This is possibly the only place where my bizarre life would get me kudos. No wonder I like it here. Seska, it may be that my purpose in life is to be the "bad" example! I've got no real advice, all I got is this: I regret telling our families the truth; I don't regret loving the people I loved. I chose to be with the ones who weren't making me choose.

sj, what an awful situation! I hope the landlord's intervention is all that was needed to make this stop.

d, the south of France! I am so envying you right now. Can you feel it? It's like an especially warm breeze...

Much safety~ma to you, sj. And some ~ma of the "maybe, just maybe this is the wake-up call that that family needed to change how they work things out" variety for the family upstairs.

You know, I think I have to join ZenKitty in envying d. Sounds perfectly wonderful.

And I'm glad you made it safely, Laura.

I just made watermelon gazpacho for lunch. It was my first time using my new spiffy red immersion blender, which is very awesome.

The soup is pretty good - watermelon, almonds, garlic, and a bit of seasoning. Not to everyone's taste but I quite liked it.

Hi everyone!

Andi and I just came back from eating at a new place in town. They specialize in a cheese-filled burger called a "Juicy Lucy."

We ordered the Jucy Lucy and drinks and sat down at a table in the mall outside of the main cafe. There was disco music playing inside, and it drifted out as we sat and chatted.

I mentally noted "I love the nightlife," always seemed repetitive and talked on.

After a while Andi said "This song has been playing since we got in here." I countered that it just seemed that way. Then it finished....and started again.

Oh Alicia Bridges, we knew you loved the nightlife, and that you got to boogie, but do you have to tell us so often?

One of Andi's coworkers happened to be there as well, and we brought it up to her.

Eventually Andi went to let them know and got our Juicy Lucy burgers. It was at that point I realized we had not been asked for payment, and went up and paid our tab.

Soon after that, the music changed to other 70's disco tunes.

It may have been a ploy to get me to pay, or it may have been Andi asking them about the endlessness.

The world may never know.

One of Andi's cow orkers happened to be there as well, and we brought it up to her.

Nah, she's a proper coworker. Incidentally she was highly amused at the disco selection too, fearing she might start doing some Saturday Night Fever moves inexplicably during her shift later in the day.

What I found truly frightening was Daniel's ability to identify all the other disco songs within the first two measures. Where's Tom Kennedy when you need him?

Absolutely torrential downpour happening here. Probably the same travelin' rain that was in Dallas a couple days ago.

Maybe it was a social experiment, to find out how long it would take for people to notice.

Awww, Jucy Lucys! Man Vs. Food just did a thing on MSP, and Matt's Bar (the originator of Jucy Lucy) was the first place he went. Those are so tasty. And awesome.

Gronk. We're home. The Jekyll version of our neighbor apologized for her behavior, and has promised that nothing like that will ever happen again. I'm skeptical, but taking the wait and see approach.