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by Misty Nuckolls
March 3, 2008 at 6:59 p.m.
Movin' On Up . . .
Whew. So, we've got all our shit moved, and more importantly, re-established Internet service. I live in Overland Park now. Which is kind of strange, considering that the first time I ever visited this town it gave me a panic attack, what with all those huge windows looking at you when you stepped into any backyard. Of course, no one was behind the windows watching you, since everyone in the house had to work three jobs to pay for the damn thing, but it was still creepy as fuck. Luckily, we're in a much older, smaller, and gently shabbier section of town, quite close to Kansas City proper. The neighborhood is quiet and tree-choked, our backyard is huge and peppered with mature elms and oaks, and our neighbors seem quite unlikely to beat their girlfriends on our front porch, all of which is a big step up from our last residence.So I'm running around in a disgusting flurry of unpacking and cleaning and generally getting house-high. We've spent the last three years in a ghetto townhouse with bad plumbing and holes in the roof; two years before that were spent in a spiffy but tiny condo surrounded by college students. An actual house, with hardwood floors and ceiling fans and windows everywhere . . . well, it's a little overwhelming for me at the moment. In a really good way, mind you, but still kind of overwhelming.As is the realization that I've become my teenaged self's worst nightmare. Married to a stable man with a stable job, a stay-at-home mom, with a Volvo sedan in the driveway of a house with subtle mushroom and sage paint, smack dab in the suburb of Overland Park.My teenaged self was a complete dumbass, though. I've most certainly had worse gigs, and the overwhelming sense of gratitude that's been pervading every moment of my days since we got here doesn't seem to be on its way out any time soon.Besides, that fifteen-year-old shithead had no idea that you could do all of that and still have blue hair, put down a fifth of whiskey and walk a straight line, and be a writer all at the same time.Oh, about that: I guess I get to call myself a professional writer, now. In addition to my gig at Lawrence.com, I've been hired on by ImperfectParent.com as a regular blogger, and there's a very good chance that I'm going to be hired by IWC (International Wrestling Conference) as a staff writer. Yay! Ever since the Weekly World News went belly-up, I've been despairing of ever getting hired to write the brand of ludicrous tackiness that I feel is my true calling. Writing wrestling plotlines, though . . . that's as close as I'll ever get to BatBoy, now, and I'll sure as hell take it.So I'm sure the culture shock will set in soon, which should make for much entertainment here on the blog. In the meantime, though, be patient with me--I'm still at that stage where mopping my pretty new floors is grand fun, so the blogs may be a while in coming . . .
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Joel (Joel Mathis) says…
Overland Park? overland park?
(Rips shirt.)
You're dead to me.
Joel (Joel Mathis) says…
Was that too dramatic? Sorry. Hope you enjoy your new home!
mitzibel (Misty Nuckolls) says…
Too dramatic? No such thing!
Seriously, we were paying more in gas for my husband to commute to work downtown than we were in rent. We were looking more in the Wyandotte co. area, but this was available and the yard was three times the size of anything else we'd looked at. . . did I mention that having a free-range baby is really important to me?
DOTDOT (anonymous) says…
Lost another one to the deebil.
Enjoy it. Living in a house with a big yard and shit that works may be a sign of selling out, but personally I'd rather be a bourgeois pig than drink at one. You know what I mean, and thats just me, but I'm just saying.
I'm curious about this IWC. The boy must be corrupted in systematic fashion. Please, as a favor to me, use "crimson mask" in your writing. The wrestling world died to me with Gordon Solie. Bring it back.
mitzibel (Misty Nuckolls) says…
Depending on licensing bullshit, I promise to do my very best ;) I pretty much scored the job by saying my life's ambition was to top the storyline with Kane and the Undertaker and that dead chick that got molestered ;)
DOTDOT (anonymous) says…
Yeah, well, if you don't invite me for a drink at your new digs, I will play a full set of Journey and REO Speedwagon ballads at your funeral.
lostblend (Keith Campbell) says…
One great thing about the OP is your mill levy is only 8.889. Ridiculously lower than the rest of the 1st class cities in Kansas. Good ol' Lawrence that comes in at 26.358.
http://www.opkansas.org/_Res/Finances...
DOTDOT (anonymous) says…
And talk about snowflakes and shit between each song.
DOTDOT (anonymous) says…
And Mill Levies (When the levy breaks...) and all.
Bribery complete and pending effective.
mitzibel (Misty Nuckolls) says…
Bribery? That's blackmail, asshat. And it's worked. Not like I wouldn't have invited you up, anyway.
justthefacts (anonymous) says…
Stability and contentment. Lovely things. Too bad so many really "cool" people seem to think they are things to avoid.
Congrats. Keep writing. And send out invites to the house warming party! What kind of house warming gifts do you want? LOL.
hilary (anonymous) says…
Did you buy a house, or are you renting?
Don't worry. You're not officially a sell-out until you have JO on your license plate.
mitzibel (Misty Nuckolls) says…
Whew, so I have 'till August. Good to know.
We're just renting, for the next few years or so.
linswri (Lindsey Taylor) says…
Congrats on the new digs Misty...it's good to see you back here. :) I, too, am trying to raise a free range toddler :)
beatle919 (Marcy McGuffie) says…
Congratulations, Misty! It sounds like things are going quite well for you.
You wanna mop my floors? I'll pay for your gas, some whiskey, and a sitter. ;-) Um, never mind...shit. My husband reads these things...
Anyway, that's awesome!
DOTDOT (anonymous) says…
"Not like I wouldn't have invited you up, anyway."
Good. My ambien inspired extortion didn't account for the likelihood that you'll outlive me by a couple few decades.
mitzibel (Misty Nuckolls) says…
Oh, Ambien. That explains *everything*.
What're you doing Friday?
wbabbit (Will Babbit) says…
Welcome to the suburbs!
DOTDOT (anonymous) says…
Heh. I'll check with my social coordinator. You know nobody is whipped like I'm whipped.
agrabass (anonymous) says…
...so glad you took time out from your floor scrubbin' to send us a bleep. (Your uncle in law gives me no info). Anyway, congrats on the new digs...to be perfectly honest I was suprised re:the move, but I get it. You are no less of a person because you moved to beige land...we can always paint your house turquoise with a pink door to match your hair. Its only as beige as it appears, and I am pretty sure according to you it is sooooo not beige.
agrabass (anonymous) says…
I do have an illegally burned CD of Journey's Greatest Hits on stand by if it does come to that!!!
wbabbit (Will Babbit) says…
Check your messages Misty!
mitzibel (Misty Nuckolls) says…
Yeah, if Trey's job were in Lawrence, we'd have stayed there 'till they put us in the ground, but we are *so* not passing up union bennies.
Tell Charles hey ;)
OtherJoel (anonymous) says…
Hey! Welcome to the Dark Side. It's not too bad, actually, but you'll need to learn to a) accept that you will spend far too much money at Target; b) note the subtle differences between the dozens of sport bars that, to an untrained eye, look exactly the same (this is important when trying to meet friends -- it's very easy to drive to the wrong bar); c) befriend someone who goes to sports bars; d) start going to one of those "pay-us-to-let-you-cook-your-own-damn-food" places.
Seriously, welcome. And while it appears that your social calendar is filling up pretty quickly, I'm up for beverage consumption too (you too, DOTDOT or anyone else who finds their way east) -- probably in a sports bar for lack of better options. Try not to get lost. And it would be cool to meet this Trey cat. He sounds pretty nifty.
wbabbit (Will Babbit) says…
Oooh Oooh, sounds like a KC L.com gathering!
spacepope (Ed Parker) says…
I thought about writing for that IWC this year but when they called to talk to me I told them I had decided I wasn't interested. You know, kids and all. When you're a writer do you still have to tour?
spacepope (Ed Parker) says…
Oh yeah, Kane and the molested dead chick, Katie Vick! That had to be some of the awesomest wrestling writing ever. Like when Triple H showed "Kane" doing it to her in her own coffin. Classic. Maybe you could bring back Gordon Solie's corpse and put him in a plotline.
DOTDOT (anonymous) says…
Well. it's Friday, and although I got permission, I don't want to make an out of town trip in the snow.
Sissification acknowledged and complete.
ladylaw (Terry Bush) says…
When will it stop snowing in Kansas?? Damn snow storm. Yes, I cussed. Sigh. I am a weather weenie.... I admit it. I too shall miss the first Friday gathering. But more will come, I know.
Meanwhile, anyone with Morrocan (sp?) type decorations to donate, I'll pick them up and take them over to the blue/purple/pink haired Misty. We must ensure that the beige OP disease does not overtake her while she lives in JoCo land! LOL.
Dazie (Aileen Dingus) says…
Misty- I stole one of your sharpies during the move. :(
mitzibel (Misty Nuckolls) says…
Dazie--Hey, you didn't make it up for the obligatory beer and pizza, so you're quite welcome to the Sharpie ;)
Don't know if you have to tour to write--if so, then I totally can't do it. If I were up for touring, I'd be a Diva, dammit.
OtherJoel and others---if you didn't make it last Friday, you've got your second chance. I'm having a bit of a party on the 21st, and you're all invited---drop me a line and I'll give you the pertinent info.
DOTDOT (anonymous) says…
Like I'm an "other."
Puh.
**Flicks hair off forehead. Farts. Burps**