Things and boxes.

[napoleonherself]

So our car was robbed recently! In the garage, while we slept, because we accidentally left the garage door open (the car-size one). We never lock the people-size door that leads from inside the garage to the kitchen, so that is kinda scary y'all. It is now one of my nightly "can't sleep unless I check this" things to make sure the garage door is shut. Just like with my closet door, because monsters duh.

They got mecha's mp3 player. Oh, and our Decemberists tickets for next month! Which will possibly be the last Decemberists concert we will ever have a chance to see since apparently they're disbanding for at least the near future!

But then, a few days after the robbingz when we realized that hey, wait, the tickets were in there too, we went to the Overture Center and a nice man reprinted our tickets, with shiny new barcodes invalidating the old ones, for free.

Then we stopped in at a gift shop/candy store on State Street and met a different nice man who makes the best truffles I've ever tasted, and wouldn't stop giving us free samples while he chattered about how he made them.

So that was a nice day.

Finally, both to put my money where my spleen is and to make Victor happy, may I present a horrible picture of myself with a Pop-Tart box on my head. (I had assumed it would come out better-quality than the picture taken with a webcam I'd bought in 1999. I was wrong.)


Shaky hand + had to use only one hand since the other one was holding the box on + crappy cellphone camera + mirror, flipped but not otherwise edited. I took four pictures and that was the clearest one of the bunch. Not even kidding. You can't even tell how super-sweet my new glasses are! You can see my super-awesome closet, though. (The one with the monsters.)

Now, of course, I expect everyone who reads this to take a picture of themselves wearing foodboxen on their heads, and post said pictures. It's only fair.

Comments

[darnn.livejournal.com]

Wow, I wouldn't have seen this coming in a million years! I was looking at buying 3x12 packs of them on Amazon after that post, but thought I should probably save my money for more productive things.

Also, can't say fairer than that: http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c194/thedarnn/boxhat.jpg

I'll save you the trouble of spotting things: There's a Lemon Demon CD, a Weird Al Nirvana's-Nevermind CD (whatever it's actually called), a The Incredibles DVD (because how many red DVD cases are there), Warren Ellis's unpublished Hellblazer story that was actually finally published, which prompted me to buy it, Doug TenNapel's Earthworm Jim sketch that Andrew sent me (you can't see it, but it's the thing in the plastic), and my beard from my Purim costume.

Which, come to think of it, you haven't seen because you don't have Facebook. So:
http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/190636_10150122064748819_643628818_6355279_8291100_n.jpg
http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/197494_10150122064843819_643628818_6355282_703967_n.jpg
http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/197454_10150122064978819_643628818_6355288_707746_n.jpg
http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/199954_10150122065078819_643628818_6355290_4844629_n.jpg

And as a bonus, me pre-gaming in the car before going dancing in the costume:
http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/199344_10150170940748420_761613419_8251927_8057857_n.jpg

(There were too many grody people and we ended up just going home, but I was recognized by several people on the street beforehand, so I got what I wanted out of it.)

So, wow. That ended up being a lot more about me. So, once again, it is really awesome that you took that picture.

[napoleonherself.livejournal.com]

Hooray! You are but the first of undoubtedly many to do whatever I command! I wonder where I'll build my palace when I'm in charge of everyone in the world.

I also like how I could tell you what was in the background of my picture, but there's no way for you to know if I'm lying or not. Like, directly behind me, that flat thing on the shelf is my framed diploma; and to the left (my right), the other flat things on the shelf are other wall-hangy things, some framed, some not, plus an empty frame that I was going to put my Alex Ross print in but it didn't quite fit so I eventually wound up matting it in a much larger frame. And hanging on the left is what passes for my business-y wardrobe!

The tub in top right holds my collection of human skulls.

Finally, I must admit that, if I should also be able to recognize what your costume is supposed to be, then I have failed. But at least I got you to dance for my amusement like the monkey that YOU ALL ARE, YOU FOOLS, I'LL SHOW YOU ALL!!!

[darnn.livejournal.com]

What! Come on! It's this thing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=401n2CDGY1E

[darnn.livejournal.com]

And, I didn't even realize that was a tub.

[napoleonherself.livejournal.com]

Ohh. Yeah, I'll be honest, I've never seen that thing before in my life.

Plus replying to your other thing: clear plastic tub with a lime-green handle on each short side. Mecha swears by 'em.

objections

[tomgoulet.livejournal.com]

That might be a little weird for me yet, plus I don't have any large food boxes. foodboxen. Maybe later, because I'm going grocery shopping today. Also I think your picture isn't as good as it could be, mostly due to the small size of the box.

I like your mirror :-)

Re: objections

[napoleonherself.livejournal.com]

SMALL BOXES ARE AN ACCEPTABLE SUBSTITUTE UNDER THE BYLAWS SET FORTH BY EMPEROR JENNY OF MADISONIA. (I like the sound of "emperor" better than "empress".)

And it's a decent mirror, I suppose. Reflects things, and is only slightly crooked.

suffering

[tomgoulet.livejournal.com]

From computerus interruptus. Not entirely sure as for boxes at this time either.