6.26.07

Category: dribblings

if you will recall, last year July tried to beat me down…and it did. it won. i gave up. i’m not proud, just human. and if you will recall, July actually started a little early…the last week in June to be exact. and IF. YOU WILL. RECALL. (and you will) it started with a shitload, if you will (and you will), of plumbing problems.

now i hate to get paranoid, okay? but i can’t help but notice that it’s starting up again. the exact same week and the exact same thing: plumbing. and all’s i can say is if this leads to the death of one of my pets? i’m quitting.

“well here’s yer problem, ma’am.”


this is side A of a 15 inch section of pipe they cut from my sink.

and here’s the other side of that 15″ piece of pipe:

you can’t see through it at all.

 Ceci n’est pas une pipe!

(the art degree was totally worth that.)

amazing in its grossitude, no?
but how does something like this happen? it’s simple really. plumbing, you see, is all a matter of gravity. oh yes.
so if all is moving well (read: water is actually flowing through the pipe) then sludge and gunk and other such waste will flow through the pipe and out to the sewer which is also a system dependent on gravity…but it’s the city’s system so if that breaks it’s on the city.

if, on the other hand, (the hand that is flipping me the bird,) IF say, instead of gravity working through my pipes to move the water along, and instead the water is pouring out a hole and into my walls, and then leaking, nay, streaming out the side of my house like a glorious waterfall of disgusting sewage spewing forth from the bottom of my vinyl siding…if THAT’S what’s happening (and it is) well, then the water isn’t moving the sludgegunk through the pipes and instead a perfect example of arteriosclerosis is happening to my pipes as well as a fungross rotting problem happening to walls that i can’t actually get to.

i’m starting to think i’m cursed.

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quick! here’s a picture of roxy with a chewie (not chewbacca):

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in other, better news:
i’m trying to learn to juggle 4 balls (4 clubs is next) and today for the first time i was able to flash four balls! well, actually i guess i did it last week synchronized, but i did it asynch today! i’m kinda proud and i can’t wait to get better at this!
(the animation is Java so it might take a minute to load. then you have to hold the mouse over the picture to see it move. but it’s a great way to see what i’m talking about.)

so to sum up:
July is on it’s menacing way
plumbing woes
awesome dog!
juggle nerd

oh! and today at lunch i went through the BK drive thru and got a Mocha Joe…holy , those things are delicious! i’m sure they are made of chemicals and fat, but they’re awesome.

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