I just checked all the smoke alarms after I replaced one... which I've been meaning to get around to since the last equinox. I may have been procrastinating a little on the spring cleaning, I fear.
Well, it's just good to know that when the chips are down and things look grim you'll feed off the girl who loves you to save your own ass!
Xander ,'Chosen'
Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Theodosia - Sep 06, 2010 10:29:19 am PDT #22377 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Hil R. - Sep 06, 2010 10:35:42 am PDT #22378 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I'm kind of OK with Katy Perry's "Vegas" song, but that may be because it was getting a ton of radio airplay at the same time as Taylor Swift's "Love Story," which I hate with a fiery passion, and so "Vegas" seemed OK in comparison. I mean, it has a few lines that get pretty close to humor, which was nice after "You were Romeo, I was the scarlet letter" and a 16-year-old earnestly starting a song with, "We were both young when I first saw you, I close my eyes and the flashback starts..." along with solving all of Romeo and Juliet's problems with "I talked to your dad," which Taylor Swift does in "Love Story."
Armoire is about halfway assembled. These instructions are ridiculous. The first thing they have you do is attach little connector thingies to just about every piece in the box, and then you don't use any of those pieces for a while, so, rather than assembling one section at a time, or assembling the frame and then the inside, or something else logical like that, you need to keep shuffling through about 20 pieces. This would make perfect sense if it were being made on an assembly line, but makes no sense at all when it's being made by one person.
Theodosia - Sep 06, 2010 10:37:36 am PDT #22379 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Is it an IKEA piece, Hil? I've usually found not much wrong with their instructions, aside from the need for a third arm to hold things together....
smonster - Sep 06, 2010 10:39:28 am PDT #22380 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
In theory I try to pull out no more than I can put away in an hour. In practice I can't estimate times for shit.
beekaytee - Sep 06, 2010 10:40:27 am PDT #22381 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
I can't even believe how late I slept today...and then have spent the rest of the day being an enormous slug. Sigh. No regrets, but I do wish all the things were cleaned and organized.
Day is not totally over, but yeeeeaaaahhh, unlikely to spontaneously become productive.
Watched The Glades. That was a highlight. Surely, because I like it, it won't last, but I'm enjoying it, in any case.
Zenkitty - Sep 06, 2010 10:43:50 am PDT #22382 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
My dryer hasn't been drying things very well. I thought it was just old. Today while I was outside, it occurred to me to take a look at the dryer vent. OMG LINT. I'm surprised the house hasn't caught fire. I can't fix it because it's on the second floor and I don't own a damn ladder, so now I have to summon a handyman and hope he doesn't take too long to appear. I don't dare use the dryer again until the filter is clean. Seriously, it looks like a bird's nest. I can't believe I never thought to look at it before.
Now I'm wondering if I should take a look at my neighbor's dryer vent too. She never owned a house on her own before, and has previously shown signs of not having a clue how to maintain one. Her house's health is related to mine because we're a duplex, so I have a vested interest in her place not catching on fire either. This is also why I'm halfway-seriously considering buying her house when she puts it on the market someday.
Hil R. - Sep 06, 2010 10:47:04 am PDT #22383 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Is it an IKEA piece, Hil? I've usually found not much wrong with their instructions, aside from the need for a third arm to hold things together....
Nope, there's no IKEA near here. I got it from overstock.com, and it does seem like it's well-made, just with horrible instructions. If I were making several of these for some reason, I would totally redo the sequence of what's done when. (The instructions were also clearly written by someone whose native language does not distinguish between singular and plural, but I can usually figure out what it's getting at.)
-t - Sep 06, 2010 10:55:12 am PDT #22384 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Might you have an opportunity to mention to her that your having someone come and clean your vent and ask if they can take a look at hers while they're there, Zen?
Kat - Sep 06, 2010 11:13:22 am PDT #22385 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Speaking of people with the last name Perry, Linda Perry was at yoga. ALong with another 35 people in a very tiny studio. We were all on top of each other.
Calli - Sep 06, 2010 11:26:17 am PDT #22386 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I had another flying lesson today. I also took a bunch of cardboard to the recycling center. Now I can get more stuff into the spare bedroom closet, which should help with the whole cleaning thing.
The Minor Deluge of 2010 may end up with my apartment being cleaner and more organized, which would be nice.