rt finally made my bday cake on saturday...it was a shared bday cake w/ lauren & jason, rt's twin sister & bro, who had bdays this weekend...it took the poor boy the entire afternoon and early evening on saturday to complete it...we went over to the twins' apt. that evening to have cake and go bowling...jay's friends mike & timm were there...very nice boys they all are...anyways, we went out for mexican and then went back to the apt to consume the cake rt had slaved over...it was pretty damn good too...yellow duncan hines cake with homemade icing with a white chocolate/strawberry/banana filling...after cake, we went to timber lanes on irving park road for bowling...that's where rt & i bowled w/ john roberts & eric after measure for measure a couple weeks ago...rt's been bugging me to go bowling again ever since...we were supposed to go @ uic but that didn't pan out...timber lanes has a nice charming neighborhood bar feel to it anyways...and they had the black lights on that night...i never have anything white on when the bowling alley turns the black lights on...jays other friends joined us at the bowling alley so it ended up being 9 of us...on one lane...that was the LONGEST bowling game i have ever played...and two of them dropped out after the 6th frame...by the 2nd game, the couple in the lane next to us had left, so we were able to bowl a much quicker game...

sunday, rt went to jason's graduation...i stayed home and rearranged the living room according to specs layed out in one of rt's floor plans...it required switching the positions of the tv/dvd and computer stations as well as moving one of the bookshelves and the couch and wood chest...all in all, a lot of bending was involved as i also vacuumed and mopped parts of the floor that hadn't seen the light of day since the 2nd week of march 2002. i also attempted to reunite my loose cds w/ their respective cd cases...i am still missing a bunch of cds as well as a bunch of cases...and some cds in their cases...i really don't know how many cds i have but it's like a lot and i really need a better storage system for them...right now i've got these two towers from bed bath & beyond that are a little taller than me and really really wobbly as well as a smaller shelving unit that maybe comes up to my chest...i need something big, something sturdy...something that'll fit an attic apartment with sloped ceilings...

anyways, the combination of bowling and moving large objects and bending up and down for hours has wiped me out...

on a good note, i've been taking the train to work since friday...yeah, i know...it's only been a few days, but in those 5 train rides, i've read all but 14 pages of 'nine stories' by jd salinger that rt got me for my bday last week...i absolutely adore jd salinger...i wish he had more books out...i figure if i ride the train 3x a week, i can read a 250 page paperback no problem in one week...god knows i have plenty of unfinished books on my shelves...

been listening to:
difficult is easy--red monkey
gotham!--radio 4
telephono--spoon
where the change is--the flashing lights