as it turns out, the guy i had mentioned was a little more interested than i was. i mean yea he was cute, nice and seemingly smart - but when i hung out with him the following day, i just wasn't feeling it. figures.
so that's that.
other than that, my weekend was its usual lazy self. i was going to get my bike from the old apartment, chen was going to come over with the ladder, and i was going to head to the center for some shelving on friday. however, all of that went straight to hell with a little bit of a hang over that i got from drinking very little (hooray for lowering my tolerance!! - my liver must be happy) and a little motivation from friends actually coming to visit me. which made it easier to just stay in.
sunday. back at work. the usual craziness. only now i actually see an end to the real insanity. we are finally getting all (or at least most) of our ducks in a row. i do believe it will take a little while longer, but i do think i see the light at the end of the tunnel.
i'm not really in the mood to update much these days.
been hanging out with some of the people from work. getting to know them outside of the office. it's pretty cool. of course, it's mostly them coming over to hang out here cuz going out isn't really 'my thing' these days.
with that said, last night i actually moved my ass out of the house. the sublime is always good times on thursdays and it's been a while since i've been there. i managed to drag one of the girls from work. heh. the music was good, so was the company, i got to see offer (gotta be the best smelling guy alive), and i dare say that i met someone.
on that note, we all know how these things turn out. so i'm not really getting my hopes up or anything. either way, he was nice to talk to, super smart (working on a masters degree in biology!!), and cute. we are supposed to hang out again today. but again, i'm not going to hold my breath. i guess it remains to be seen.
i really have to get off of my ass and buy one. i keep saying i will and then i don't. in the mean time all i'm eating is garbage and crap i can just pull out of the fridge. i can't even get something outside and then warm up left-overs. heh.
must purchase microwave before the end of the week.
yea, i didn't end up going anywhere near my old apartment. so i didn't get my bike. and my friend didn't return my phone call so i didn't get the ladder this weekend, either. all in all, my usual lazy weekend. except for the fact that i have a friend that lives on my street... so i headed out this afternoon to chill with her. good laughs and munchies. woot.
so i got a few more things done yesterday. got my mirror and mailbox up. the mailbox was possible with the help of one of my neighbors. she's a really nice older women who appears to have been living in this building for years. hehe.
anyway, aside from apartment related stuff, i managed to see both tali (even if it was for only ten minutes) and my sister yesterday. then later, orit and noni came over for a few hours. i was considering hopping over to one of the local bars, but even though i'm so close - i still didn't feel like leaving the house in favor of a noisy/smoky venue.
since i went to sleep seriously early last night, i'm obviously up at a super-early hour on saturday morning and i'm trying to figure out what i want to do today. it's supposed to be really nice out... i guess one of the things i should do is go to my old apartment and get my bike. maybe once i'm on it i'll feel like riding it around. who can say? other than that, perhaps i should take a walk down to the beach area; what with my apartment being so close to it now and all.
so my apartment is coming together nicely. i went shopping at ikea with my parents the other night. i managed to find a little couch, a coffee table and a bunch of kitchen stuff (all of the above items are black or grey). today i had my internet and tv hooked up. i still need to purchase a microwave and put up a couple of shelves. there's also the issue of putting my mailbox up at the entrance (the ones that belong to the building are old and gross) so that i can switch my mailing address over and not have to have lior bring my mail to work with him in the morning. the only major thing i really still have to do is get the aforementioned ladder to hang something from the ceiling. that should be happening this weekend.
i'm not in the mood to give full detail on my move. i will just say that i'm done (minus a couple of things left in the old apartment) moving and that everything is set up and in place. there is still the matter of needing a really tall ladder for me to reach something i need to do on the super-high ceiling and the fact that don't yet own a couch or any kitchen-related items. i suppose that will have to be taken care of on a trip to ikea at some point.
i don't have internet as of yet. that should be coming on wednesday.
oh, and last night i (we?) found out that the apartment i just moved into used to be occupied by snir, my current (potential) tattoo artist, about eight years ago. hah.
there's so much crap floating around in my head, that i just can't sleep.
as with every move i have ever made (minus the ones to a different country, where this wasn't relevant) - i always have a hard time sleeping in the few days beforehand. i have thoughts of how the move itself is going to be conducted, how things are going to fit into the new apartment, thoughts of whether or not i remember the new apartment's layout and if my things are really going to fit the way i want them to, etc.
so now, at 3:30am - all i can think of is getting up early to first go to the bank and then to sign the lease. the next thought is that i have to go shopping for cleaning stuff during lunch and whether or not to take the things i buy directly to the apartment or bring them back to work with me and then take them in the evening. that's followed by thoughts about the fact that my friends' band is playing tonight (tomorrow night?) and i had wanted to go see them. however, considering how busy i plan on being and how early i want to get up on friday - i don't really think i'm going to be able to make it. then again, who knows?
see, so there are a million thoughts of this kind that simply do not allow me to sleep. and i do feel tired. even my eyes are telling me it's time to go to sleep. but then i get under the covers and i can do no such thing.
oh please let it be saturday already. by then i will at least have most of my stuff in the new place and my mind will be at ease.
that's the second time bareket has hooked me up with an apartment. first in brooklyn and now in tel-aviv. that's right, i started looking today and i liked the first place i saw. in this city one cannot afford to say 'oh, i'd like to look around some more before i decide' simply because the apartment will not be available when they come back.
it's a small studio apartment with a gallery, AC and a refrigerator (things that are not necessarily included in most apartments in tel-aviv). there's not much light - which is fine by me, and it has high ceilings. it will be costing me $400 a month. granted, this is more than i am paying now, but it is the budget i had originally set for myself in the event that i decided to move out.
music: now stuck in my head: movin' out by billy joel mood: excited
had a rather long entry to post. now i'm lazy and i'm not in the mood for details. just let it be said that i am finally moving. it will be done asap. this is something that should have been done a while ago. i hate moving, but i love being in a new place.
i find it completely amusing that with all of the offers i've had for going out tonight, and opting to do what i always do (stay in and do nothing), the only thing/person that made me wanna move my ass was rona. heh. until i received her sms, i was perfectly content with blowing off all of my plans. now i wanna go out =D
at first wasn't sure i wanted to go out. a night at home, hanging out with my roommate seemed like a better option. then my dearest friend karen told me she'd kick my ass if i didn't come to see her. and that was followed by some other friends telling me that they were going to be at a bar right down the road from my apartment. at this point i knew i was going. heh.
the night was a lot of fun. it always is. the sub is a good place and their thursday nights are usually pretty packed. lots of good people and some free alcohol.
when you walk through a park and suddenly some kid decides that scaring the 20-30 pigeons that are quietly going about their business is a good idea - the only thing you can do is keep on walking and pray that none of them decided to take a shit on your head.