Woof. Sorry it's been a while since I've last posted, but I haven't really been in much of a mood for it. Rough couple of weeks. At least, I think it was; I wasn't cognizant for most of it. I assume that had something to do with the fact that the mean temperature in New York City for the past while has been N below zero, where N equals REALLY FUCKING COLD, and my brain has completely shut down.

No, I mean really cold. It's so cold that in the apartment we are leaving the refrigerator door open so we have another source of heat. It's so cold that the trees started to sprout leaves again, just so they had something to keep them warm. Damn it's cold. Having a lot of trouble dealing with it. The other night, Ben asked if I wanted to go out for a beer, and I told him that the only time I wanted to spend outside was that temporal distance between the subway and my apartment. Then I realized that I was behaving like an old lady, so I did the honorable thing. I went home and put on a shawl.

Another reason I haven't been putting up new entries is that the situation at the apartment has a little worrisome. Sam has been pretty sick, and everyone has been concerned for him. Now that we are pretty sure he is going to live through it (he started going to work recently for the first time in two weeks, he can stand up on his own, etc) I can start to make fun of the situation.

It was pretty serious for a while, so much so that his parents flew up from Texas last weekend to help him deal with doctors, etc. Which was pretty non-eventful for me, since when they came in I went home for the weekend to go bowling (for the frist time in about a year. I did really well, considering. Well, not even considering: I did pretty stinking well. Averaged 187 over four games, high of 207, low of 177). But when I came back at the end of the weekend, I found that while his dad had left, his mother was going to be staying with us for a while.

Now, I certainly don't begrudge the fact, but it was pretty funny living with Sam and his mother. She was sleeping in the living room on an inflatable mattress (unknowlingly supplied by a friend of mine). I guess it came up pretty huge in a couple of ways, since she definitely did all the cleaning that we have been meaning to do since we moved in (since in we moved?). And it came up really huge for Sam, since when you're living with your mother, one thing you don't have to worry about is making yourself dinner.

On the downside, she definitely watched a serious amount of Korean television. So much so that I can tell you just about every plot line on KBS Drama. The first time I saw her watching it, I thought it was a cooking show because there was definitely a man and a woman on screen kneeling on a kitchen floor amidst more cabbage than I've ever seen in my life. I think it was a metaphor for something. Probably rutabega.

The biggest problem (not that there were any real problems, per se) was that it really threw a monkeywrench into my "Walking Around the House in my Underwear Scratching My Belly and Drinking Beer" lifestyle. Which I really shouldn't have been involved in anyway. Who wears underwear? Ma Aqua (who is a little taken aback when I call her "Ma Aqua", by the way) is leaving on Saturday. It was a nice little episode in the life of the apartment, but I can't say I'm sad to see it end.

What exactly are 'steez,' anyway? Wait, I just looked it up. That's awesome:

A New Beginning: 5-5-2007 Smiling Like An Idiot: 10-24-2006 I *really* like those subs: 10-21-2006 WARNING! SOPRANOS SEASON 2 SPOLER ALERT!: 10-9-2006 Love To The Kids: 9-22-2006 Posted 15 Minutes Before Wedding Activities: 9-3-2006 Might Have Been A Poly/Lycra Blend: 8-17-2006 My Chair: 8-11-2006 Get Smart!: 8-2-2006 'Jimmies': 7-27-2006 A Different Kind Of Man, I'm Not: 7-18-2006 Stochiastic Snoozing: 7-14-2006 No, no. Too nerdy.: 7-7-2006 The Stylus: 4-3-2006 There's Pink Tile In The Bathroom, Too: 12-15-2005 I even broke open some I already rolled: 8-29-2005 Never knew why it was 'U': 8-24-2005 I Wrote This A Few Days Ago: 7-6-2005 I Broke The Art: 6-11-2005 I've gotten good at closed-lip smiles: 5-23-2005 RPS Revival: 5-13-2005 He Was Like A Naked Voltaire: 4-11-2005 Even if it's a dozen cats: 3-30-2005 Spring Break!: 3-26-2005 Ooops, I Forgot To Call My Mom For Her Birthday: 3-10-2005 Listening for the beep: 3-7-2005 Dancing cupcakes and all.: 3-3-2005 Oh, and a Happy New Year: 1-2-2005 Stay the darkness: 12-28-2004 In Which I Commend Larry Flint To Hell: 12-20-2004 Je m'appelle Pied Piper: 12-5-2004 Thanksgiving Post (belated): 11-26-2004 Deadly Art: 11-22-2004 Do you know who you are?: 10-26-2004 Sean of the Dead: 10-6-2004 "Maybe a drink is a bad idea, then.": 10-4-2004 In which I use the word 'Pie-hole': 9-24-2004 Pretty as a pig: 9-19-2004 At *least!*: 9-17-2004 In which I describe how video games make me cry: 9-13-2004 74D6, to take just one shape: 8-24-2004 My Big Fat Sober Wedding: 8-14-2004 Small World, eh?: 8-6-2004 Flop Turn River: 7-30-2004 My Shorts: 7-26-2004 He doesn't actually bite the heads off anymore: 7-23-2004 More stuff you maybe don't care about!: 7-19-2004 Those are jokes my dad would make: 7-16-2004 Coming Soon...: 7-14-2004 Too Screwed To Stone: 5-3-2004 The Ruth Buzzi Thing Was a Lie: 4-10-2004 Inspector Cousteau: 3-23-2004 Right in the Kisser: 2-24-2004 There was a fish... in the percolator: 1-31-2004 Sail Away, Sail Away: 1-27-2004 "Dentrifice": 1-25-2004 SOTU Redux: 1-22-2004 'Nuff Said: 1-11-2004 You Know Who You Are: 12-25-2003 I'm not wearing any pants: 12-11-2003 Bloggers Clearing House: 12-6-2003 That's gniess: 12-1-2003 Happy Thanksgiving: 11-27-2003 Was that three things?: 11-26-2003 Eyes Front: 10-7-2003 Azazoth, for instance: 10-1-2003 Not That There's Anything Wrong With That...: 9-29-2003 Remember Me?: 8-14-2003 Procrastination: 7-22-2003 I Sleep "Sans Cullotes" Too: 7-8-2003 Malaise Eliminated: 7-2-2003 By "Jacob" I mean "Rachel": 6-17-2003 The Last Transmission: 6-2-2003 911's a Joke In This Blog: 5-29-2003 Actually, I *Don't* Remember Mardi Gras: 5-21-2003 There Is No Blog: 5-16-2003 All Here In Full Color: 5-5-2003 The Light Are Off But Someones Home: 5-2-2003 Oh Frabjous Day!: 4-23-2003 You Don't Need To Emerge From Nothing: 4-10-2003 Toilet Humor: 4-4-2003 Fashionable AND Functional: 3-27-2003 That was a long tomorrow: 3-25-2003 The Morning After: 3-18-2003 A Provocative Title: 3-12-2003 Not Up To Standards: 3-10-2003 Hurricane Alley: 3-6-2003 Martha Fthagn!: 2-26-2003 Whenever I Damn Well Please: 2-21-2003 Hello Sailor!: 2-19-2003 Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Ken : 2-13-2003 14" Between Me and Heaven: 2-10-2003 Hehehe. I said 'bosom': 2-5-2003 State of the Union Recap: 1-30-2003 Actually, I Watch a Lot of FOX: 1-28-2003 You Know My Steez: 1-24-2003 Viruses and Memes: 1-14-2003 And Study on Social Dynamics, and Kashrut: 1-10-2003 Nipple De-icing: 1-8-2003 Nearly New Years: 12-30-2002 Ents Walk: 12-20-2002 Me and the MTA: 12-13-2002 Look Over There! (Jamaica II): 12-4-2002 Rayleigh Scattering (Jamaica I): 12-2-2002 Who Are You Calling a Green Fairy?: 11-25-2002 Dropping Blocks: 11-22-2002 Just Don't Give a Duck: 11-19-2002 j==i==sqrt(-1): 11-14-2002 Red Sauce and Brownies: 11-12-2002 Ending the Week on a High Note: 11-11-2002 The 21st Century Belongs to Ikea: 11-8-2002 It Probably Sucks To Be Estonian: 11-6-2002 The Gloves Have Come Off: 11-5-2002 Who is Charlie Future?: 11-4-2002 Peter Steele Rocks My World: 10-31-2002 To Hell With Farmers: 10-28-2002 Kings X: 10-22-2002 Sometimes When I'm Dancing, My Arms Bend Back: 10-17-2002 More Music, Fewer Sticks: 10-8-2002 Enochian Verse: 10-7-2002 The Pod People: 9-30-2002 Neither rain, nor snow, nor darkest night...: 9-27-2002 No Need For a Name: 9-24-2002 Knee Socks and Misunderstandings: 9-19-2002 The Jeffersons: 9-16-2002 Goals: 9-12-2002 The flood cometh (cameth?): 9-9-2002 Take my money... Please!: 9-5-2002 House of Leaves: 8-30-2002 Temporarily Disconnected: 8-28-2002 Mecca: 8-26-2002 Taft in the Hangers: 8-20-2002 'Nuptials' sounds dirty, don't it?: 8-12-2002 Grumpy Young Men: 8-7-2002 Old Adages: 8-5-2002 Pastries everybody wants: 7-31-2002 Hurdles: 7-24-2002 Nothing, Really: 7-23-2002 Post-Vacation Post: 7-22-2002 Pre-Vacation Post: 7-10-2002 Another one bites the dust: 7-8-2002 Just a Test: 7-2-2002 Durn Windows: 7-1-2002 Handball: 6-27-2002 A Short and Happy Update: 6-25-2002 Mermaids: 6-24-2002 Slam@alltooflat.com: 6-21-2002 Sweeping Changes: 6-18-2002 Weekend news: 6-17-2002 A little more green: 6-12-2002 Direct TV: 6-11-2002 Total Monster Mayhem: 6-8-2002 Yeah man, I got a rash: 6-6-2002 Bitch bitch bitch: 6-4-2002 Green Party: 6-3-2002 Post-Prandial: 5-30-2002 Disaster: 5-28-2002 Holy Yoda, Batman!: 5-23-2002 No Need For A Theme: 5-22-2002 Poor Decisions: 5-21-2002 Housemate Ties: 5-20-2002 Midget Porn: 5-17-2002 Housemate Update: 5-16-2002 Miscellanea: 5-15-2002 The Stripper: 5-14-2002 The first entry: 5-13-2002