EVERYTHING IS FIXED

[rosdrise]

So, the highlight of my week/month/early birthday present is ~*~water pressure~*~.

I took a shower this morning and it was amaaaaazing. Plus, the water turned off all the way! Bonus!

After a week of having shit thrown at me and my money taken from me, this week is shaping up to be quite nice. Storytime!

The water company located the shutoff valve last week. It's in the parkway and was apparently buried when they filled it in withe dirt after replacing the sidewalk this summer. Side note: their attempt and trying to grow grass there is pretty pathetic. They threw down some grass seeds and walked away. It hasn't rained all summer... I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO WORK. If I wasn't a renter, I'd care, but right now I'm more pissed that they didn't think I might need access to my water shut-off valve. :/

The plumber came yesterday morning with the new faucet for my tub. The cold water knob on the old one had just stopped working completely and I had a nice steady stream of water I couldn't stop. (AKA MORE MONEY). After fiddling around with the shutoff valve (and scaring my cat each time he entered the house) he finally got it off and switched out the faucet.

He told me he was done and that I should complain to my landlord about my water pressure (or lack there of. Then, after standing outside on the phone for about 10 minutes, he came back (before I packed up my stuff to head to the office, luckily). Apparently he'd got the go-ahead from my landlord to take a look at my pipes and was that alright?

(*ASH)(D*&)( YES.

Guys? He showed me the piece of pipe he removed from the water heater. It was just this short little bend portion and it was COMPLETELY blocked up with crud. I don't even know how ANY water made it through that thing. I'm guessing it was just years of buildup from the crappy water in this city. If I owned the house I might have looked into it more, but as it is he just replaced that piece and VOILA. Now I'm going to have ACTUAL BUBBLES in the sink when I do dishes.

I'm living the high life, for real.

Other happenings this week that aren't nearly as awesome:

• No weight loss even though I was super good. That's annoying.


• Finished Outlander, FINALLY. That book was so. freaking. dull. I didn't think I'd ever finish it. This Sunday, I had to force myself to sit down and read the damn thing so I didn't have to renew it again. I never should have started it the first place, considering I only heard about it because the author was bitching about fanfiction. But it was a love story! With time travel! GUESS THE REVIEWS FORGOT TO MENTION THAT NOTHING HAPPENS IN THE ENTIRE 600+ PAGES, SERIOUSLY I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE. TALK ABOUT MEDICINE SOME MORE, CLAIRE. HOW MANY COLORS IS JAMIE'S HAIR MADE OF. SAY 'KEN' A FEW MORE TIMES SINCE YOU'RE SCOTTISH. PLEASE SHOOT ME. Even when some pretty horrendous shit went down in the end I couldn't bring myself to care. I just wanted it to be over. So no, I don't recommend it. But I have The Hunger Games waiting in the wings to start, so I'm pretty stoked about that.


• Mad Men is the best show ever. It should get all the awards, forever


• Colts Win!

Comments

[gentleluver.livejournal.com]

yay for water pressure!

I was shocked at how cheerful betty was this week. It made me yearn for the good ol' days. Was bummed we didn't get to see Sally at the concert. And I felt so bad for Pete.

[cranberrysheep.livejournal.com]

It's ridiculous how excited I am about water. I've gone so long with it sucking that I'd just gotten used to it. I forgot how nice it is!

I wasn't sure how Betty was going to react to the questions. Part of me wonders why she didn't tell, because she isn't exactly the World's Nicest Person. Maybe she was just caught off guard, maybe she was embarrassed that she fell for Don's lies for so long? Or maybe she was actually looking out for Don because she does still care about him? Who knows, it's Mad Men, I never know what those people are thinking.

Oh, but Pete is just so blind to his own faults. He kept going on about how he was one of the only honest people in the world... telling it to Trudy, the woman he cheated on. It's hard for me to drum up sympathy for him, though Roger was totally out of line. I do like how Pete helps Don though, he's totes his father figure.

[gentleluver.livejournal.com]

I was glad Betty didn't tattle, too. I think her responses to the questions were telling--telling us she still has a thing for Don! Didn't you get that sense when he came to Gene's bday party and was playing with him? She stared at him. I could be grasping at straws because I hate Henry Francis because he's so BORING.

I am scared over the Don/Pete relationship because I'm not sure Pete dropped the account because he is loyal to Don. I think he deeply resented it, but maybe did it because he felt he had to because he doesn't think the company can survive without Don? So I think in the future, Pete will royally screw Don once and for all. Probably once he learns Lucky Strike is gone.

I didn't like the Joan/abortion storyline at all! It felt inauthentic.

I like Roger in the ep. He's so unlikeable, but it takes guts to be that guy. I like that he was so giddy for Joan to get the abortion and how he yelled at Pete.

[cranberrysheep.livejournal.com]

Oh, I definitely think she's still hung up on Don. Remember when she got drunk because he was on a date at the same restaurant she was at?

I feel like Henry Francis is more like a father. He's always teaching her how to behave properly. Aaaaand... that got really twisted when I started thinking about it more. Especially since I saw someone on the TWOP board speculating that Betty may have been abused as a child. Doubt that's true, but now I'm creeped out.

I'm sure he resented it, but I can't help but recall the times that he's so pleased when Don is impressed with him.

Roger is hilarious, but he's such a jerk. Agreed about the Joan storyline, I didn't really see the point. We know that she's gotten abortions before, I don't see why we had to put her through that again.

[gentleluver.livejournal.com]

Dude, actually, I listened to too much Loveline back in the day and back when the show referred more to Betty's relationship with her mom, I also wondered if she was sexually abused. I doubt the show will actually deal with that head-on because it's too melodramatic for Mad Men, but I was reminded of that theory when I saw how Betty freaked out over Sally's masturbating.

I think, with Pete being a partner, the days of him shitting himself over Don's approval are going away.

You know, with Lucky Strike being out, part of me secretly wishes that they'd bring Salvatore back because isn't their current artistic director an idiot?

[jennekohan.livejournal.com]

Agh I'm glad that is working fine now! And btw I need you to send me your address!