Oh man. A friend here had that happen. Except it did fall on her (and her cat.) Old building so it was craploads of plaster too.
I would be so grossed out.
Wesley: And how does your kind define love? Demon: Same as all bodies. Same as everywheres. Love is sacrifice.
'The Girl in Question'
Natter 58: Let's call Venezuela!
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.
sarameg - Apr 22, 2008 7:06:22 am PDT #2966 of 10001
Vortex - Apr 22, 2008 7:08:22 am PDT #2967 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
The ceiling in my friend P's kitchen collapsed one morning. they were gettting ready for work, heard a loud crash, came down to the kitchen filled with ceiling tiles and crap.
Pix - Apr 22, 2008 7:13:23 am PDT #2968 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
I had the wall of a hotel room fall on me once. There had been a flood upstairs, apparently. Huge chunk o'plaster, three feet across, WHOMP on top of me, my luggage, and everything else. When I called down to complain, the front desk had to audacity to tell me that they couldn't help me right away, but couldn't I just "kick it to the side for now?" Um. No. Got a room upgrade that night, yessiree.
This was in Ann Arbor. I've had a grudge against that city ever since.
brenda m - Apr 22, 2008 7:22:37 am PDT #2969 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I had a bathroom ceiling collapse when I lived in Montreal. The tap in the bathtub had a constant running drip of scalding hot water, and the landlord wouldn't fix it, so the room was basically a steam bath for a good four months before the ceiling finally couldn't take it. Was acutally kind of nice over the winter, since we didn't pay the hot water.
shrift - Apr 22, 2008 8:13:00 am PDT #2970 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I have ten million fricking e-mails in my inbox, and potentially another clusterfuck of the kind that made me seriously think about walking off my job a few weeks ago. Nobody wants to go see Iron & Wine with me tonight. I am still exhausted from this weekend.
Today can kiss my ass.
DavidS - Apr 22, 2008 8:22:24 am PDT #2971 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Today can kiss my ass.
Frankly, that doesn't sound like a punishment, Shrift.
Dana - Apr 22, 2008 8:23:59 am PDT #2972 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Nobody wants to go see Iron & Wine with me tonight.
I would go! Just give me five minutes to destroy the internet first.
msbelle - Apr 22, 2008 8:27:09 am PDT #2973 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
shrift "wins" at work crap, but I have what seems like a few dozen things to do in my life before vacation, and vacation is less than 24 hours away.
- need cat feeder (maybe just got that covered)
- need to get keys to cat feeder
- need to get packed
- need to change sheets (cat feeder may be a sitter)
- need to de-hair duvet cover (see above)
- need to finish homework (mac)
- need to get money from bank
- need to call car service
- need to mail 2 things
I swear there was more.
hippocampus - Apr 22, 2008 8:28:56 am PDT #2974 of 10001
not your mom's socks.
Nobody wants to go see Iron & Wine with me tonight.
I'll go.
but first, I need to take a few people down. who are (A) Not Dana and (B) trying to destroy a small corner of the internet, using Ego as a Battleaxe.
Shir - Apr 22, 2008 8:43:14 am PDT #2975 of 10001
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Nobody wants to go see Iron & Wine with me tonight.
Hey, I totally want.
Wait, there's a transatlantic flight to bring into consideration. Shit.