(The title of this entry comes from License to Wed. Robin Williams’s character had the Ten Commandments on a board that looked like the board from Family Feud, and that was my favorite part. And I had such high hopes! John Krasinski and Mandy Moore! Jim from The Office! He’s hot because he’s funny! And Mandy Moore is so cute! And she dated Zach Braff and Ryan Adams! How could it not be awesome? Watch it. You’ll see. The word “contrived” comes to mind.)
Are any of y’all familiar with the website Apartment Therapy? Over Christmas break, I spent hours upon hours looking at strangers’ apartments online and coveting their good taste and better budgets and why, why, why isn’t there an Ikea closer than Atlanta? And why do some places want over a hundred dollars for a floor lamp? It’s a lamp, for crying out loud. It’s not sophisticated technology.
Anyway, I’m very jealous. I’m totally committing a sin over other peoples’ apartments and reasonably priced furniture that they assembled themselves. I feel bad because I know that’s not what Jesus would do, but Jesus was a carpenter and could build himself some ballin’ new furniture. I, on the other hand, can’t even lift the box that contains a dining room set. (I don’t doubt that some assembly is required, Wal Mart, but can you explain how that box is fitting in my car and getting into my apartment? Is that what you mean by “team lift”?) If for no other reason, this is why having a boyfriend is convenient.
Jackson is wonderful. It’s home to my favorite place on Earth, and I am so happy to be living and working in Jackson and paying very little for rent and all of that, but there’s a severely limited market for home furnishings. It’s even more limited when you add a limited budget (Remember the part where I graduated college in May and this is my first apartment?) and the fact that I am kind of picky. Or really picky. Whatever.
I’m going to Memphis this weekend and doing a little shopping. Considering Memphis has a population that is at least fifteen times greater than that of Jackson, I’m assuming there will be something there for me. There are two World Markets! Surely one of them will have something that will make someone covet my apartment.
Okay, wanting to create jealousy in other people is just as bad as coveting things yourself, and that’s not what Jesus would do, either. Let’s just leave it at, “Surely one of them will have something.”
(For the record, my other favorite part of License to Wed was John Krasinski and Mandy Moore’s apartment. How appropriate.)
