So for the past several days when it’s gotten to be around bedtime I suddenly remember that my room gets really cold at night and I still only have two sheets. Every morning I swear to myself to either invest in a blanket or get a chinese girlfriend asap but every night on my way home from work I’m never motivated enough to go find a store where i can buy… either, I suppose. Anyway in lieu of a blanket i’ve been using my heavy jacket, which would be fine, except that it’s the same jacket that I’ve been wearing around during the day. Which is to say that it’s been outside in Beijing for a prolonged period of time, so for the last three nights i feel like i’ve been sleeping with a chain-smoker. delightful, yeah?
At this point i’m legitimately still writing this blog because I fear bedtime. damn it’s cold. but Rayco leaves for hong kong tomorrow, and he said he’ll leave me his electric blanket, so that’ll hopefully fix the situation. but i should probably buy my own stupid blanket anyway though, because when he comes home he’ll want it back and i’d really like this to be my last night sleeping under the jacket. egh. i must smell terrible. maybe that’s why the girlfriend thing isn’t coming along so well, come to think of it.
Brr
Kevin:
You can purchase a blanket at a store. They do not grow on trees; they are not rare in the real world. You work near a mall for god’s sake.
I have no advice on the choice between a girl and a blanket, but I can say with certainty that a blanket is a one-time expense. One cannot say the same thing about the girl.
If you can bargain the girlfriend down to ~2 times the price of the blanket you gotta go with the girl.
Ben, have you SEEN Kevin? I think it’s 3X minimum.
I feel like having the girlfriend without the blanket would force you to cuddle for warmth even when you weren’t feeling cuddly. And what if one of you should fall sick? Then you’d both be sick.
Get a blanket. Stay warm.
I stopped by Geoff’s room on rounds today and we both missed you. Hope China’s treating you well!!
If you got a fat girlfriend, she could keep you really warm and you wouldn’t have to get the blanket. But then you’d have to feed her, and that would be really expensive. So go with the blanket. Your parents who love you gave you EXTRA SPENDING MONEY for needs such as this; you are SUCH a tightwad, Kevin Shepherd. Buy a damn blanket!
Get the warm blanket first, then the Chinese girlfriend.