Not the size of New Orleans roaches, THE SIZE OF NEW ORLEANS.
Heh.
When I was looking two years ago, I saw some of those places, mostly fixed up and not cheap, but still tiny and weird.
You know, it's funny. We went to war never looking to come back, but it's the real world I couldn't survive.
Tracy ,'The Message'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
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.
Jesse - Sep 18, 2011 7:11:26 am PDT #26923 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Amy - Sep 18, 2011 7:17:26 am PDT #26924 of 30001
Because books.
I thought my worst roach experience was living in Florida for two years (where they call them "palmetto bugs" and they FLY), but it wasn't.
I babysat/nannied for a couple in Rupert Towers in the east 90s when I was twenty, and it was a couple of big, lovely highrises. Their apartment was gorgeous -- three bedrooms, three baths, big open area living/dining/kitchen. And OVERRUN with roaches. I would run the dishwasher and open it to see roaches scurrying over the clean dishes.
Apparently it was due to the incinerators or something, but whatever. I was never so glad to quit a job. I had to stay with the baby for a week once while they were travelling, and afterwards I swear I had PTSD.
S. and I lived in a studio two floors above a Chinese restaurant, and I swear we saw a roach maybe once. So weird.
smonster - Sep 18, 2011 7:20:16 am PDT #26925 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
We have the flying Palmetto bugs here, too. There's actually a band called the Palmetto Bug Stompers, which I think is hilarious. My poor roommate is particularly traumatised by them, and she works at the zoo, which is overrun. I never thought about it, but it makes sense that the zoo would have them all over.
amyth - Sep 18, 2011 7:26:24 am PDT #26926 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Happy birthday, erika!
Amy - Sep 18, 2011 7:26:43 am PDT #26927 of 30001
Because books.
Oh, this is fun. Retrospace blog I found on Rookie.
le nubian - Sep 18, 2011 7:30:37 am PDT #26928 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
flying bugs of the size of palmettos is something I find VERY disturbing. I'm always 1 second away from a scream when I am in their presence.
smonster - Sep 18, 2011 7:31:09 am PDT #26929 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Oh yes, happy birthday, erika!!
Allyson - Sep 18, 2011 7:41:21 am PDT #26930 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I had a meltdown in a radioshack, yesterday. The salesdude was trying to sell me increasingly complex recording equipment, couldn't make the stuff that was recommended to me by two journalists work, and insisted that my phone was broken. Then he tried to sell me a new phone.
I insisted that he just ring up the shit I came in for, brought it home, and Kristen opened up the instructions and figured it out in about three minutes while I was fixing my lunch.
I kind of want to go back to the radio shack and make him feel like an ass. He tried to make me feel like an ass, so I feel justified in revenge.
le nubian - Sep 18, 2011 7:45:59 am PDT #26931 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Allyson,
what you may want to do is write a letter to Radio Shack management (at the store, or corporate) and detail your experience and how the sales associate could have served you better.
Burrell - Sep 18, 2011 8:22:51 am PDT #26932 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Happy birthday erikaj!
I just bought Hogwarts robes for my kids--Gryffindor for her, Slytherin for him. I think that pretty much sums it up. Also? Franny got up this morning and put on black lipstick before we set out to buy bagels. Her wee gothiness cracks me up because, like a certain perky goth we know, Franny's goth tendencies tend to come with a lot of bright colors and glitter.