy and got a cheap signal modulator before they closed, and the guy in the TV department knocked $5 off the price since one of them had been opened and returned. Works fine, so score. However, I still haven’t hooked up the rabbit ears, since the giant coil of coax was the only cable I had. So I still don’t know if I can pick up TBS out here. Oh well.
In music news, I’m probably a little late in getting to this, but I really like Interpol. Like nearly every review of them states, they kind of sound like Joy Division. They have two albums out now, so hopefully the similarities will end with the music.
I hope everyone is having a happy last week of December. Only four more days and you’ll be screwing up the date on your rent check! Hurray!