There was a black cloud following me yesterday. I came home from work to the news that the plumber had to shut off the water at my place, because an upstairs bathroom was leaking to the point that it caused part of the ceiling to fall in the 1st floor. Basically, I got two things from this:
- My landlord should have hired a real contractor to remodel that bathroom, instead of one random day laborer with a bucket and a metal spatula.
- I live in a death trap.
So I called a few friends to find a place to stay for the night with running water, so that I could take care of the “Three S’s“(sh*t, shower & shave, in that order) comfortably the next morning. Once I finally found someone who didn’t give me the runaround or a bullsh*t excuse as to why I couln’t stay, I made my way over.
Upon arriving at this destination near 14th Street, I was greeted by the news that a manhole exploded and the cover shot 20 feet in the air. As a result, the power went out for what looked like a 4 or 5 block radius.
I went from not being able to wash my ass, to being able to wash by ass in the dark, all over the course of a few hours. The power was still off this morning, but I got to take care of two of the three S’s. I did not shave, since shaving by candlelight seemed like a recipie for disaster. I’d be walking around with toilet paper on my face trying to stop all the bleeding! Instead, I am walking around with a 5 o’clock shadow and a wrinkled shirt on since I could not iron.
It doesn’t matter, because even in a wrinkled shirt, my swagger is dominant! I refuse to let yesterday evening ruin my day today. That said, I really hope they cut the water back on at my place.
P.S., I really wanted to write an entry on Eliot Spitzer, titled “Gov’s Got Hoes In Different Area Codes“, but due to my electricity outage, I couldn’t do it. Gawker already beat me to the clever headlines, anyway!
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His hoe is in the same area code anyway, that’s why it became a Federal crime, because he sent her across state lines for his little romp…
2 out of three isnt bad lol
aw man leon that sucks. if it makes you feel better, i didn’t have hot water yesterday, so i was clean but cold. *whomp*
this spitzer ish is crazy. on ny1 they’re already profiling his wife and showing all these nice and loving things she said about her (soon to be ex?) husband.
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I’m sure you’re still FYNE unshaven and wrinkled…
And, oh… my dear Spitzer… is it bad that I laugh at him with every headline I read? That’s not very Christian of me, but, OH WELL, ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!
OMG. my power was out in my apartment for 2 and 1/2 weeks before everything got back to working properly. But it shows who your firends are, the person that was there when I discovered my power problem did not and still has not answered their phone. I can take that hint “Dont bring your ass over here”.
Anyways Hope all is good now. Nothing is cute about consecutive days of wrinkled shirts. I dont care how much swag you have.