Unpleasant People

Sterling Parking
   Kristy's apartment complex has assigned parking, one single spot and one tandem spot (a space double-deep) per four single room apartment. Because Sterling is lame they apparently cannot tow, ticket, or otherwise avenge, any unauthorized parking.
   Walking through the parking lot the other day I passed vehicles with "MOVE YOUR CAR IMMEDIATELY" notes on their windshields, similar notes scrawled on the windows themselves with that car-paint stuff, and several infamous "violation" stickers from the Arlington complex (the big red stickers are literally impossible to take off apparently, Arlington always applies them upside-down).
   A certain white pick-up truck has been in Kristy's single spot for about four days now, despite several angry notes. The current plan is to load the truck bed with as much rotten food as they can find I think. Personally I want to invest in a fish from the grocery-store and fish the car. I don't suppose anyone has access to cheap fish (fish passed sell-by date would be preferable)?


Probation
   And while I'm posting friends only, I had this conversation today:
[20:38.53] roxymartini: hey
[20:38.53] *** Auto-response sent to roxymartini: pretending to be a desklamp so no one will notice me.
[20:38.58] roxymartini: we should be friends again
( Conversing With Diane )

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   A Previous Conversation with the Aforementioned

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Sterling Suxors
   Last night the fire alarm went off again at Kristy's complex, Sterling, and proceeded to go off for quite some time. I think this is at least the third time in the last six months I've been there when the alarm went off, and I distinctly remember it going off for 40 minutes straight one evening. Now I've lived in The Trees for a year and a half now, and NOT ONCE has the alarm gone off here. Reason #513 why Sterling is a sucky place to live full of immature people.
   The alarm went off about as often back when I was in the dorms, but THERE they always managed to shut it off within ten minutes TOPS.


Auntie Bev & Uncle Ben
   Yes the name similarity is as bad as say... "Kris & Kristy." Ben & Bev are one of two sets of aunt/uncles I have in town here. They live on J Street. On Thursday Kristy and I had dinner at their place. On Saturday I stopped by there to borrow two wineglasses and a corkscrew for the vday plans. Today (Monday) I stopped by to return the wineglasses, and ask for help understanding "chi squared," a statistical technique which will be on my test tomorrow. While an employee of some sustainable agriculture part of the University (That keeps the agricultural industry informed of our latest revelations here at Davis or something I think), Aunt Bev is also a stats grad student on campus.
   This story has no further point. Ben & Bev are excellent however. And damn can they make a delicious Thai dish.


Picture of the Day

Kristy & Kris
Last Thursday, With Cat Margarite
© Bev Ransom 2004


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   One Year Ago Today: I go on a date with Antoinette and speculate that Fuzios Firecracker Pork Fusilli is "the best dish EVER, ANYWHERE"


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   Today's Strong Bad Email was excellent.