So we opened presents for eachother tonight. I came home with cinimon bread and a cinimon roll for Lauren, and a bagget for me, so I can drink wine and eat cheese.
I got Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, which looks friggin awesome. Unfortunately I’ve vowed not to play it until I beat the first one, and I’m on the water level, which gives me a wicked bad headache when I play it. I gave Lauren the second season of Gilmore Girls and the Postal Service CD (mostly to apease
The nice thing about Metroid Prime 2 is it has a 4 player death-match mode so I can play it w/ people from church, which is cool, cuz I like 4 player games. Gaming is more fun w/ multiple people.
It was -8 degrees on the way to work today according to the bank sign, and my car said -4 outside. -2 when I was driving home. But oddly I thought there was a threshold of cold, where if you get colder than that your body will shut down instead of getting used to it. I thought that would have been now, but after spending most of the week at less than 0 degrees F, I’ve grown used to it. I can walk around outside for a while w/o buttoning my coat, don’t need a hat very often, and only need gloves for outside working over extended periods.
Finally I’ve been thinking about this saying lately. Part of growing is learning to let that which does not matter, not. The best person in the world is for learning how to get better at this is
EDIT: Someone just stole our load of whites out of the dryers. Who steals clothes? Isn’t that nuts, we lost a bunch of my underware and socks, as well as my undershirts. Also, we lost some of Laurens work shirts. Anyway, this is insane, and more annoying and weird than anything else. I don’t know how to approach the appartment company about adding some security to the laundry rooms, since it already requires a key and they have a “management not responsible for theft or damage to clothing” sign. Crazy world we live in where a guy in a controlled access building can get his clothes stolen.
hopelark says
xeyro says
it has a 4 player death-match mode so I can play it w/ people from church
I’d be willing to bet that has NEVER been said before.
xeyro says
PS–It IS cold out and that underwear WAS fresh from the dryer…nothing’s better on a cold day than a warm pair of underwear is there?
anchan218 says
Yeah, but underwear previously used by someone else. O_O; That is gross even if it was just cleaned… *shudder*
tehuatzi says
ha ha
That was funny.
tehuatzi says
Actually, that sucks. Clothes are expensive, esp. the workshirts.
In the off chance that someone took it by accident (small, but nonzero), you might put up a notice by the dryers saying, in an easygoing tone, that you lost a load of whites, and if someone happened to take it by accident, could they please leave it back down by the machines, or else give you guys a ring, or something. I dunno… just a thought.
Also, not that you did this, but don’t leave laundry down there overnight or anything. I can imagine someone getting annoyed at a dryer being tied up that they’d take the clothes in it just to spite the other person.
dwchang says
I am TEH UNDERWEAR THIEF :O
bigcat2k says
Yeah, I actually talked to the guy who had clothes in the same dryer when we went back to check it, and he said he didn’t see it.
Other than that we had two loads, one disappeared one didn’t, and the thrid dryer was free.
So Odd.
I thought about leaving a note, but I’m not sure how I want to phrase it. Mostly I think I’m going to complain that they should install cameras in those rooms since they have them everywhere else (elevators, entry-ways, etc.).
We’ve had a couple other things disappear from the laundry room as well, but never a whole load. So I’m thinking there is a laundry theif who is getting bolder. My Dad said “Maybe it is some freak with a collection, that would be weird.” It’s funny how my Dad the pastor can bring things down to an even dirtier / freakier level than you thought possible. He does that a lot.
bigcat2k says
YOU IS THE UNDIE-WARES THEIF….OMGWTFBBQ87!!!!!!!!!!!!!111!111!!!111!!11!!1!2
ALL THE WAY FROM AUSTIN YOU STOLEDED MY UNDERWARES
tehuatzi says
As far as phrasing a note, I think the key thing (besides an open, non-agressive tone) is to say something like “if you accidentally picked up our load instead of yours” or something like that, to communicate that you’re not calling anyone a thief, to allow them to save face, and to not feel like they’ve got to walk into someone’s anger and accusation to give it back.
That will also help you come across as someone they would want to give laundry back to.
It’s not like your clothes are likely to fit them. How much money can you make off a bag of someone’s used clothes, anyway?
rschmit says
Would the act of stealing clothes from a dryer and giving them to a collection for the poor be view as good?
Would the two acts cancel each other out?
What if you just took half?
Yes, these thoughts kept me sitting silently in my chair, pondering, for a good five minutes. Maybe five and a half, until I saw the shiny booby thing on the tv and got utterly distracted.
It’s been a slow day.
rschmit says
Q: What do script kiddiez wear to bed?
A: UnderWAREZ!
Man am I bored. I’m making script kiddy jokes now.
I need help.
rschmit says
Oh, and have you considered the possiblity of the monkey who lives in your closet. I know I’ve had trouble with monkeys stealing my underwear at night. I’ve found a shoe-throwing-based defense to be most satisfactory in protecting my boxers.
lumaya says
maybe a homeless person snuck in and stole your underwear since its so cold. So really maybe you did a good deed by leaving your underwear there overnight…..? 🙂
And just a side note, I think Alex is pretty good at knowing most things that matter…Maybe not perfect yet but getting there ;D
Hope everyone is having a great holiday!
bigcat2k says
We didn’t leave it there overnight…it was there for no more than two hours.
Yes he is getting better at that all the time, Alex is awesome like that. Our little boy is ALL GROWNZED UP.