Three cheers for the new LJ default skin. I like things simple. Seriously, after years of reading fic, black text on a white background is something wondrous.

I've been a lazy updater lately. I'll try to assuage my guilt with this entry (typed in word at work, then pasted in because I'm a REBEL).



Today on the way to work, I had to ask myself, 'Why are people such assholes when it comes to merging?'

The whole traffic flow thing would go much more smoothly if people would merge correctly. Instead, you have jerks who won't let anyone in, resulting in a knot of cars waiting to get on to the highway. Then, when someone is nice enough to let one car in, the entire group of them feels it's OK to just butt in.

God, I hate people.



Wait, there was one person on the road I didn’t hate this morning – the guy with the license plate that read 'MENTAT'. Who's the bigger geek; him for having the plate, or me for loving it?



Time Warner Cable can bite me. Our cable stopped working last Saturday at some point. I called in and paid the bill (oopsie) and was assured that would take care of the problem. It didn't. I called back and discovered there were no service outages in the area. I checked all the connections in my apartment and everything was fine. I called back and was told the earliest a technician could come out would be Monday Sept 8.

Fine. Whatever.

Monday, unable to take it any longer, everlastingwhy braved the basement only to discover all the connections there seemed to be fine. In a fit determination, she traced the cables to where they exit our building. It seems that one of the several cords has been sliced clean through. Who wants to take a bet that's the one for our apartment? Who also wants to bet SlumLord!Karl did it accidentally during one of his 'repairs'?



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We have mice. Lots of mice, I'm afraid. They got into the pantry the other night and tore through many boxes and bags of various grain products. Then, the next day, after we had cleared out as much vulnerable material as we could, they went after the peanut butter. Now, because The Ru-Mate cooks, she has one of those huge cardboard vats of peanut butter and those furry little bastards decimated the plastic lid.

We bought poison and traps, but have not seen a difference yet. We're pretty sure the have a way of getting around that doesn't include the floor because Mabel the Cat has only killed one tiny mouse and is constantly staring at the gap between the wall and floor of the kitchen.

Yesterday, we called The Slumlord and demanded an exterminator. We'll see what comes of that.



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Sunday last, a group of us hit The Great Minnesota Get Together. The group included me, everlastingwhy, lallybroch, clementine21, jslatt, S-Moe the Neo-Luddite, and Lally's hubby the Mister.

The entire point of the trip was basically to eat until we couldn’t eat anymore and I'd say we were successful. For me, the best moment came at the Milk Truck where, for fifty cents, you can drink all of the cold, whole milk you want. It was a slow year for the Mister because he only drank five 12 oz glasses in approximately 7 minutes. Afterwards, he was literally milk-drunk and stumbling around.



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Lately I've been working on my story for the O/P Fic Carnival. My original plan had been to overshadow the ridiculous scenario with lots of smut. Sadly, my story seems to disagree with that plan and is demanding loads of plot-driven angst before anyone can get nekkid and do naughty things in the Prefect's Bathroom. Dammit.

I've also been thinking and plotting along in the CSI AU 'The Form Complete.' For some reason, I'm super excited about this project.



Is there any kind soul with WaT tape for me? Or, even better, someone with them on their hard drive who would be willing to share with a desperate fandom whore? (insert image of me making puppy dog eyes)