I'm back up. That was no where near a full night of sleep, but at least I got a few hours on the couch. I just couldn't go back in my room while it was still dark. I may try to now that it's light out.

Looking back on the night, I feel really badly that I called the cops on my neighbor. But, damn! What did he think he was doing? He knows that's where a bedroom is, because their apartment is laid out exactly the same.

At any rate, too much excitment for one night.

vw, I think you are totally justified. You aren't supposed to check the identity of the person right outside your bedroom in the middle of the night. Honestly, the guy is lucky he didn't get shot or hit with a baseball bat, because I think both of those are semi-foreseeable outcomes of being where he was at 2am.

I know you mentioned hanging a sign, but did he say why he had to do it in the middle of the night. At a minimum, he should have let you know what he was doing before being in your space like that.

I know you mentioned hanging a sign, but did he say why he had to do it in the middle of the night. At a minimum, he should have let you know what he was doing before being in your space like that.

No. We didn't talk to him. Yet. I really hope that the cops ripped him a new one. I'm also hoping he comes to explain himself and apologize today. If he does, I'll let him know that I feel badly that I called the cops on him, but he really needs to let us know before he's going to do something like that...ESPECIALLY in the middle of the night.

We figure that they decided to hang the sign, didn't want to wake us, so went ahead and just used our fire escape. Who knows...they may have been drunk too. Whatever the reasoning, it wasn't very sound...irresponsible at the very least.

Oh what an exciting night vw & Emily. I'm sure neighbor will feel terrible for freaking you out and come to apologize. Or he should. I'd be freaked if someone was at my bedroom window on the ground floor. On the 3rd floor that much more upsetting. Wow.

ION, I have found out that the restrooms at the park in front of my house are clean and shiny. This was good news this morning because I didn't want to wake my neighbors to use theirs. My neighbor does have an outdoor shower (pretty common in Florida) but no potty. An outdoor shower is a beautiful thing when you have been working in the yard or playing sports. You just dump your nasty clothes outside without having to drag your dirt through the house. Also, wind blowing, birds chirping, stars shining, and all that.

Man, I go to bed and all the cool stuff happens. Er, all the excitement, I'm sure it wasn't cool for vw and Emily.

Happy Anniversary, JZ and Hec!

Laura, you make me want to move to Florida just to have an outdoor shower. Sounds a heck of a lot nicer than being surrounded by plastic.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, ZMAYHEM!

Laura, how does one work the whole "Whoa -- naked where neighbours can see me!" thing of outdoor showers? I'm used to them near pools, where people aren't taking their clothes off, but we'd have been beseiged with teenaged boys at the very least if we'd implemented one like that in our yard.

Not quite naked for the world to see. It has a wood surround and a curtain. Only those above me in planes could see. She even has cute little palm tree shower curtain hooks.

I don't have an outdoor shower at this house but I did at the last one. It was just out in the open near the pool. I did have a fence around that side of the house though.

And yes, many Buffistas should move to Florida, or visit me, often.

You only get outdoor showers in Jamaica near the beach or pools, or if you don't have indoor plumbing. We're too uptight as a nation to be more nekkid without a roof over our head -- I think it'd be seen as an indication of poverty.

And yet Jamaica was the only place where I have lounged at a nude beach with lots of other nekkid folk. Of course, that was at one of the resorts which are rather like nations in and of themselves.

Thank you for the anniversary wishes. Plei, I think my dominant images of you at the wedding were you being all Flail! Woobie! over NW93, and actually joining us on the dance floor, looking Goddesslike and regal, smothering your little Tim Drake in the Bosom o' Doom.

Appropriately for a Buffista (and ignoring the paper tradition) I have gifted JZ with an action figure for the anniversary. Her woobie, Zoidberg. (Futurama)