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Car of Leaves
Jan. 6th, 2009 02:36 pmI'm having fantastic luck with 2009 so far.
By which I mean, "Oh sodding hell, what next?"
First off, my laptop started to go all wonky. At first, it would simply freeze, and I'd have to force a restart. But when I booted it, all I got were teensy vertical lines before the screen began to bleed white. This happened several times. Tech support seems to think it's the monitor that's going, so they're sending someone out tomorrow to replace the screen. With luck, that'll work and I'll be able to use the computer on a regular basis again at my apartment.
Which brings us to the second heap of wonderfulness. A cigarette-smoking smell is somehow creeping into my apartment. It's becoming unbearable. I'm sometimes able to get rid of it by opening the patio doors for a few hours, but outside tends to be in the penguin range of temperatures. And no matter how many times I bug maintenance, they still haven't come up to take a look into it. I am starting to get very cross.
And third, the turgid icing on this sewage-cake that will probably end up being the worst week of 2009, is my car. A few days ago, while escaping from the tobacco stench in my apartment, I began to smell what seemed to be burning leaves. This didn't seem too odd at the time, except it kept happening every so often, like a burning cuckoo clock. So, when I got home, I went to pop open the hood, with the intent of checking the various fluids. Up goes the hood, and SURPRISE LEAVES! The engine was PACKED with leaves - every little bit was at least covered with dead treestuff. Something, a critter of sorts, had gathered up all the leaves and pine needles nearby and built a nest in my car. The hell! Not only that, it had chewed off a good amount of insulation from the hood. I haven't found any dead squirrels in there - yet. It's probably only a matter of time.
This week has me a bit frustrated. Agh.
By which I mean, "Oh sodding hell, what next?"
First off, my laptop started to go all wonky. At first, it would simply freeze, and I'd have to force a restart. But when I booted it, all I got were teensy vertical lines before the screen began to bleed white. This happened several times. Tech support seems to think it's the monitor that's going, so they're sending someone out tomorrow to replace the screen. With luck, that'll work and I'll be able to use the computer on a regular basis again at my apartment.
Which brings us to the second heap of wonderfulness. A cigarette-smoking smell is somehow creeping into my apartment. It's becoming unbearable. I'm sometimes able to get rid of it by opening the patio doors for a few hours, but outside tends to be in the penguin range of temperatures. And no matter how many times I bug maintenance, they still haven't come up to take a look into it. I am starting to get very cross.
And third, the turgid icing on this sewage-cake that will probably end up being the worst week of 2009, is my car. A few days ago, while escaping from the tobacco stench in my apartment, I began to smell what seemed to be burning leaves. This didn't seem too odd at the time, except it kept happening every so often, like a burning cuckoo clock. So, when I got home, I went to pop open the hood, with the intent of checking the various fluids. Up goes the hood, and SURPRISE LEAVES! The engine was PACKED with leaves - every little bit was at least covered with dead treestuff. Something, a critter of sorts, had gathered up all the leaves and pine needles nearby and built a nest in my car. The hell! Not only that, it had chewed off a good amount of insulation from the hood. I haven't found any dead squirrels in there - yet. It's probably only a matter of time.
This week has me a bit frustrated. Agh.
