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December 5th, 2001

Welcome to the International House of Hänni!

I love moose. Since I have been away at college, I have developed a yearning for the large cold - weather animal. I clipped out a picture from the Roanoke Times of a Moose looking at a plastic bambi lawn ornament in Jewel Lake, which is in Anchorage and has a good second hand store i frequently haunt. The clipping made me nostalgic for home, and I found myself purchasing a pewter star with moose faces on it from woolrichs this afternoon. I’ve told angelface we will have a moose room in our house - someday when we have one.

I got some great mail today. Two checks from the research firm I do work for… No, it is not for participating in medical experiments that could make my hair fall out, kidneys fail, or cause me to have chronic diahrrea. I just do surveys for new products coming into the market. (Note to self: Look into participating in medical experiments - this could be highly profitable, albeit dangerous to my digestive system, spleen, teeth, etc. But I bet i’d make more than a lousy $10)

I dropped you off at the asylum on a Friday
You looked like hell but I said that you looked OK
You spent the weekend flailing round the trailer
I had to tie you down and strap on you inhaler…
But you’re happy, that’s all that matters
You say your happy, that’s all that matters
Your clothes are crappy and your brain is badly battered
You say your happy, that’s all that matters now
Lunatic to Love, PUSA

The possible list of future careers now reads: Professional Medical Experiment Participant, Naval Officer, Stripper, Lawyer, Taco Bell employee

I also got something from Interstate Batteries that really made my day: a CD copy of a tape they sent my family in 1990 that we loved and lost. Now I have it again, and will surprise mom at christmas, because we all know I LOVE MOM. And interstate - all cool people buy interstate batteries.

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