I MADE A VIDEO

I made a video! I dedicate this first one to DSK JEWELRY! I had a bunch of coffee and had too much free time today. Sorry about the creepy eye expressions.

As Smart as Geek is Chic Right Now

Business college marketing major, graduating with honors this coming SATURDAY. AKA NERDface. (see above: nerdface)

Lately I've been busy packing and making feeble attempts at studying international economics (terrifying). Wait. That's what I should have been doing. MOSTLY... I've been busy hanging out with my long-time buddy, Carrotman aka DSK aka Steph aka Babu aka Asian Carrot aka... *makes some shit up*.


(Steph whistling with some candy? Or something? I don't have the patience to play with my candy... I like to go straight to the eating. Sometimes it is a difference like this that makes it really hard to be friends with people like HER (dramatic music)!!!)

As I pack (tomorrow or the following few days) I will update this post with some info and recommendations regarding the cleaning products I'm packing away.

GET EXCITED.

As Smart as Geek is Chic Right Now

*Edit* Unrelated to my cleaning endeavors, I recently figured out how to use my mactop's built-in camera while I was on the phone.

I just know this whole comp-cam/web-cam is going to be super bad news with my already creepy tendencies. Oh boy oh boy. */Edit*

I apologize to the 3 or 4 of you that are actually aware of my bloglife existence, I have been more than slacking on the updates.

So these are some pictures from last year, using one of my favorite cleaning products.

I lived in the oldest dormitory on campus, and my apartment had the most beautiful old doors (all original). The knobs, however, grossed me out. I mean not just the germs (I did take clorox wipes to the knobs for disinfecting purposes)... but every knob had a thick coating of blackish/blue film.

THE PRODUCT: Brasso

Brasso emits pretty epic fumes, and the main ingredients (IsoPropyl alcohol, ammonia, silica powder, oxalic acid) mean it is not particularly skin or lung-friendly. I actually wore through 2 pairs of rubber gloves... from vigorous... knob scrubbing.

In addition to metals, I've heard (have not yet tried) that Brasso can also be used to remove scratches from plastics like CD scratches, and can even smooth the appearance of lines and cracks on wristwatches. Pretty impressive, if you ask me!

HERE'S THE GOOD PART! BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS!

Beautiful right? I realize these are pictures of two different doors, but I promise you, each knob turned out equally clean and shiny.

I'm not going to lie, each knob took upwards of 3 hours (really good arm workout) and at least one roll of blue shop towels (another favorite product!).

Totally worth it.

Getting my priorities crooked

I use a Pur faucet filter to fill up my Brita filter.  I filter the water I put in my humidifier-- which is filtered again before its release to the air.  

I spent an intense amount of time cleaning the vents of my radiators (with Q-tips) instead of studying for my (extremely challenging) business law exam.

I have discovered and tested a fruit that effectively repels spiders and other creepy-crawling-critters.  The fruit also happens to match the decor of my apartment.  Curious?

A tale for another time.  

Putting in a lot of effort to not exert any effort at all

Laziness has been consuming my life lately.  I have been busy, that is fact, but anything that is not exactly a survival requirement gets put on the shelf.  

Actually no, shelving things would require exertion.  Having everything I own on my apartment floor helps to camouflage the cute stains so graciously gifted to me by the ex-tenant.  By cute, I of course mean it appears that someone was mortally wounded and dragged from the bedroom to the living room.  The stains are more or less immovable, as I did try to scrub them using my favorite "Oxy-deep" carpet cleaner back when I wasn't so lazy.

All of that was a little off topic.  

What I have been trying to confess is that I have almost completely replaced washing my hands with Purell.  I know, right.  

I feel that I should probably be more embarrassed to admit that, given my clean-freak style... 

But what I'm really thinking is wouldn't it be great if I could just replace showering with a similar method? I do have the convenient little disinfecting wipes, too.

There are probably some things I should be doing... but I do know that I've got some sitting around to do.