Unpleasant People

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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
[20:39.32] Snail of DEATH: reasons?
[20:39.49] roxymartini: 1) kristy thinks we should
[20:40.03] roxymartini: 2) i prolly won't argue with you anymore
[20:40.10] Snail of DEATH: why not?
[20:40.12] roxymartini: 3) i think its silly for us not to be
[20:40.17] roxymartini: oh
[20:40.21] roxymartini: i'm too busy
[20:40.26] roxymartini: i'm taking 20 units
[20:40.54] Snail of DEATH: what does being friends again entail?
[20:41.23] roxymartini: not much
[20:41.35] roxymartini: what did our friendship ever entail?
[20:42.13] roxymartini: pleasant chatting once in a while
[20:42.22] roxymartini: um, livejournal friendedness
[20:42.31] roxymartini: i think that was it, no?
[20:42.48] Snail of DEATH: sorry for delays.. on phone with kristy currently
[20:43.03] roxymartini: oh that's fine. verifying reason #1?
[20:43.05] roxymartini: haha
[20:43.11] Snail of DEATH: nah she called me to offer me cake
[20:43.19] roxymartini: how nice of her
[20:43.49] Snail of DEATH: hmmm I don't think the livejournal friends thing is about to happen
[20:44.29] roxymartini: figured not
[20:44.33] roxymartini: nevermind then
[20:44.38] Snail of DEATH: but if you feel like chatting with me every once in awhile I may chat back
[20:44.47] Snail of DEATH: and progress may be made there
[20:44.54] Snail of DEATH: or you may comment to my public entries
[20:45.15] roxymartini: i feel like i'm on probation
[20:45.23] Snail of DEATH: (=
[20:45.25] roxymartini: is this an accurate assessment?
[20:45.46] roxymartini: well. i'm not terribly fond of being on probation
[20:45.52] Snail of DEATH: true
[20:46.10] roxymartini: but i tried
[20:46.11] Snail of DEATH: I'm not terribly fond of people in general
[20:46.24] roxymartini: and i suppose kristy will be happy enough with my attempt
[20:46.37] roxymartini: thanks for your time
[20:47.01] Snail of DEATH: would you like a receipt? (=
[20:47.34] roxymartini: nah.
[20:47.39] roxymartini: just keep it on record.
[20:47.56] Snail of DEATH: duly noted.
[20:49.33] roxymartini: bye
[20:50.57] Snail of DEATH: bye

   Now I'm not a mercilessly unforgiving person, my capacity to forgive is quite great in fact. If I feel that there is reason to believe something has changed and I have reason to believe whatever needs to be forgiven won't happen again, then I am extraordinarily apt to forgive. I will absolutely however be extremely unlikely to forgive if nothing has changed and I have no reason to believe things are any different than when I first made the policy they want me to forgive and desist from. And apologies don't cut it.. not that she even did that.


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