So, my mom voted (out of band) that I write about interior decorating first. So that breaks the exciting tie.

In case it was missed, I moved a few weeks back. I was living in a rather spacious, yet somewhat old, 3 bedroom house with 2 other roommates. It was very comfortable, due to the space and full car garage. Yet, I decided it was time to move on to a new experience.

I packed up and moved a whole 3 blocks south to a 1 bedroom, 741 square foot apartment. I was really worried I’d feel claustrophobic in there. In fact, quite the opposite, it feels more airy and comfortable than my older, much larger, haunt. Part of the difference is due to large, well placed windows creating a very open feel to the living and dining spaces. The kitchen is also barely separated from the living room, so it makes for 1 large room. In case you got the idea that the kitchen was tiny and sucked though, that’s far from the truth. It’s probably the most beautiful kitchen (yes, even compared to our place in westpark, if you saw it) one I’ve lived with. The granite marble countertops are the nicest effect, I think.

This was also my first real attempt at a decent furniture layout. I will admit, I am still an Ikea boy. I don’t want to spend yet on the more beautiful heavy, hardwood furniture from quality establishments, so it’s most still assembled stuff. I did manage to pick up an antique chinese stool from my grandparents, and some asian art prints. The room ends up having a kind of contemporary asian flair, I’d say. Mostly reds, grays, blacks, and whites. It’s the first time I’ve laid out a room, walked into it and though, “this is perfect”. I’ll put up some pics soon, as my descriptive abilities are pretty low right now.

Following are five recent kicks of mine. Vote via a comment which you want me to post about first.

• Interior Decorating
• Old Time Radio
• Hypnosis
• Asian horror films
• Boardgames, CCGs, RPGs, games, etc.

Here’s a quick rundown of my weekend.

Friday night
Oops, it’s a blur to me. I remember watching half of The Sword of Doom. The direction is awesome, I want to finish it today. I remember thinking while watching the film, “It’s weird, Kurosawa sure has a different technique in this film”. Oops again, he didn’t direct it. I’ve got to remember to tell my brother to watch it. I think he’d appreciate the direction. Oh hey, just remembered, I think I had dinner with my parents and grandmother who is in town. Not sure if that was Thursday or Friday.

Saturday day
Went with Crista, my brother, parents, and grandparents to see my brother’s gallery show at Bergamot Station. Had a great lunch with the family, came home, and rested.

Saturday night
Made a (hopefully) final run by Ikea, then entertained my parents and grandmother at my place for an hour or so. Watched The Big Sleep with Crista that night, and slept through some of it myself. Bogart wasn’t for me, I suppose.

Sunday morning
Went to Starbucks with Crista. We had a great time playing BRAWL: Catfight from Cheapass Games (had a great time playing it a lot this weekend, in fact). Crista has bested me in total rankings so far. I enjoyed our games because some ran to the very end, I’d be up with about 5 cards left, and bam, just get wasted. Then we ran through Kohl’s looking for a fedora like hat, to no avail.

Sunday afternoon
Crista had a show, and I wanted to chill, so I played a session of Call of Cthulhu online for a few hours. Had a great time. Unfortunately didn’t get my remaining items moved from the old place, so I’ll need to complete that this week.

Sunday night
Crista and I watched Coach Carter. It was a well-intentioned and somewhat entertaining film, but, the cliches, predictability, and over acting kept it from being very good. On a less critical note, one could probably make a drinking game out of this movie. It would involve shots everytime one of the non-speaking basketball teammates appears onscreen.