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britpoptarts

Your House Has Bad Feng Shui, Girlfriend!

Feb 22, 2008 12:36

Currently I live in an ancient split level hovel that has more crap wrong with it than it has right (hardwood floors FTW), such as a non-working double oven, a tetchy stove, two bathrooms of horror and leakiness, no central air, and other nuisances. It floods when it rains, often bringing surprise shrimp-like dead bug things in on the tide. It got ( Read more... )

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crevette February 22 2008, 18:53:18 UTC

DOOK DOOK DOOK DOOK DOOK!

britpoptarts February 22 2008, 19:09:49 UTC

I read your note to Mr Woozle and he looked very interested and then tried to crawl down my shirt.

I think that's good?

scottopic February 22 2008, 19:07:58 UTC

Yeah, I can't stand it when people drive right alongside me like that.
I sometimes prepare to duck in case they shoot.

The image will haunt me all day, thanks.

britpoptarts February 22 2008, 20:29:16 UTC

I just thought that was me being weird. Maybe it is an instinctive self-defense/survival reaction instead!

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britpoptarts February 23 2008, 18:41:51 UTC

Lord, it does sound a bit similar ( ... )

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britpoptarts February 23 2008, 19:35:54 UTC

Sounds promising! I used to live up the road on Scott and work at a restaurant under Eddie's Attic. Nice neighborhood all 'round, it we are speaking of the same Decaturs.

romen_dreamer February 23 2008, 06:42:44 UTC

Will stories of dorm life give you hope? The girls on my floor are squeaky, but not particularly drunken or obnoxious or sexed-up, so I'm thankful for that. The view is horrible - two windows, but one looks out on other dorm windows and the second has a scenic vista of the cafeteria's loading dock and dumpsters - but the building itself is beautiful. There's a walk-in closet where my roommate and I can hide from each other while changing, the ceilings are high enough that you don't hit your head sitting up in bed *and* the beds are lofted high enough that you don't hit your head underneath them either. The cafeteria window has a prodigious draft which can easily be combatted by hanging a scarf in front of the windowsill ( ... )

britpoptarts February 23 2008, 19:44:06 UTC

I rather liked dorm life. I could shut out twit noises like a champ. Failing that, I had vile old 45 RPM records to drown them out and encourage them to roost and chatter elsewhere.

My fave dorm-icile was a garret on the top floor next to the main hall at my undergrad school. Too small for two, just right for one (roommate had financial pressures, did not return to school; got foreign exchange student roomie the next year).

I had my tiny garret window over the bed, a normal one elsewhere, and a sink thing in the corner. All it lacked was a toilet, shower and fridge, though I can't recall if I lacked a fridge or not, to be frank. I'm sure if I had one, it's primary function was to be a surface for the electric kettle. I didn't squirrel food much back then, as I hadn't experienced going without a few meals in a row due to poverty yet. I know I had a fridge most of the time in school. No TV ever, which suited me fine, just a fridge.

It shouldn't bother me so much that I am unsure of such a detail.