2005
if you want your record back
maura @ 8:42 pm
So Jonathan is freelancing for an old boss of his right now, and she’s one of those enviable (to me at least) people who only needs to sleep about 5 hrs a night. Five hours! I’m a true 8 hr kinda gal, and though I can survive on 7 I usually will be tired + cranky by nighttime (like now!) and every few weeks will have to crash with Gus at 9pm and sleep straight through til morning. But if I could only sleep 5 hrs, or even 6, how cool would that be? Very cool, is how.
I could use the found time to do things I don’t have time to do now, not just boring cleaning or chores, but stuff I’d love to do more of like writing, making stuff, etc. I mean, it’s been a long time since I was spraypaint-stenciling tshirts with a weird logo I created called anal babies (high school), or making mixtapes for anyone and everyone (college + beyond), but lately I’ve been having a creative itch and it would be nice to get scratching. Writing in my journal just isn’t doing it (or here, apparently, since I can’t ever seem to get around to it).
And speaking of being late to the party, on heavy rotation at maurawebFM these days are: Pipas, Aislers Set, Sleater-Kinney (yeah, better late than never), and the wonderful Wednesdays at WFMU. AND my birthday’s coming up, which means that the new Ivy record will soon be mine, bwahahahaha. Almost makes up for the fact that, once again I realized too late that a band I like is playing in town (in this case, Pipas + the Lucksmiths at the beginning of the month). Sigh. Live music is just too hard when you need 8 hrs of sleep a night (and don’t have a babysitter).
Here’s a complete non-sequitur: I have only just recently realized that I am actually pretty obsessive-compulsive. Not medicatably (is that a word?) OCD, but definitely it’s a syndrome or something. I’ll pause now so that the people who know me (and esp., god forbid, any ex-roommates) can laugh long and hard.
Why has it taken me so long to realize this about myself? I don’t know, except that my mom is pretty compulsive too (I mean, it had to come from somewhere, right?) so I maybe always just thought that clean + tidy was the way things were supposed to be? Anyway now that I’ve finally acknowledged it I’ve started to notice my other weird compulsions. How I can’t leave the house without making the bed. Or how agitated I am when the garbage or recycling needs to be taken out. And of course cleaning has always been an enjoyable pastime for me. I could never work (school work) with a dirty house, and it’s such a great way to procrastinate.
Anyway, I guess this is all part of the larger need for control, another facet of the Bossy McBessy that’s me. I’ve been trying to get a handle on the control stuff recently with Gus, who’s in major-rebellion mode lately and has been running away from me down the sidewalk, which is a bit scary to say the least. The theory is that if I try to control less of his life then he’ll balk less at the things that must be controlled. Or something. And surely he’ll grow out of it someday, right? I don’t know, he’s stubborn as a mule (and twice as ugly), just like his mama.
Only 2 more episodes of Lost, what will we do all summer? Cry over the giant disappontment that was Alias this season? Why no! Silly readers, we here in mauraweb will be catching up on Arrested Development, Veronica Mars, and Desperate Housewives, of course. All this TV, we might just have to get cable again.
4 comments on “if you want your record back”
Hee, I knew you would get a kick out of that OCD thing! You know we have the dirty shoes thing completely in hand in our house — we take them off at the door! How Japanese of us! But seriously, I can only get around to swiffing the floor MAYBE twice a month these days (down from once/week! I’m learning!).
The OCD revelation makes this Deep Throat thing seem petty and meaningless!
Ben makes us take our shoes off, too. “Welcome to Imelda’s!” Sometimes we comply. It’s handy to be able to find them later. Kid shoes are just so small (I know you can relate to this!) and they get lost easily. OTOH, I managed to lose a Hannah Andersson clog (French Blue, a pretty bright color even) in the kitchen for months. So, where can I get some of this OCD stuff in a bottle? I never have that nesting thing they talk about, and I could sure use some cleaning energy!
And…Happy B-DAY!!! Let me be the first insomniac to wish you that.
Man, that is a drag about the insomnia!
Yeah, we have a closet right near the door and all the shoes go in there. We even have little shelves (just made of boxes, nothing fancy) on one side for Gus’ shoes and for flipflops/rain boots. And I am stingy so Gus only has 3 pairs of shoes to begin with! By the way, it does look like he has the small feet gene, too. He’s 3 1/2 today and still only a size 7!
I TOTALLY had the nesting thing when I was pg with Gus, but only for weird stuff. Two days before he was born I caulked the kitchen backsplash! How does that have anything to do with babies? I guess the clothes were all washed already or something.
I’m going to open presents now!
I am shocked, SHOCKED to hear this OCD news! Now go wipe your teeny feet :)
In other news–Veronica really did look like you when she was wearing that wig (as reported in Annefesto)! Uncanny! “AD” was renewed! I missed the entire season of “Lost,” I mistakenly thought it was a reality show where everyone was on an island, and that the hook was they made it more Gilligan-esque. Silly me.