Battling Entropy

(image by Electric Sheep)

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Slowly, ever so slowly, I have been restoring all those things that were annihilated in the great wave of destruction following the Death of Magic in the Year of Ruin:

• The bedroom curtains.  (Taken by Faye;  replaced from IKEA.)
• The bedroom alarm clock.  (Taken by Faye;  replaced by sister Iris.)
• The air mattress.  (Taken by Faye;  replaced from Bed, Bath and Beyond.)
• The battery of my car.  (Switched out;  replaced from WarMart)
• The alternator of my car.  (Wore out;  replaced by mechanic.)
• The icicle lights in the kitchen window.  (Burnt out;  replaced from WarMart.)
• The bathoom showerhead.  (Disintegrated;  replaced from Home Despot, by myself.)
• The bathroom shower faucets.  (Rotted away;  replaced from Home Despot, by a plumber.)
• The video card of the computer.  (Incinerated;  Replaced from Dell with a different model.)
• The printer connected to it.  (Committed suicide;  replaced with the one originally intended for Opal’s laptop, which she never uses.)
• The health of my bamboo plant.  (Destroyed by various trips out of state;  replaced by Iris’ repotting, and by patience and water and sunlight.)
• The VCR.  (Went to sleep and never woke up;  replaced by another one that had been sitting in the closet, bought over five years ago and unused.)
• The XBox.  (Red Ring of Death;  replaced with a Wii.)
• The oven mitts.  (Fell apart;  replaced from Chef Central via a gift certificate from Opal.)
• The tea kettle.  (Rusted solid after a waterless heating destroyed the interior coating;  replaced from Chef Central likewise.)
• My Riedel Cabernet Sauvignon wine glass.  (Shattered in my hand while I was thinking evil thoughts; replaced from Chef Central also.)
• The foam weatherstripping above the air conditioner. (Ossified;  replaced from Home Despot.)
• The toaster.  (Fried;  replaced from Bed, Bath and Beyond.)

Some people get upset because they’re not getting ahead.  I’m thrilled just to be getting back to where I was!