B1 just said "A tornado is like the Earth's blender -- every time you see a tornado, it means Earth wants a smoothie. You always see tornadoes on hot days."
Love it!
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Waterblogged
I talked with the super this morning, and it appears a drain on the floor above ours was clogged, blocked, or in some way not working, and my floor got leaky ceilings all over the place. They fixed it, and the leaking stopped. Just glad I had a few of those old plastic cat litter buckets around to catch the drips. Whew.
It's stopped, now, so now it's just a matter of drying rugs and towels and ShamWows! ; )
I'm going back to sleep; that leaky ceiling crap woke me up too early.
*Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz*
It's stopped, now, so now it's just a matter of drying rugs and towels and ShamWows! ; )
I'm going back to sleep; that leaky ceiling crap woke me up too early.
*Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz*
Water, Water, Everywhere
WTF? I woke up this morning to dripping -- apparently the storm caused leaks in our foyer -- got two buckets holding the water. There's also some unspecified leak in the kitchen I'm trying to find. Ack!
Gee, I wonder if Exene'll still want this apartment unit? Bahah! My bet is "No."
After tending to it, I called the building maintenance. The balcony of the (empty?) unit above ours must've gotten a leak, and we're getting it, now. D'oh! Well, at least it's in the foyer, versus, say, over the books or the computer.
That was some storm last night!
Gee, I wonder if Exene'll still want this apartment unit? Bahah! My bet is "No."
After tending to it, I called the building maintenance. The balcony of the (empty?) unit above ours must've gotten a leak, and we're getting it, now. D'oh! Well, at least it's in the foyer, versus, say, over the books or the computer.
That was some storm last night!
Honorable Mentioned
I was pleased to see both of my published short stories (ack, yeah, all two of them -- I'm sooo overdue for a fresh publishing credit) of the other year were among the honorable mentions for the "Best Horror of the Year" anthology put together by editor Ellen Datlow. Nice to see that, since Datlow's not an easy sell on fiction (I know, since she's rejected more than a handful of my stories over the years), and for both of my stories to get a polite tip of the cap made me smile for a moment.
I think the long fiction I'm working on this year (and will be working on next year) will make a much-larger impression on people than those short stories, assuming I can get a publisher to pick them up. Always the big IF in the mix.
Just listening to the rain right now, the thunder. I should go to bed.
I think the long fiction I'm working on this year (and will be working on next year) will make a much-larger impression on people than those short stories, assuming I can get a publisher to pick them up. Always the big IF in the mix.
Just listening to the rain right now, the thunder. I should go to bed.
Sleepy
I'm not actually sleepy. I'm a bit caffeine-jazzed from seeing "Inception" (had a giant Coke Zero). Anyway, I found it to be a disappointing movie. I'll review it at Pirouettiquette.
It's thunderstorming right now, although mostly just raining. Soothing sounds.
It's thunderstorming right now, although mostly just raining. Soothing sounds.
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