{"id":856,"date":"2005-02-10T10:47:00","date_gmt":"2005-02-10T14:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pipesdreams.org\/blog\/archives\/856"},"modified":"2005-02-10T10:47:00","modified_gmt":"2005-02-10T14:47:00","slug":"reading-week-cometh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pipesdreams.org\/blog\/archives\/856","title":{"rendered":"Reading Week Cometh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wow! Reading week already! Next week I have no class. Not that I ever had class, but next week I will be positively without elegance or refinement. Nor will I be required to show up on campus Tuesday and Wednesday night to listen to professors and grad students wax poetic about Waugh or Browning. <\/p>\n<p>FYI, the paint tray was waiting for me in the middle of the living room floor this morning. So all dealings above board, there. Didn&#8217;t get a chance to see A. since JVL and I got home at around midnight due to me catching dinner downtown with classmates Kai, Steve and Julie from my Narrative Poetry course.<\/p>\n<p>The wings at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toronto.servpro.ca\/testlist.php?city=Greater%20Toronto%20Area&#038;letter=M&#038;sub=20185&#038;compType=Pubs\">Mullins&#8217; Pub on Bay Street<\/a>, by the way, are DELICIOUS and ADDICTIVE. Mmm&#8230; saucy. Also? Mark &#8220;Marky-Mark&#8221; Wahlberg has been spotted on several occasions, bartending at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sagerestaurant.ca\/\">&#8216;Sage&#8217;, the restaurant next door<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>On the way home, Justin was playing the GBA game I bought him for Christmas, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerankings.com\/htmlpages2\/589714.asp?q=wario%20ware%20mega\">WarioWare Inc.: Micro Mega Games<\/a>, and I totally dig it. Partly because it contains a &#8220;hidden&#8221; game called Dr. Wario which is a GBA adaptation of my all-time favorite videogame, Dr. Mario for SuperNintendo. I think it will be the subject of my next GameRankings review.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to everyone for their AWESOME response and suggestions for new bed #2, especially <lj user=\"daedalseraph\"> for his really excellent and informative link! Working with a restricted budget limited my options somewhat, and I admit I was leaning towards Ikea&#8217;s &#8220;Sultan&#8221; mattress line, since they&#8217;ve got it on sale for an appealing 25% discount all month starting tomorrow. In the end, my mother interceded, and ended my hemming and hawing and number-crunching and dilly-dallying and just went to Sears and bought me a bed. Because it was on CRAZY sale (less than the website advertised clearance price), and she&#8217;s CRAZY Scottish. Thanks, Mom! Woot, here it is:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/image.sears.ca\/icat\/77\/73\/010377736.fpx?cell=230&#038;cvt=jpeg\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www6.sears.ca\/webapp\/wcs\/stores\/servlet\/ProductDisplay?storeId=10001&#038;catalogId=10001&#038;categoryId=10175&#038;langId=-1&#038;rrc=1&#038;productId=158094448\">SEARS-O-PEDIC\u00c2\u00ae &#8216;2531SL&#8217; Wellness Series, Chiropractic\u00c2\u00ae, plush pillow-top sleep set<\/a><br \/>\nQueen size 60&#8243; x 80&#8243; mattress with 640 coils (Dave&#8217;s article said to look for a minimum of 375 in a queen, and 450 in a king, so this puppy should be COMFY!) and matching box spring. The mattress has 4 comfort layers, a 20 oz hollowfibre quilted to 3\/4&#8243; supersoft foam superlastic continuous coil for even weight distribution, modular grid foundation, and patented edge supports (whatever the hell that means).<\/p>\n<p>I have no idea whether the &#8220;ticking&#8221; (the outermost layer of the mattress) is vinyl (cheap), polyester (mid-range) or a cotton-polyester blend (top range). Also don&#8217;t know whether or not the box springs has coils in addition to wood or steel bars (I&#8217;m guessing not). And we don&#8217;t yet have a frame with a centre support; that will have to come later (Ikea?). But I have been assured that there&#8217;s a warranty, and it should cover at least ten years. Will probably need new sheets, probably deep-pocket corner again $$$ \ud83d\ude41  So, it should be another seven years before I have to do this again. Let&#8217;s hope I&#8217;m still on LiveJournal in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s least-favorite piece of corporate speak overheard in the office?<br \/>\n&#8220;Looks like we&#8217;re dealing with a <b>moving target<\/b> here!&#8221;          *vomits profusely*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wow! Reading week already! Next week I have no class. Not that I ever had class, but next week I will be positively without elegance or refinement. Nor will I be required to show up on campus Tuesday and Wednesday night to listen to professors and grad students wax poetic about Waugh or Browning. 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