I was the fly upon your wall

[lizblackdog]

Wheeeeee new kitchen! NEW KITCHEN!!!

My illustrious landlords, the great and bountiful Bournemouth Borough Council, are sending men tomorrow to rip out, tear, mutilate, fold, spindle, burn, take and DESTROY the nasty beige floor, the foul beige cupboards and the disgusting wood-effect Formica worktops that have been offending my finely-tuned aesthetic sense for the best part of a year now. They will be replaced by shiny new virgin-white cupboards, a dove-grey floor and a dark marbley slate-grey Formica, hopefully before the end of next week.

Apparently the white tiles are intended to be replaced with more white tiles. I can live quite happily with white - at least it's not bloody beige - but I can't help being very conscious that black tiles would be so very much better. I wonder if I can talk them into it? Maybe if I buy the tiles myself? I still have all my B&Q vouchers from Christmas. If they'll do it and if the tiles are cheap enough that I could still afford paint, I shall do that.

And, in other news, Bournemouth Munch tonight. I was this >< close to deciding not to go - no topbit, no manicmiranda... just the thought makes me come over all sad and meh. But that's no attitude to take, so I'll bloody well be there and damn well enjoy myself whether I like it or not.

This would be the first week in a long time I don't have any visible bruises. Bah. I don't know what I may have to do to restore my perv-cred...

Comments

[gordynate.livejournal.com]

Congrats! We finally managed to get a new stove and dishwasher, now I want everything in that damn kitchen redone!

Wot,

[topbit.livejournal.com]

your shoulder not count?

Re: Wot,

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

It's there... but it's pretty faded. And the right shoulder's only a small one.

*sad face*

That icon makes me horny, BTW.

[christinuviel.livejournal.com]

Hope you have a good time tonight!! Your sexual confidence (and confidence in general) doesn't stop impressing me and inspiring me. =) I aspire to be that comfortable with myself and every aspect of my life, in the future. I hope this isn't too personal of a thing to say ... it is true though.

Incidentally, I don't think I ever passed these on to you: I made two icons from the Dukat/Winn screencap you sent me! Hope you like them ...

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

I'd blush, but I'm not sure I'm capable of it. Thank you. I will point out that I'm older than dirt (I'll be FORTY this year!) and I've had a long time to get used to myself. I have very clear memories of times in my twenties when I desperately wished for invisibility or a floor-length paper bag to walk round in.

There were two tricks to it, I found - the first is to realise that the rest of the world is mostly far too busy being painfully self-conscious themselves to notice you being self-conscious. The second is to fake it... that works because it doesn't stay fake for long. The appearance of confidence breeds real confidence.

ICONSQUEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!! *taketaketake*

I'm getting a little better at doing them - been practising with the dog ones - but my image manipulation skills are still very much at the stone knives and bearskin stage. LOVE those.

[christinuviel.livejournal.com]

Heh, am glad you like the icons!! ^_^! The dog ones are pretty cool, incidentally - I love the one you have of Spike (I think ..) looking at the cat!

And heh, am sorry if I embarrassed you, or nearly embarrassed you, etc! But yes ... I know the wish for invisibility all too well! Your advice is extremely sound: I agree that the fronts we put on (confidence, etc) aren't just superficial, they're also part of us. Ie. if you have managed to fake confidence, then that's already an achievement in itself. Am just a big coward sometimes, and hide rather than facing things, which is counter-productive.

Thanks! =)

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

This one!

I wish the original photo had been a bit better, but it does capture his utter abject devotion to his Maisie. One day I'm going to get him his own cat, he misses her so much.

[christinuviel.livejournal.com]

Hee! Yeah, that's the one! Did they get along well then?

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

He adores Maisie beyond all sense or reason. He follows her around wagging his tail hopefully and making puppy eyes at her and he practically wets himself with joy when she thwacks him on the nose or plays with him - he doesn't care which, he's just glad to be getting any kind of attention from her.

He spent a year trying to kill next door's cat Sukie after witnssing Sukie beating Maisie up on the garage roof. He normally loves all cats, but I saw his face and heard the growls when Sukie appeared on the fence - this one indiviudual cat he wanted to hurt, badly. Sukie ended up voluntarily becoming a completely indoor cat after a few months of that and to this day I can't say her name in his hearing without him going berserk. (No-one taught him Sukie's name - he picked it up by himself from listening intently to human conversations.) He also taught Squish the limits of acceptable behaviour around Maisie - Squish is allowed to approach her, sniff her or lick her face, but if he bounces, paws her, yaps at her or makes her hiss Spike disciplines him hard.

As for Maisie - she finds his obsessive psycho fanboy stalking a bit over-the-top, but she is much fonder of him than she likes to admit. She missed him a lot when we moved out and I've seen her rub her face on him in her mellower moments. Plus, she's a small cat that other cats tend to bully, and she did like having a bodyguard.

[johi36.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on the new kitchen! I hope you'll get those black tiles you want :D

[http://users.livejournal.com/_huggle/]

congrats :)
As for the tile-problem: There is a special tile-paint. You can simply paint over the old tiles with it and after it dries thoroughly it's as waterproof as the original tile and looks totally tile-ish. It comes in a rather small range of colours, but black ought to be available, I think. Maybe you can get some on your next expedition to a DIY shop.
Good luck and have fun with the new kitchen! =)

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

That sounds like a better option. Be cheaper'n buying tiles too - enough that I could do the bathroom as well, perhaps. Thank you!

[james-the-evil1.livejournal.com]

Heyyyyy, you could always put on roller skates, grab the dogs' leashes, and aim them at some trees.
You'd get LOTS of bruises!

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

Get my fucking neck broken, more like! :-p

Besides, dog bruises don't count.