And ... I just spoke to the maintenance manager. I don't care if he's mad at Adelphia. He needs to not yell at me. It's official. He refuses to speak to Adelphia about what it'd take to fix the signal. So either I suck up lousy reception and kinda glitchy internet, or I ... t shudder ... move.
Let him do his thing, and then you get him out. No messing with him for laughs.
Mal ,'Ariel'
Natter 32 Flavors and Then Some
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Feb 21, 2005 1:55:10 pm PST #9578 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Narrator - Feb 21, 2005 1:56:48 pm PST #9579 of 10002
The evil is this way?
Boss still smell like feet sauteed in ass?
That 'bout sums it up, yup.
Rick - Feb 21, 2005 2:06:30 pm PST #9580 of 10002
The Ineluctable Modality Of The Risible
Ha! One Friday afternoon when I was in college one of my friends locked himself in his apartment with a copy of Ulysses and a stack of carefully rolled joints, declaring that he would read the entire (gigantic) book in one sitting.
When we checked on him on Sunday we found him sitting on the kitchen floor surrounded by wrappers of snack foods, repeating "Ineluctable modality of the visible" over and over.
For years after that we used "Ineluctable" as a slang term for "wasted."
Jesse - Feb 21, 2005 2:13:59 pm PST #9581 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Har, Rick!
That sucks, ita. Can you deal with Adelphia directly at all? (I realize the answer is probably no. A friend of mine can't get cable because Time Warner would need to get into/through a building on the corner for whatever, and the owner of that building refuses to let them in.)
§ ita § - Feb 21, 2005 2:17:59 pm PST #9582 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Can you deal with Adelphia directly at all?
I called Adelphia, and they said "have the owners call us." The maintenance guy refuses to call them, says he's doing them a favour by even letting them run cable in.
Sure, dude. Try renting your apartments with no cable TV. Adelphia is just using you, aren't they?
I'm very irritated. And the one place I looked at today was too small for my stuff, while costing $500 more. Just down the street. Not how you want to start looking, you know?
Jesse - Feb 21, 2005 2:21:29 pm PST #9583 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
The maintenance guy refuses to call them, says he's doing them a favour by even letting them run cable in.
Yeah, that sucks.
Not how you want to start looking, you know?
Of course, now you're softened up for the place that's almost big enough and only $250 more.
§ ita § - Feb 21, 2005 2:24:41 pm PST #9584 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
now you're softened up for the place that's almost big enough and only $250 more.
No, now I'm dead. You have killed me. Happy now?
I'm poking through Craigslist. I'm startled that the same company that showed me the tiny overpriced high rise has listings there. It's much more useful than rent.com, and freer than westsiderentals.com. Cross your fingers for me.
Jesse - Feb 21, 2005 2:25:59 pm PST #9585 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'm looking at LA craigslist, too! I love how I can tell what's a bad neighborhood, just from the price differential. I vote for that big loft in the candy factory.
§ ita § - Feb 21, 2005 2:29:43 pm PST #9586 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I vote for that big loft in the candy factory
Do you mean toy factory? It has CABANAS. Maybe there could be boys.
Sadly, too far from both the day and the side job. I might pay the extra for the possibility of cabana boys.
Jesse - Feb 21, 2005 2:30:36 pm PST #9587 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Toys, candy, it's all the same to me.