Oceanfish & Salmon

I just woke up and gave our boys some oceanfish & salmon. theodore is too small to climb on the bed yet and he hasnt quite figured out the pillow ladder i made him. he snores and it is so cute, although i know it is just because of his sinuses right now. the boys are on a strictly soft food diet because dry food often makes cats dehydrated and they wont drink enough water. the food is more smelly than dry food but they have healthy bellies. plus with theo being bottle fed, he is more prone to sickness. they both have been cuddling up all morning and i'm LOVING it. ok so enough about the cats. i'm becoming a weird cat owner.

tonight we're having dinner at nik's friend's apartment. im excited because i havent been able to eat a whole lot of my favorite foods lately because of my tooth. my oral surgeon said everything looks good and he will see me in 3 months for the implant. i want all of my teeth to be implants. if i had a million dollars i would have my entire mouth made of implants so i never had to worry about toothaches or cavities again. maybe after ive graduated and paid my student loans... ok so maybe after i've DIED. jk.

we're still working on getting this track laid down for the vocals. the tooth and the kitties has put a small delay. once we sit down for about 30 minutes it should go over smoothly. i will keep you posted. we're using the organ for the old track and for some beats. im really digging the lo-fi sound lately.

in other news, nik and i are celebrating our one year anniversary in about a month. instead of getting each other gifts, we are thinking about taking a small vacation. maybe vancouver, maybe back home, maybe L.A. We decided we would go somewhere or get some nice furniture because that's the queers in us. i cant believe we've been together for almost a year. it hasn't felt that long at all. i still get just excited to see her everyday. we never fight about anything and we still have interesting conversation. more importantly, the sex is still just as amazing. this is my dream gf... seriously. considering we had all odds against us when we got together, when we moved in together so soon, when i told my parents, and then moving, it's amazing that we are even together, let alone completely fucking smitten for one another. right now, i am the happiest and most content i've ever been in my life.

p.s. the kitties are playing now (i had to say one more thing about them)

The Boys

Theodore came home today for the first time and is doing well with the exception of a small cold he has been fighting. He brought his friend Alfie (which we call Emerson) to help him get used to us. We just had a small photoshoot.

this is theodore in his napping pose:


and one of theo and his friend (we are having a slumber party tonight):

i am not a stranger

ctrl+alt+delete has a new song that will probably be released in the next couple of days. we worked all night tonight recording it. a few things need to be fixed since i'm on too many pain medications to keep the timing right. we are also going to finish re-recording 'the other side' later this week. tomorrow im going to call about my tooth and hopefully get this fucker out of my mouth asap. in other news, we are picking up theodore bean this week sometime and are INSANELY excited about that.

in other news, we went to a party at nik's manager Jeannie's house yesterday with deborah and tobin. right as we arrived my mom called me and she put me on the phone with my dad. it's been over 2 months since he has spoken to me and i think my mom finally figured it out and forced him to talk to me. it was strange and detached, but a conversation nonetheless. i dont know why but i was happy even though the tension was so loud in his voice. i would rather have a disappointed father than one completely detached. at least at this point in my life i do. anyways, who knows when i will hear from him again, he didn't sound like he was comfortable enough to call me yet. we will see.

so keep an eye out for the new track 'i am not a stranger' and pictures of theodore bean. love, jen-

Grilled Cheese

i love grilled cheese sandwiches! lots of grilled cheese sandwiches. all the time. with fake bacon bits and american cheese (the gross Kraft kind). even my sore tooth loves them. and my hot little barista makes them whenever i want them. i'm so spoiled!!

swooooooooon!
SWOOOOOOON!

RIP Molar

so the root canal i had before moving went awry and i have to have the tooth extracted (aka yanked the fuck out). my entire jaw is in so much pain. thank god it's just a molar and no one can see it while i wait to get the implant. im way too vain to have a gap in my face. regardless, it blows that i just spent 500$ on a pointless root canal. anyways, my dentist from monroe called me in more antibiotics and some vicodin... neither are doing too much yet. so today im vegetating in bed and tonight nik and i are going to a bbq party thing.

good news: i got my first paycheck yesterday which was sooooooo nice. even with taxes and shit out, i still am making such good money now. i fucking love my job.

and i love my little barista even more:

We're having a BABY!

..a baby kitten that is. we just received word that THEODORE BEAN will be ours in a little over a week. nik and i were so excited we ran out and bought toys, healthy food, organic wheat grass (for tobin and james' kitten too), litter and treats! here is a picture of our firstborn:



we are swooning so hard over him!

Post-Ray Birthday

Nikkii's coworker Ray's birthday was yesterday so she made dinner and invited him and some other coworkers over. The food was rad and after we all went out to Matahari's (that isn't the real name, but I don't remember it soooo...) Anyways, I really like her coworkers more everytime we hang out. Everytime we hang out I have to force myself to go home to get some sleep so I can get up for work.

Today I got a check in the mail from Tully's for my training. Ha! I assumed since I quit that they wouldn't pay me. It was a nice surprise! Anyways, we have enough for September rent already and I haven't even got my first paycheck from my new job. It is so nice to not feel like we are going to have to starve for the next month.

Here are a couple photos of the view from my work:

Sunday Work

So my job is from Sunday thru Thursday. My boss said since I work Sundays, I can come in whenever I feel like it. I think she assumed I would come in later. I took this as an opportunity to get there earlier and leave earlier. About an hour before I left, my coworker Ian came in. I like working Sundays, it's quiet and I feel less pressure... not that I'm under any pressure. It does get a little lonely though. Nik came and visited me for a couple minutes when she got off and I gave her a tour. She considers my work a tourist attraction for all of the visitors that are going to come visit us.

We might be getting a kitten soon. It is still too small and being bottle-fed because it was abandoned. Maybe in a couple weeks?

I bought us some Cat Power tickets for a solo show at the end up August. We are pretty fuckin' pumped about that. Neither of us have ever seen her live and we both have wanted to for quite some time. Good shows always get me motivated to write more music and I have been lacking motivation for awhile.

Today I had good sweet and sour chicken. Most chicken freaks me out unless Nik cooks it... but this place in Seattle has some rad sweet and sour chicken. I can't believe I'm writing about all of this pointless shit. I can't believe you're still reading.

No Milk and Alcohol

last night nikkii's coworker amanda came over to cut her hair and we all ate some food. afterwards we ventured to someone's apartment to meet up with kammee and her gf maria. i made the mistake of having a bowl of cereal before we left, which didn't sit too well with kamikazes. we ended up going to this place, the war room--which was pretty rad. i didn't get sick, but i felt sick. i left and went to qfc and got some chips and came back inside. after about 15 minutes of being back inside i had to go home and sleep it off. nikkii was toast at that point--still, at 8:30am both of us woke up. i want to go back to the War Room but i'm not sure if it will be for the girl's night. i don't think nikkii and i are girls. we just don't get into the same things. it's weird. i loved the bar but felt insanely out of place--like i went to the wrong night. it's not a matter of feminity or anything... i think i would have felt more comfortable in a room full of drag queens that perpetuate every element of feminity. i guess it seemed like the queer girls are so..... normal. i dont mean normal in a bad way. i mean, im not sure i would ever have a clue they were queer if i saw them outside of the bars. i think that's good, that they defy the stereotypical dyke look. i just dont know if i fit into it. i dont consider myself a lesbian or whatever, nor does nik. i think that is one reason we both are so good for one another. i feel like we are our own weird gender. then again, none of this matters too much. i just wanted to say i felt out of place.

FISH!

So tomorrow brings a close to my first week of work. I love my job. All of my co-workers are really rad, including my boss. My desk area is becoming more and more personalized as time goes on. Today I went to lunch at this thai place with my coworkers and had a free lunch on some financial company. Then when I got home from work, Nik had this elaborate meal prepared and ready when I entered. It was so good!! She even lit a candle (eiii)! Her coworker Cammy gave us an old futon/couch thing that folds out, which will be great for visitors and when Erica moves out here. We are also having a birthday celebration at our house and at the bar for Ray, another one of Nik's coworkers. Nikkii's going to make some Mexican food for us and we are all going to get drunk and eat tacos.

PBR

i hate to break it to you.... but pabst blue ribbon is disgusting. for some bizarre reason it is like the elixir for hipsters. i dont understand.

Babeland

I just got some rockin' free porn in the mail from Toys in Babeland. They were getting rid of their VHS's and sent them out for free. They even sent some coupons too. Now we just need a VCR and a TV for that matter.

Nik's been working a lot this week, which is good for the $$ but it's tiring for her. This weekend is Blood Drive IV and Nik is being sponsored by Arianna to join the Mosquito Fleet. She is super-excited about it and she is learning a lot about her moped. I'm not sure if I already mentioned that I transferred my membership from the Guns to the Mosquitos. I met a guy in the group who has completely modified his Kinetic, so apparently it isn't too hard to do.

I should be productive and get offline. I think I'm going to get an Oreo shake at Tully's and take lunch with my barista hotness!

Interviews, insomnia and antibiotics.

i just finished my interview with printing/graphics/binding place, which went really well. i also have a final interview with the video game company tomorrow morning. both sound very promising and fun. both have great pay and benefits. if im lucky i will get to make the choice of where i work. cross your fingers.

last night i couldnt sleep at all. i kept waking up and rolling around. i had nightmares about my grandparents. nightmares about the handlebars burning off of my moped. i dont know why i was so wound up last night but now im barely awake. my dentist from monroe called me in a strong antibiotic for my tooth until i can get it looked at. the swelling has subsided and my jaw doesnt ache anymore. the pennicilin didn't help much at all.

this is probably the most uninformative blog ever and i apologize. i will write more when i wake up.