missmiah | I'm behind

I know I promised to update on Sis's wedding and the move and Afterglow. (psst... read

quibbling) but I can't because it's too fucking hot.

The AC broke down again. Second time since I moved in 13 days ago.

devsgma was brilliant enough to figure out what the problem most likely is. Something about the humidity and the gunk in the vents and the AC being brilliantly cold most of the time and the furnace vent literally freezing. So no cold air comes out. Which means the AC chugs away but the house gets back up to 85 or 90 and the animals get all lethargic and panty and Miah gets all lethargic and barfy.

Upshot is that if I turn the AC off long enough the vents defrost and I get cold air again. For about a week. And then it freezes. Again.

And why the fuck does this always happen on a weekend or after 6 o'clock when the realtor is closed so I can't call and complain and have to spend the day/night/whatever in the heat waiting for my vent to defrost like a refrigerator?

Did I mention that when the house gets hot the stench of cat piss comes rolling out of the carpet padding in the small bedroom and the living room like an evil fog that makes me want to barf for a completely different reason? The people before us apparently didn't believe that problem kitties need to be locked up in rooms without carpet.

In other news - I adore my new icon. I colored the smurfs myself, because it is impossible to find purple smurfs anywhere (the GNAP was from the French version where the smurf was black) and I know they existed. The purple smurfs were just like the Rage infected zombies from 28 Days Later, if the zombies were very tiny and ran around yelling Gnap and biting tails. Aren't they cranky looking? La la lala la la, la lala la la

Gnap! Gnap! Gnap! Gnap! Gnap!

That's quite the Myrtle interview over there -- v. informative. (Hee. Cake.)

I'm sorry you're melting. Air conditioners are bastards! They're like Jerry Lewis! The AC in my car's dead, dead, dead, and I dropped $264 on fixing it, and still no dice. Humph. When I left the mechanics they said to come back within two weeks to check everything out ... and I'll be back. Oh, yesss.

(Luckily I get paid again on the 7th, so the Bruce trip should still be on. Although I haven't heard from Janét about her plans yet.)