irish punk
before i could write another sentence last nite, halfway thru earl, waiting in anticipation for the office, abram knocked on my door. he handed me the rent increase notice. yeehaw. just under 4% which still makes our place a steal in this town. i can't thank bridgitte enough for convincing me to move in 8 years ago.
we ended up in conversation for the next hour 45. he showed me the progress on the upstairs apartment and told me he's out of rookie rank on the force. i had just enough time to fix a chili sausage dog before going out.
saw the dirges again last nite at molly malone's. john alto and his friend picked me up and got us there after the set started, so we didn't have to pay the fee. i used that money to buy the combo deal tee & cd off of michelle, the woman of many hats. i told her it was about damn time they had merch. mich and fran both told me i HAD to come back next week b/c molly would be there AND they just want me in the crowd. johnny can't wait to come back next week with his irish friend who he says will feel right at home. he totally digs the band like i knew he would. so next thursday, 11pm, molly malone's, get your guinness on with the dirges.
jen was impressed with the line of guinness pints they had at the front of the stage. in between songs or breaks during the song, we'd watch alicia or pete or fran grab a pint and down half of it before getting back to the set. then jen, the poor girl, got harassed by the weirdo guy named ernest. his line was, "do you like to party?" then he went down the row of different drug lines, "do you do lines? do you smoke? do you drink? do you ride the e train?" and was increasingly becoming frustrated by her constant "no." when he whined that he wasn't going to be able to do anything for her if she doesn't do any of that stuff, she begged us to save her. he finally got the hint and walked off. our catch phrase for the rest of the nite and probably our new inside joke will be "do you like to party?"
this morning i got up after kent left and got dressed b/c abram said his dad would probably be by to check and see why we only had hot water showers for 10 minutes. josef didn't seem to think anything was loose, but he did turn up the water heater dial. i hope when i take a shower this afternoon, the water heater pipe doesn't leak in the laundry room b/c that's the reason we hadn't touched it before per abram's instructions after fixing a prior leak. oh, the life of old apartments! after he left, thu called and confirmed my girl scout cookie order with her. i keep forgetting to ask her if she wants some wine.
so i'm in the office for a couple of hours, restocking for the weekend, opening boxes that had been dropped off on v day. hopefully i can beat the holiday traffic back over the hill.
we ended up in conversation for the next hour 45. he showed me the progress on the upstairs apartment and told me he's out of rookie rank on the force. i had just enough time to fix a chili sausage dog before going out.
saw the dirges again last nite at molly malone's. john alto and his friend picked me up and got us there after the set started, so we didn't have to pay the fee. i used that money to buy the combo deal tee & cd off of michelle, the woman of many hats. i told her it was about damn time they had merch. mich and fran both told me i HAD to come back next week b/c molly would be there AND they just want me in the crowd. johnny can't wait to come back next week with his irish friend who he says will feel right at home. he totally digs the band like i knew he would. so next thursday, 11pm, molly malone's, get your guinness on with the dirges.
jen was impressed with the line of guinness pints they had at the front of the stage. in between songs or breaks during the song, we'd watch alicia or pete or fran grab a pint and down half of it before getting back to the set. then jen, the poor girl, got harassed by the weirdo guy named ernest. his line was, "do you like to party?" then he went down the row of different drug lines, "do you do lines? do you smoke? do you drink? do you ride the e train?" and was increasingly becoming frustrated by her constant "no." when he whined that he wasn't going to be able to do anything for her if she doesn't do any of that stuff, she begged us to save her. he finally got the hint and walked off. our catch phrase for the rest of the nite and probably our new inside joke will be "do you like to party?"
this morning i got up after kent left and got dressed b/c abram said his dad would probably be by to check and see why we only had hot water showers for 10 minutes. josef didn't seem to think anything was loose, but he did turn up the water heater dial. i hope when i take a shower this afternoon, the water heater pipe doesn't leak in the laundry room b/c that's the reason we hadn't touched it before per abram's instructions after fixing a prior leak. oh, the life of old apartments! after he left, thu called and confirmed my girl scout cookie order with her. i keep forgetting to ask her if she wants some wine.
so i'm in the office for a couple of hours, restocking for the weekend, opening boxes that had been dropped off on v day. hopefully i can beat the holiday traffic back over the hill.