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Day 17: Still no heat
Because of the absolutely horrendous timing, it's been about 17 days since we've known for sure that the boiler is kaput. It has been a nightmare trying to get anyone to even come and look at it, and for those that do, it's been a heart attack when considering the cost. At first there were gas shortages in the aftermath of the hurricane so many ( Read more... ) -
If it's not one thing, it's another.
In addition to needing a new roof, windows, lintels, brickwork, and cementwork to the exterior of the house, lest we feel left out of the hurricane damage, our old, sputtering boiler finally passed away so we have no heat ( Read more... ) -
Water water everywhere!
I had the past two days off from work since the MTA shut down NYC's public transit system due to Hurricane Sandy. I never learned to drive because it never seemed necessary. We mostly didn't have a car when I was a kid. Sometimes we did, either my mom, or my dad, but never at the same time and it usually went like this ( Read more... ) -
Rampant fangirling
I met Peter S. Beagle at Comic Con today! and had a complete and total fangasm of epic proportions! Asdfjkl; I was grinning like an idiot, but he was so nice and didn't seem to mind. He signed a bunch of my booksthat I brought from home and I bought the remaining few that I was missing, then we chatted a little bit about his work and Buffy the ( Read more... ) -
To conclude: Star Trek VI
I hate politics. I always have. Star Trek VI is all about politics, and so I am not enamored with this movie. It's the same reason why Next Gen lost me anytime the Klingons were around and the same reason why I really didn't care for Deep Space Nine. (I tried to like DS9, I really did. Sometimes I even succeeded for a little while, but then Kira or ( Read more... ) -
Star Trek V: Totally Awesome (just disregard the plot)
It took a while, but I finally got to Star Trek V. I didn't like any of the ones after this, at all, but I'm at least going to watch VI to round out the experience.
It turns out that my memory of this one was perfect and I feel exactly the same way about it as I did back when it came out; specifically, that it is AMAZEBALLS! I don't care that the ( Read more... ) -
Insert rooftop pun of some sort
I keep a rainy day fund but I've never called it that. I've always called it the 'roof caves in' or the 'house falls down' fund, depending on which day of the week it is and how pessimisstic I've been feeling ( Read more... ) -
Star Trek IV - Still no. No no no.
As part of my ongoing rewatch of the Star Trek movies, last night was number IV. It originally came out in, what, 86? so I was a wee thing, but not so wee that I wasn't already a proto-Trekkie. I remember that I HATED it, which was very odd because at six years old I generally divided things into things-I-like, things-that-scare-me, and things-not- ( Read more... ) -
Star Tears
I've been rewatching the Star Trek movies in order. Just finished III. You know, before they started to suck (I'm looking at you, Star Trek IV). But, tears. TEARS! So many tears! It is disheartening to know that it's all downhill from here except for a few rounds of Row, Row, Row Your Boat. (Nobody loves you, Star trek V. But I do. I do.) -
O Neglected Blog
I don't imagine anyone still reads me because I have been so silent for so long, but for those of you who see this, Long time no see! Great to be back. Or, at least, I'm going to try to be back ( Read more... )