Because we're so groovy, I bought a lava lamp from Amazon this week. Unfortunately, in order to have sufficient space in the living room I needed to buy another IKEA Eket cube. Back during COVID, we put together a bedroom full of furniture. We didn't need the cube I'd bought for the dresser. So it's been near the living room TV sitting directly on the carpeted floor.
So, after getting groceries this morning, we stopped at the Coquitlam IKEA as we drove past. I couldn't find the inside shortcut through the display maze to get to the warehouse/checkout area. Eventually, we picked up one. At home, I only needed a hammer to pound the pieces together as the dowels were already in place. The last time, it took me much longer than it should have to put one together!
Today, it took less than five minutes. After I got it assembled, I realized that it was a size larger than the original one. It took a while to figure out which way to make 'em work. I guess they're fine back-to-back with the empty sides for junk perpendicular to the wall. It probably looks better now from the couch.
Something weird? I opened Spotify on my phone and transferred the sound to the TV and home theatre system. Rather than what'd been playing in the car, I typed in Al Green and selected his Greatest Hits album. What an usual way to listen to music in 2025! The songs were all by Mr. Green. One after another, they played in a predictable order. It felt like an odd (and a little boring) way to listen to music.
