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[doctorconquest]

I'm pretty pissed right now. I ate too big a lunch (and too much food in general, ulgh) and came home from work angry for reasons I won't get into. I took an absurdly long walk down into Kent, then made dinner and watched more episodes of Battlestar Galactica than I meant to. Damn, that show is amazing

Comments

[davemeister]

Sounds like a day of excess. These things happen.

Yay for smart cats (or ignorantly helpful ones, as the case may be).

Boo for spousal/other abuse. Definitely keep calling the cops on them--I'd say it's more important than notifying the apartment staff anyway. Both useful, sure, but more powerful authorities should definitely be involved.

With that USB-ish cable in tow, I fully expect a kickass Geneva report coming down the pipe pretty soon here!

[givemeathimble]

Yay! Magellan is a hero! I hope you praised him mightily!

As for noisy neighbors and insomnia: may I recommend an herbal remedy? Chammomile tea before bedtime, Valerian root, or put a few rugs on your floor to deaden the sound (dude, your apartment is empty).

Sorry to have missed you last week. I'm glad you enjoyed Man Gets Into Wrong Bed. Which I distinctly remember you coming up with the idea and helping Emlyn write (at least a few lines and plot points, though you never actually sat at the computer). Good times indeed. :-)

[doctorconquest]

Chamomile tea it is, although it's some kind of Tazo blend and it's weird and I don't think I like it. But it's warm and... ensleepening.

Sorry to miss you, too, tho' I watched Wrong Bed and felt like I'd seen you.

Man, I didn't realize I'd need an airtight alibi to get out of credit for that sketch! Credit accepted. I don't really remember that, although I think I could easily trick myself into remembering it, and anyway those were crazy days when all of us were working on things together and not writing our names at the top of sketches, and the true authors are now often impossible to pin down. Usually I misremember the other way, though.

That was originally a Voices sketch, right?

[hydingjekyll]

Good kitty! That's really amazing. Kind of makes up for the claw marks on your calf, I'd think. (Wait--do you think he hid it in the first place?)

As for your neighbor, yeah, call the main office. Talk to your other neighbors to see if they're sick of it, too (I'm sure they are); if they hear everybody else is doing it, they might join in and complain.

[anonymous]

Did you know that anyone can bring in charges for domestic abuse? A friend of mine, who shall remain nameless, was arrested for domestically abusing his girlfriend. She didn't call the cops, she never pressed charges, and she doesn't think he deserved it--their housemates did all that. So you can probably charge this guy with domestic abuse. Just a thought.

--Jane

[doctorconquest]

Hmmm... It doesn't sound particularly glamorous when you put it that way, but it's good to know it's an option.

At first I assumed it was a couple, but now I'm starting to think that it's a mother and a teenage son. So far I haven't heard anything to indicate that there's actual physical violence going on--just yelling and slamming things. Anger, so much anger... If I ever hear anything conclusive, I'll definitely keep that in mind.

[davemeister]

Well, verbal abuse IS still abuse...and if it's loud enough to hear, on multiple occasions, then sounds like something needs to be done, no matter who's doing the yelling. Really not a good situation to stick your foot into, but I'd advise just keeping on with the calling the cops and letting management know when instances occur.

After all, if nothing else you DO have a legitimate noise complaint that any landlord should honor as well. It doesn't matter if the people downstairs are yelling at the TV and being pissed that their sports team is losing and slamming doors--you don't have to put up with that repeatedly.

[anonymous]

I second the above-expressed views.

-Jane

[astridsdream]

I'm going to second the motion to continue calling the cops on the fuckers 'til they get the point.

And add that the cat was probably the one that wandered off with the cord in the first place. :-)

[doctorconquest]

You are right, of course, all of you.

As for the cord... Well, yeah, but I thought I'd let that slide.

Lately he's been ripping my hands to shreds while I try to tie my shoes, though... that, I'm a little less lenient about.

(Uhhh... the cat, not the neighbor.)

[astridsdream]

It's still clever that he brought the cord back to you. Props to the cat for that. I mean, he may be a thief, but that can't really be proven, and besides, he's at least an honest thief.

Good that that's the cat and not the neighbor. That'd be a hell of a neighbor, really.