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present....

tuesday november 14th

well, ech's been here for 4 days! we finally went out and did something today! ech suggested going to blockbuster today to get the extra promo cards from the pokemon 2000 rental copies. so we did.....we got nine cards. that's four for ech, four for me and.....ooooh boy, one extra...now we got something else to fight over....

[ech takes the ibook from purity] well dear, you COULD have the extra promo if you just gave ME the picture half of the mewtwo...

[purity grabs the ibook back from ech] why can't i have the holo half of the mewtwo and the extra pikachu?

[ech relieves the ibook from purity's clutches again] ....oh.. greedy, aren't you? Well who's idea was it to even GET the Pikas, huh?

[pure pulls the ibook back in front of her] yours...who's been cooking you dinner for the past four days?

[ech takes the ibook again] oh really.... I seem to recall that we went OUT for dinner last night...

[pure takes the ibook back] who paid?

[ech grumbles in the corner] ...well I paid for lunch today... AND I paid for dinner on Friday night...

[purity calls over to him] i paid for lunch yesterday!!

[ech] well... you wouldn't let me pay....

[pure stares at him] and your point is.....

[ech mumbles] ...I just don't think you should get the extra pika AND the picture....

[murmurs] i thought maybe i'd cook steak tomorrow night....

[ech looks over to her] ....oh sure.... now if i DON'T give it to you you'll give me hummus or something....

[gazes at him] of course not....i'll give you a nice steak whether you give me the extra card or not....because i'm nice.....

[ech mumbles incoherantly] .....

[purity continues] you like steak, don't you?....

[ech curls up into the corner] ...mmhmmmm....

[purity sits next to him] yeah, i figured i'd cook a steak for you tomorrow, because you like it so much, and i'm so happy you came out to visit me and all.....even if you didn't give me the holo half of the mewtwo...or the extra pikachu....

[ech mutters something] ....

[purity looks down at him] ...what was that?

[ech gazes up at her] ...you heard me... I said take the Pikachu.... and the good half of mewtwo...

[pure gazes back at him] aaaaww...thanks....how do you like your steak?

[ech curls up to her] ...anyway you make it.

[purity] mmmm...ok.....anyways, the guy at blockbuster thought we were total idiots....i mean, i figured i should rent something cause of all the free cards. so i grabbed the mission impossible 2 dvd and headed for the checkout....

[ech] do they still use macs in MI:2?...

[pure] huh? oh, yeah, they do....anyways, i completetly forgot to get my blockbuster card before i left the apartment. so i'm up there and hand the dvd to the guy and then i realize i don't have my card. so i'm standing there feeling sort of silly. so the guy asks if i have a photo id, which i do ( >_< go see my dmv manifesto at sugarshock) so i give it to him, he does some stuff on his computer then asks when the last time i rented was. i had no idea....i usually go to captain video, cause they never ask me for a card there...so anyways he said i needed to fill out a new application. then ech remembered he had a blockbuster card!! oh hurrah!! :D so, he asked if it would work here since his is um, canadian. well, it turns out you can use canadian blockbuster cards in the us. so, he hands over his card and we pay for the movie. it came to $4.26, and ech says "oh wait i have a penny." while you can use canadian blockbuster cards here, blockbuster does not want canadian pennies. so i found a regular one and gave it to the guy. by now the blockbuster guy must have thought we were not that bright, cause he told us over and over when the due date was. and he even circled it on the receipt and pointed it out to us. he also told us repeatedly that we had to return it to that store....maybe he thought we'd try to return it in canada...

[ech grumbles] ..stupid Blockbuster guy.... I should return it in canada to spite him...

[purity] well, we have a movie to watch....talk to you all later!!

[ech continues muttering] ...and whqat's wrong with a stupid penny.... you know if I wouldn't have mentioned I was from Canada he never would have said anything...

[purity interrupts] good heavens, he could tell by your accent...

[ech is astonished] ...WHAT acceent... I don't have one... [grumbles some more] ...and stupid burger king doesn't have gravy.....

[pure] mmmhmm....shhhh....movie's starting...

thursday november 9...ECH LANDS TOMORROW!!!

....well.....i'm sort of ready...i cleaned the bathroom and washed sheets and towels...i still need to mop and put away my sewing stuff and vaccuum up all the cat fur and de-cat the couch so he won't die when he goes to sleep. geez, that would suck. anyways i think i'll be ready in time....got to figure out how to get him here from the airport 'cause i never did get my license but i guess we'll manage ok. and i'll FINALLY get to open that box of gym challenge thats been sitting there and tempting me for over a week. gah....you know what it's like when you feel you have to have a pack of cards to open or you'll just die? this is worse....much, much worse. you're all gonna come watch us open it right? we'll put up the time and chatroom name tomorrow.

but, i have ech's arrival to look forward to so that helps distract me, as well as all the work i've been doing to get ready for him.

hey, check back occasionally and see what we're up to here in the big apple....

tuesday, november 6th, t-minus 3 days...

....the thing that sucks about having people come to stay with you is the cleaning involved....i am not a neat or clean person, and the halloween costume making season around my place is not something you want to see. i basically live like an animal for a month or two. so anyways i need someplace to put ech so i figured i'd better start cleaning...

first off, i HATE to clean. that's why my place is a mess. so i kept finding things i'd rather do than clean....i sort of kept hoping that if i ignored it long enough it would clean itself but so far that hasn't really worked, so i figured it's time to suck it up and get it over with. so, saturday i worked on the front room. half of it looks really great!! the other half...well....i still need to put all my sewing stuff away. and i need to clean off the top of the entertainment unit....very dusty. all my little godzilla and pokemon figures are sort of fuzzy looking.....

anyways i tackled my room on monday. wow.....i've been wondering where all my clothes were. i found three whole loads of wash that need to be done!! i also found my cell phone, my cd's, my disposable cameras with pics of me at the waterpark, and my promo dark persian!! yaaaaaaaay!! and some money!! yaaaaaaay!!

so anyways i got to do some more today, i think the kitchen. then the hall and bathroom....mop the floors....vaccuum more and clean the cat hairs off the sofa....and i think i'll be set!

anyways the whole experience has given me a great idea for a trainer card. those who have seen the preliminary artwork really like it. so stay tuned for that. its the launch of a new type of fake as well, so that should stir up some interest.

gotta go clean the kitchen....and that fridge....i think things are eating other things in there.....[shudder]

Sunday, November 5th. T-Minus 6 days

I must say.... US money isn't exactly nice to look at, is it now? I mean seriously... how the hell do bankers down there stay awake?! Every bloody bill looks the same! I mean.. UGH. They are all green an boring... no offence or anything.... I mean let's take a look here...
US $20 Bill Front | Back
Canadian $20 Bill Front | Back

Wow!!! Look at the picture on the back of the Canadian one as opposed to the boring old white house. Don't get me wrong... it's a very nice picture of the White house... but I think i'd much rather have a picture of a duck than some old building.

Another thing is color! Everything is the same green! Gah! How do you survive! Seriously isn't it easy to say give out a $20 when you should give out a $5?! I mean all our money is a different color... you KNOW you're giving out a 20 just by the color...

...I don't know... I think Pure better keep a close eye on me, or elsest I may drop a $50 instead of a $10...