Sigh
Feeling surprisingly good this morning, despite no caffeine in 60 hours. I was going to allow myself a Coke today, but I may skip it. Go me.
Suffered a bit of a financial setback today. I have my credit cards set up to receive a monthly payment automatically from my online bill paying service. I don’t open the monthly statements since I figured everything was progressing swimmingly. Today, I opened a statement to see how well I was doing. Turns out that in February the monthly minimum increased to $2.50 above what I had been paying them. So, there was a late fee in March. And April. And May. And at some point these fees put me above my credit limit. Which meant late fees and over credit limit fees of $64/month being added in June. And July. And August. Crap on a stick! I called the company and, of course, there is nothing they can do (or want to, I’m certain). They did tell me that if I paid $13 more this month, that would bring my account current and the late fees would stop. Like putting a bandaid on a decapitation. Sigh.
Know any good car pranks? Seems a certain housemate left town for a week with her boyfriend and let her boyfriend leave his car in our carport without considering that another housemate would be buying a car before she got back and might just want to park it in the carport he pays rent on. Time for a little smackdown. Ideas?
An obvious sign that nothing is happening with the revamp: I\’ve added comments to the temporary blog.
Take the distributor cap and lines off. (Saw it in Groundhog Day.)
shoe polish! toilet paper! shaving cream!
it\’ll be fun! and since the car is in the carport…it\’s protected from the rain!
(side note: if you do this…i wanna help. i\’m the shoe polish queen.)
wow, comments on the temporary blog. you\’re right leia, this doesn\’t bode well for the new layout.
peanut butter under the door handles is always a classic. or, if you had the keys you could fill the entire car full of wadded up newspaper.
Did she know you were going to buy a car? Maybe it just slipped her mind?
i really like the peanut butter under the door handles idea…or if it is a small car, get some burly friends to come over to pick it up and move it!
No keys, unfortunately. And now it looks like there won\’t be a new car. I\’m still irked though that she didn\’t ask. I don\’t want to be responsible if something happens to the car (that I didn\’t do).
Liking the PB idea. Will that damage the paint?
One of these should do the trick
http://www.prankplace.com/smashed.htm
This post made my top headlines.
I apologize for leaving my car in the carport. I was under the understanding that I was allowed to leave it there (weren\’t you the one who told me that in the first place, Leia?) but I obviously misunderstood. It won\’t happen again; I\’ll park my car on the street from now on. And of course I won\’t hold you responsible for any non-prank occurrences.
It seems pretty inconsiderate, though, to go on a rant in a public forum without even attempting to communicate in person first. Neither of us received emails about this telling us that it was an issue. Perhaps with private communication you would have known that it wasn\’t Julie\’s decision, and you wouldn\’t have falsely blamed her in public.
If you consider Julie a friend, treat her like one. Make sure you\’ve given her a chance to present her side of the story (not to mention get all the information) before going on a public rant at her expense.
I think Julie deserves an apology.
try spirit foam! Write HONKY LIPS on the rear window. dude.
Jason, whoa, sounds like somebody woke up on the wrong side of the Boston tea party.
I\’m sorry julie.
Nice move alienating your girlfriend\’s roommates with *your* public rant, Jason. Smooth.
I\’m sorry jeremy.
I\’m sorry chimchim.
It helps to know chemestry majors in college. Out in the real world though? Despite it\’s many uses it\’s still hard to find. Try asking around your local welding supply company.
Okay so I know it\’s a bit involved but here:
buy two cans of shaving cream and freeze them with liquid nitrogen. Now cut the cans away from the frozen shaving cream and throw the frozen brick-o-creams inside the car.
When they thaw they\’ll expand. Two cans is generally enough to fill a small to moderate sized car with foam.
Wow, Morgan, I\’m impressed. Where might one purchase liquid nitrogen? No reason, really, just curious … what?!