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grr. yawn.

this whole leak thing is really, really annoying. We’re still sleeping in the living room - for the first time ever I am thankful that we have a futon - and the place still reeks. I’m currently on hold, waiting to talk to the property manager.

I have been waking up early for the last number of days - I’ve been living on a schedule that has me up until 5 in the morning and sleeping till noon. That isn’t really possible now that there is morning light and S moving around.

So right now, I’m tired and grumpy. I didn’t get enough sleep, spoke with the carpet cleaner who thought they would be doing the carpet today although whomever booked them didn’t bother to check with us - we won’t be home when they were expecting ot come by. Oh, and I made a mistake on an e-mail I sent out to a lot of people and feel like an idiot. It wasn’t huge - just the wrong subject header, but it looks unprofessional.

Good things in my life - I don’t have to give a presentation on Johnny Mnemonic on Thursday, instead, I get to do Buffy on Tuesday. And for the next two Thursdays I have dr appointments which isn’t necessarily good, but will hopefully mean that I won’t have to deal with them for at least a few months after this.
2.3.05 17:21


Knock knock...

So, my access stats have been sorted out from last month and indeed, people did come a knockin’ after the 20th. But things you people look for, why its too much for one girl to understand. Of course, there was the person searching for Ken Klukas, although the numbers were all buggered after that as Kvitsh and I went searching thru my blog via google to find the entry. But 6 people came searching for Wilfred Brimley. Then there were the people wanting to know about Justin Mcauliffe, Lois Hole and uk harlot. Clearly, I must continue name dropping. The ones I don’t get are “devon poker” “ninja death squad game” and “ninja classes / north devon”. My life is not a game people. You don’t get to dress up and pretend to be me, you can’t study ninja-ness - there is no final exam that bestows ninjosity upon you. And seriously, “devon poker”? While I am a prize, you don’t get to gamble me away....
And for the person looking up “maya shoe size” the Maya I hang with is a black lab. She doesn’t wear shoes.
2.3.05 17:39


Fuck am I unimpressed

So, I spoke to a bunch of contractors about the holes, the leak and the water damage and they all said (without looking at it) that the walls should be removed and replaced. Two property managers came for a gander today and wound up calling the super to look at it. They don’t think the walls need to be replaced. Just patched and painted. And they claimed not to notice the smell. The carpet cleaner is coming tomorrow morning. While I sincerely hope that gets rid of the smell, I kinda doubt it. The newer of the property managers at least had the sense to question how so much water came thru our walls if the problem was caused by a simple tub leak in the suite above. Oh, and the super finally admitted that he forgot about us because he had company on the first night/morning of the problem.
2.3.05 19:18


Ready for bed

The caretaker has been almost useful since I went over his head yesterday.  One of the contractors who was by today seemed surprised that we have this much damage after one tub leak.  I pointed out that there wasn’t exactly consensus that the had only been one leak… he went on to point out the black spots developing on our bathroom ceiling and said he would be in Monday to tear everything out.  It will take about a week and a half from there….


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Class today was awesome – we were looking at Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer novels and the prof kept going on about he’s a big penis.  Essentially the novels are full of sexual references, phrases and patterns.  It was fascinating.  And the lovely young man who believes in romance brought up another one of his crazy theories. I really like him- he actually thinks about this stuff and while I don’t agree with what he comes up with, it is fun listening to someone who is pushing the envelope.


 

I’m very tired and still need to finish with the ninjas. 
4.3.05 09:13


what is my damage?

I just did it again!  I just agreed to do one more thing even though I have been chanting “my plate is full” and I’m too fucking busy to think.  It isn’t like I feel pressured or like people will be mad if I don’t do this stuff… I just like doing it, the only thing that I hear in my head is “won’t this be fun” and then I go to write in my day timer and I think “holly fuck.  On Saturday next I have two shifts at the bar, one with the ninjas and will (now) be speaking about the literary journal I am working on at a major meeting for Comp Lit students (although in the course guide we get shortened to clit).  So, technically I am working three shifts and giving a presentation on Saturday next. 
5.3.05 23:59


poor puppy

Had a nice run with Maya and S.  I started the intervals again, and after being ill last week it has been hard to get back into it.  I did 1.5 min run/3.5 walk and it was slow going and I was defiantly feeling it at the end.  Still, a beautiful night.  Warm and there was a little bit of rain. 


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Once home, Mrs Moose asked if I could teach Maya to come in the back door.  I thought this was strange, but whatever… So I took her outside and brought cookies with me.  We ran out to the back, had a cookie and then when I turned towards the back door, she took off to the front.  And she wouldn’t get off the front porch.  She wouldn’t go for a cookie, and when I came towards her she cowered a little and was really stressed.  I tried to get her to come off the stairs and she just wouldn’t.  I brought her back into the house, gave her a cookie and S said he would try.  He walked her to the back door and she came into the living room, tail between her legs and ran out to her kennel. 


 


It felt awful – I didn’t do anything – no yelling, no forcing.  But she was scared of that doorway.  It was strange to see.  Tomorrow I will take her to the back yard and play with her for a while and just see if I can get her comfortable there.


 


Unless anyone has any suggestions?


 

Oh, and Poonam lent me her video camera so I can record my Buffy presentation – this isn’t narcissism, I want to see how I act in front of a class and get used to the video. 
6.3.05 07:13


what's a lazy slug to do?

When we were at the Highlevel on Friday, on of the waiters, Jim, was talking about the cage fights he was going to this weekend, and (for reasons I don’t remember now but seemed natural at the time) showed us a punch.  I’m still thinking about it – both the idea of the fights and the movement of the punch.  Especially the punch.  I want to have that kind of control of my body.  Now, I know that Jim is in crazy good shape, is very good at what ever martial art he does and that I can’t have that right away.  But it was really neat to see.  S is ridiculously strong, but he isn’t exactly graceful.  H also, very strong and way more flexible than I.  And it isn’t that I want to be super strong – I do certainly want to increase my strength but I don’t think I’ll ever be competing in the strong wench competitions.  I just liked the control and power.


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Anyway, the ninjas are all under control, so I’m off to prep for my Buffy lecture.
6.3.05 18:59


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