yes, the LOST season finale needs to be addressed, i just don’t have the energy.. i’ll just say if m hadn’t found a really detailed, totally accurate spoiler ahead of time, i think my head would have exploded when it turned out to be a flash-forward instead of a flash-back. fortunately i knew what to expect, so i just laughed, and rolled my eyes a lot. omg it was so retarded. and here’s a suggestion, ben, if you really don’t want jack to use that phone, if you have some information that would be pertinent to the situation, why not offer a specific word of warning, like “if you use that phone people crazier than me will come here and everyone will die,” instead of being all mysteriouso about it with “it will be the beginning of the end.” whatever!! beginning of the end of the show we could hope! at least it’s gone for like almost a year.

anywhooozer, enough about that, here’s more of my cool stuff.. my suitcase! clearly it’s not new, but it is a new acquisition. here’s what happened, ok before we went to seattle we were shopping for a hard-sided suitcase because we were planning to buy these specific, affordable frames at ikea and we thought that would be a good way to get them home without breaking the glass. but if you’ll recall while we were out shopping for a suitcase i bought a car instead (and there’s a bit of a follow-up story about the car - but it’s a doozie and i’m not prepared to blog about it just yet), and thus could not afford the suitcase. so we posted on freecycle.com, and if i haven’t explained about freecycle.com you’re going to have to look into it yourself, but basically you sign up for your area and then instead of just throwing your old stuff away you post that it’s available for free for anybody who wants to come get it on a first-come-first-served basis, and you can also post what you need and if anybody has it and doesn’t need it they’ll let you know - pretty cool.

so m posted that we were looking for a hard sided suitcase no matter how old or ugly and we actually ended up with a couple unfortunately they weren’t big enough for the frames we had in mind, but i decided one of them was big enough for me to use instead of taking one of the giant ones i usually take and totally over-packing like i usually do.

but this suitcase needed a face-lift, or some personality, or something. i mean if you’re going to travel with a suitcase that’s as old as you are you should try to at least make it look interesting (like you are). so without spending a dime, we fixed her up a bit:

it’s so awesome! and yes, we had that many stickers (and so many more) just laying around the house, which is why it didn’t cost a dime. it was so exciting to see it come down the chute onto the baggage carousel! everyone was jealous!! btw, that’s kylie’s album cover that we made into a giant sticker on one side. also btw, these pics were taken after the trip, after the airline had their way with it. oh, and you’re missing the best part.. the giant rainbow colored strap that we had to secure around it because you’re not allowed to lock your suitcases any more and these babies really need to be locked or they can come open too easy.

isn’t it way better than all the blah, blah, black nylon luggage? now, i think i need a whole set like this, but i’m a moron and didn’t buy any new stickers for it when i was in seattle or vancouver. oooh, but i did get one new smashed penny and a smashed quarter!!

oooooh, i just figured out what my next installment of “my cool stuff” will be about..