playing catch up (ketchup?)

ok so my life has been insane lately. i went through this whole thing where i was all crabby because i was like "my life is so boring." think back, if you will, to oh say maybe march 25, 2008. yeah. anyway, so what happened is the same old shit that always happens... soon enough my life suddenly got way too ridiculous way too fast. i haven't had a moment to think in like a month. basically every aspect of my life has been turned completely upside down.

i have been through the widest spectrum of emotions in the past month or so that i can remember in recent history (and possibly ever). i have made new friends, lost old friends, completely redefined existing relationships, and had more than a few ghosts from my past march back into my life. people have gotten sick and other people have gotten better. i have gotten sick and then better. work is insane. i have done countless things i would never have even considered doing before, sometimes because i had to and sometimes because i just felt like it, and did not even think twice. i feel like i am a completely different person and i am not even sure who that person is. i know it is obnoxious (not to mention super drama queenish) to write shit like that and then not tell you specifics, but this is my blog dammit and i am sorry but you are just going to have to deal with it.

today beth t. and i went camping and it started pouring and we didn't have a rain tarp. we were sitting there in the car waiting for it to stop raining and it didn't so we finally just gave up and went home (we were only about an hour away). now it is saturday night and i am sitting here on my couch in my underwear, drinking warm beer and watching 48 hours mystery, and thinking to myself "my life is so boring." dammit, when will i learn?

if only i had cable this whole annoying self-reflective scenario could be avoided. there's nothing like a flavor of love marathon to save me (and you) from myself. anyway, to make up for my lack of posts, i'm going to do a couple mini reviews for you guys to keep you happy.

nuvo (in florence, ky): somewhat creative but not really all that good food, tiny portions, overpriced, weird ass decor (it's a "renovated" pizza hut), annoyingly over the top service (it's florence y'all for fuck's sake). don't go there.

greenup st. cafe: ok food, great atmosphere (especially the garden), laid back service, good prices... and they actually know how to make iced coffee. go there.

lavomatic: still horrifically bad service and still hit or miss food; however, great patio. go there at your own risk.

(note to jean robert: i'm so over you)

arthur's (in hyde park): $6 burgers on sun-tues nights, awesome garden, who cares about the service, good beer selection. definitely go there.

financial update: so i thought my economic stimulus check got deposited back in late april, when $600 showed up suddenly in my checking account. well on like wednesday of last week i randomly got a $600 check from the US treasury. "eureka!" i exclaimed. "it came twice!" i wanted to run to the bank to deposit it immediately before the feds caught on. however, after a little sleuthing i realized i had actually just transferred $600 from my savings to my checking on that fateful april day and then had instantly forgotten that i had done that. so it turns out i didn't get economically stimulated twice after all. still, i am able to pay rent this month. yay!

anyway, moral of the story (aka why you should care): my biannual financial crisis was narrowly averted thanks to george w. so now i can continue to eat out to my heart's content until early december, when i will once more freak out and start consuming a diet consisting solely of ramen and bananas until january 1 rolls around.