Curtains

Because of a certain orange cat's bladder stones, we need to replace our curtains. Our old cheap Ikea curtains were too long, but I liked the look of how they draped on the floor. Unfortunately, our cat thought they looked like a bathroom. We trimmed off the offending bottom part but now our curtains are too short and look awful.

I have a bad habit of getting obsessed with small, unimportant things. Curtains-wise, it's curtain rings. I have to have curtain rings this time – none of that stupid cheap ass grommet or "pole-pocket" caterpillar looking crap. This is mostly because I saw it in someone else's apartment and it looked really rich. I'm also obsessed with my apartment looking rich, although I'm sure actual rich people don't buy half as many fake-gold spray painted knickknacks as I do. The contenders are:

Chevron stripes are always great, but I'm a little concerned at how they look in the photo. They hardly look Chevron at all! They're all over the place.

I love these. I love the graphic print and the color (online at least) but my boyfriend gets one veto and he used it.

It might be hard to see, but these have PEARL TRIM along the borders. What's richer than that?? It's a little bridal though, and I hate wedding stuff. Also, a hard white will turn yellow, because we both smoke.

How cute are these – outline curtains! They're a little dark though, and I don't like to limit our light. There's a white version but it sucks.







Such a tough decision. Also, curtains not from Ikea are really expensive. And why do they sell only one panel at a time?? What kind of adults who are dropping $200 per panel just buy ONE curtain panel for a window? Maybe we'll just go to Ikea after all.

Fiona Apple

I wish my emo teenage self knew that in more than a decade, Fiona would still be around and still be so, so rad.

:(

I thought my girl just had a UTI, but when we took her to the vet, it turns out she has bladder stones. She might need surgery. We've already paid $800, and the projected total is around $3,000.

On our invoice, they listed her as a "senior." Eight years old is apparently a grandma kitty. I was offended for her.

I remember when we found her on the street – she was only a few months old, and we had only been dating about a year. It's weird looking back that we decided to adopt her together after so short a period of time together. She's always been my girl, even after we got Sebastian and Sebastian out-cuted her, because she was independent, not needy, and sharp as a tack. (Like me!) We're luckily in complete agreement about cost not being an issue when it comes to helping her.

She has a week's worth of morphine. I hope she's enjoying it.