anyone still there?

Let's just say it's been a long time since the last entry on AllstonProper. It's actually due to a lot of things, from serious to the not-so. Another reason for this break- leave of absence? that sounds more justifiable...- is that I (Jeremy) get excited about things and, a few high-speed (caffiene-fueled) thoughts later, find something else to obsess over.

This time that "something else" was a couple of things. With classes over, and actual free days throughout the week (which is the worst thing for an over thinker), I've become intent on painting my apartment's bathroom (I know, I know... that's so "Dad on Sunday" of me). As it stands, I've spackled, sanded, smoothed, primed, and now am facing a tough decision: Waterflow blue, Bearded Iris purple, or Secret Garden Green.

We've still not decided, but have come to at least one conclusion: If Sherwin-Williams accepts interns, then it's the interns who are tasked with naming the hundreds of similar shades of every color.

Most of the friends I show these color sticks to are pretty un-helpful. They "just like all the colors I circled and Alana starred, because they're nice shades of" blue/purple/green, that "would look really good in the bathroom, like better than it was before. Definitely!"

Considering the bathroom, since we moved here in September 2007, has been a pale white with brown stains, which requires no explanation to understand exactly what they look like, this advice is of little help.

But back to the names- see, I'm easily side tracked. Yesterday, Abbi, our summer roomate, was in my room looking at colors when the name conversation came up, and we were thinking about how fun it would be to spice up our vocab with some colored descriptors. They'd actually be pretty relevant. If you don't believe it, check out these new and improved sentences:

Before: "Hey, can I borrow your purple booty short for gay pride?"
After: "Hi good friend, would you mind letting me borrow your lamay hot pants for gay pride, you know... the ones Riverton Heights purple?"

or:

Before: "I can't believe Dolly Parton rescheduled her Boston concert-- I was really looking forward to hearing 'Jolene' because relationship problems have got me feeling blue."
After: "I've been feeling really Blueville blue lately, not Radiant Skies blue, but a real dark Blueville. Man, I just need to hear 'Jolene.'"

...Just a thought.