So I'm partly grateful to these stupid storms, because the getting-to-know phase might've taken much longer...
Actually, Steve and I have talked about the differences between West Coasters and East Coasters, and this comes up quite a bit. He maintains that people/communities are tighter in the East and we both surmised it might be weather-related. It brings you together. We sort of get that out here when something like a major Earthquake or fire happens; people rely on each other and gain trust and friendships. But it doesn't happen that often. Whereas out there in snowland, you really do rely on neighbors for so much more.
My bill is mostly heat, not electricity. Except for the weird 6 months where I think someone was siphoning my electric to run a grow farm or something-- my electric went crazy! Thenmy downstairs neighbor moved out and a new one moved in, and my electric is more normal now.
He maintains that people/communities are tighter in the East.
Strangely, Facebook data seems to indicate that, too.
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Here in CO, our combined utility bill ranges from $80 in the summer to about $300 right now.
In Puerto Rico, electricity alone was $250 Nov-Feb and upwards of $600 all other months
I think it's funny that that guy didn't know why Twilight would be popular in Mormonia or whatever.
I still don't know any of my neighbors. And now I think they hate me!
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Drew Brees throwing beads in the Saints' parade today. He's the Grand Marshall of...I think it's Endymion, which rolls on Saturday. Might be Bacchus.
I know the lady who will accept packages for me. Because she used to be the super. And she's really sweet. I don't even know the current super by name. I've never been in any of their apartments.
My sister knows more about them than I do, which is fine.
Yeah, I used to dread the arrival of the bill each month.
That's cool news about the TV crew. I've always wondered what it's like to have TV crews around. People seem to forget they are around, which is hard to imagine
Facebook is so effed up right now.
