"billy" got screwed last night...

...or how i put together an ikea bookcase all by me-self. things have been starting to pile up at casa de cram (romy's name for my los feliz apartment), books, dvds, computer crap so i decided to purchase a tall bookcase to hold all my shit together. get them off the floor because there's not enough walking space in my humble little abode anyway. so i drove my tired ass to ikea last night and found a 6-shelf tower with dark chocolate brown finish to match my entertainment center and fit perfectly between that and the fugly-ass built in heater in my living room. i love how ikea names their furniture. my bookcase's name is billy. it's like adopting, actually. you have all these choices, find what suits you best and then take it home and raise it from the ground up. although it was more like moving all my furniture out of the way to make room for this monstrous crucifix of a box that i had to lug around from franklin all the way inside. anyway, i turned on bravo and project runway was on, so i felt motivated to get my own bob the builder project done while the designer wannabes rushed theirs. they clipped, trimmed and sewed while i hammered (using a golf club nonetheless, i don't own a hammer), bolted and screwed billy into shape. i am very happy and proud of the finished product. it set me back 60 bucks, but it looks like a million. now my books, tiki paraphernalia and rubber duck collections now have a place to call home.