From: Jessica Murray <death.to.koalas@gmail.com>
To: the initial landlord
just an update on this...
i
think i've been able to determine it *is* the drain and it *isn't* the
pipe. the experiment that i did was that i dumped pot after pot after
pot of water into the drain. this reproduced the problem of water under
the platform (i could tell by pushing on it and hearing it squish). i
stopped before i created a leak, but that was enough to convince me of
the nature of the problem.
i've also observed water
draining into the crack around the drain. in fact, the crack seems to
fill up and then spill over into the drain. i don't think it should be
doing that, so i'm going to seal it tomorrow. i don't want to seal in
moisture. i'll let you know if that works.
i have a
good feeling about this working. if it doesn't work, i'm going to have
to agree that ripping it apart would be necessary. that would really
reduce the problem to a drain issue under the platform.
but i'm confident i've ruled out pipes. that's good news.
j
Thursday, October 10, 2013
enjoying the new night birds record
this is something else i probably would have written a review of back in july if i was living on this planet at the time.
the reason night birds are so refreshing is indeed nostalgic. this was one of my favourite sounds growing up. it basically doesn't exist anymore. finding these guys sorting through reviews a few years ago was like coming face to face with a leprechaun.
the reason night birds are so refreshing is indeed nostalgic. this was one of my favourite sounds growing up. it basically doesn't exist anymore. finding these guys sorting through reviews a few years ago was like coming face to face with a leprechaun.
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
i've been watching this spider here for several hours, now. it's been crawling around me every which way, over ceilings, behind canvasses and apparently along axes that i'm simply too primitive to comprehend. could it be hunting me? naw...
it's just looking for somewhere to park a corner web to catch little insects. i don't mind a spider or two. i've seen grosser bugs down here (what are those goofy ones that tumble around, over-enthusiastically, anyways? they remind me of retrievers, sort of. some kind of centipede, i think. but they're built like hyperactive, bouncing squares. i'm always suppressing a giggle, and then they get away.), and if the spiders can help with that then that's a good thing. if they get out of hand, in comes the vacuum, but one or two at a time is fine.
then, why does it seem like this web is going to be roughly five by five? feet, that is.
fortunately, the spider seems a little confused about my movement. let alone about my weight. see, it seems to think i'm likely to throw myself directly into the wall. well, i guess it throws itself directly into the wall. it's just relating it's own experiences the way that it knows how. perhaps? what else can explain a five by five web in the middle of a wall?
so, i'm debating my strategies, here. i have to admit i'm a little irked about my perceived role as a food source. fucking eight-eyes. yet, i admire the thing's sheer insolence.
mom
I don't mind a small spider or 2...But the centipedes give me the creepy crawlies!
jessica amber murray
they're too hilarious. i want to toss a frisbie at one....
mom
Well... I have had one or two crawl up my jean pant leg in the past...Yikes!
jessica amber murray
ok, do you mean the big square ones? i don't mean the long ones. i don't think they're actually centipedes, but i think they're related to centipedes.
mom
It was the long thin brownish ones covered with legs and they are fast!... Not sure what the big square ones are?
jessica amber murray
yeah, that's not what i mean. those are just yick. i mean these awkward looking things that really have four big legs. when they run, they're constantly just off balance enough to make it look like they're going to fall over.
they sort of gallop.
it's hilarious.
mom
LOL...If you say so...
jessica amber murray
i'm generally ok with bugs. the only really freaky moment i can recall is the time i got attacked by a praying mantis. and those things are actually huge. i don't know if you've ever seen one - first and last time i have.
mom
No...But one time a walking stick was on my arm and kinda freaked me out....
jessica amber murray
i was coming home very early in the morning from a party, and it flew in the door when i opened up, sat on the ground for a second, and then lunged itself at me. i got my arm up in time to knock it down, which also smashed it into the wall. i panicked and went after it with a frying pan...
it was at least a foot long. i thought it was a bird at first...
mom
OMG! Yikes!
jessica amber murray
worse, was nobody believed me. dad just laughed at me and told me to stop doing so many drugs. then, a few years later when i saw a shrew in the basement (and i know the difference between a shrew and a mouse, thank you), it was just like i got attacked by the praying mantis and i should stop doing psychedelics...
(it's important because most shrews are poisonous, so you don't want to treat them like mice!)
the one that went after me was bright, lime, glowing green.
i don't know if this guy realizes that thing is poisonous. i find most people don't know this. i spent too many hours reading biology books as a kid, i guess.
it's just looking for somewhere to park a corner web to catch little insects. i don't mind a spider or two. i've seen grosser bugs down here (what are those goofy ones that tumble around, over-enthusiastically, anyways? they remind me of retrievers, sort of. some kind of centipede, i think. but they're built like hyperactive, bouncing squares. i'm always suppressing a giggle, and then they get away.), and if the spiders can help with that then that's a good thing. if they get out of hand, in comes the vacuum, but one or two at a time is fine.
then, why does it seem like this web is going to be roughly five by five? feet, that is.
fortunately, the spider seems a little confused about my movement. let alone about my weight. see, it seems to think i'm likely to throw myself directly into the wall. well, i guess it throws itself directly into the wall. it's just relating it's own experiences the way that it knows how. perhaps? what else can explain a five by five web in the middle of a wall?
so, i'm debating my strategies, here. i have to admit i'm a little irked about my perceived role as a food source. fucking eight-eyes. yet, i admire the thing's sheer insolence.
mom
I don't mind a small spider or 2...But the centipedes give me the creepy crawlies!
jessica amber murray
they're too hilarious. i want to toss a frisbie at one....
mom
Well... I have had one or two crawl up my jean pant leg in the past...Yikes!
jessica amber murray
ok, do you mean the big square ones? i don't mean the long ones. i don't think they're actually centipedes, but i think they're related to centipedes.
mom
It was the long thin brownish ones covered with legs and they are fast!... Not sure what the big square ones are?
jessica amber murray
yeah, that's not what i mean. those are just yick. i mean these awkward looking things that really have four big legs. when they run, they're constantly just off balance enough to make it look like they're going to fall over.
they sort of gallop.
it's hilarious.
mom
LOL...If you say so...
jessica amber murray
i'm generally ok with bugs. the only really freaky moment i can recall is the time i got attacked by a praying mantis. and those things are actually huge. i don't know if you've ever seen one - first and last time i have.
mom
No...But one time a walking stick was on my arm and kinda freaked me out....
jessica amber murray
i was coming home very early in the morning from a party, and it flew in the door when i opened up, sat on the ground for a second, and then lunged itself at me. i got my arm up in time to knock it down, which also smashed it into the wall. i panicked and went after it with a frying pan...
it was at least a foot long. i thought it was a bird at first...
mom
OMG! Yikes!
jessica amber murray
worse, was nobody believed me. dad just laughed at me and told me to stop doing so many drugs. then, a few years later when i saw a shrew in the basement (and i know the difference between a shrew and a mouse, thank you), it was just like i got attacked by the praying mantis and i should stop doing psychedelics...
(it's important because most shrews are poisonous, so you don't want to treat them like mice!)
the one that went after me was bright, lime, glowing green.
i don't know if this guy realizes that thing is poisonous. i find most people don't know this. i spent too many hours reading biology books as a kid, i guess.
Jessica Amber Murray
sssssssssoooooooooo, i guess you found somebody else to talk to. probably more healthy. fwiw, i'm currently sleeping in the afternoons/evenings. it took a long time to respond because i was sleeping from around noon to around 7:00. but that's in constant flux, likely to change within a few days....
Shelly Teagan
That is so ridic
No i didnt find anyone to talk to
Just havent had tine to respond
Its all like a bunch of dudes all the time
And confusing mah brain
sssssssssoooooooooo, i guess you found somebody else to talk to. probably more healthy. fwiw, i'm currently sleeping in the afternoons/evenings. it took a long time to respond because i was sleeping from around noon to around 7:00. but that's in constant flux, likely to change within a few days....
Shelly Teagan
That is so ridic
No i didnt find anyone to talk to
Just havent had tine to respond
Its all like a bunch of dudes all the time
And confusing mah brain
Monday, October 7, 2013
Shelly Teagan
JESSICA I AM SO OVERWHELMED WITH EMOTION
WE NEED TO HAVE GIRL TALKS
IMMEDIATELY
do you have skype? ? ? ?
Jessica Amber Murray
i don't. i suppose i could get it. but then i'd lose the comfort that comes with a block on actual physical appearance. it would be "give me an hour, so i can get ready for skype". which strikes me as sort of surreal. what's up?
JESSICA I AM SO OVERWHELMED WITH EMOTION
WE NEED TO HAVE GIRL TALKS
IMMEDIATELY
do you have skype? ? ? ?
Jessica Amber Murray
i don't. i suppose i could get it. but then i'd lose the comfort that comes with a block on actual physical appearance. it would be "give me an hour, so i can get ready for skype". which strikes me as sort of surreal. what's up?
Friday, October 4, 2013
first impressions on the new touche amore record
you can tell they used brad wood, as the sound is a lot brighter. it's a turn-off at first, but i'm getting used to it. i'm actually hearing what i'm interpreting as a weird influx of influence from charles spearin....
it's a more commercially viable record, and it gets a little too close to generic emo for me at points, but it still bites and it largely avoids the cheese that has bogged the genre down so badly. that's what attracted me to the band in the first place. it's like....they're walking back towards the point i was hoping the genre had left behind, but haven't gone so far that they're unlistenable.
yet. ?.
a haphazard review, yes. i'm missing the darker, more claustrophobic sound. yet, that's not to say i don't like brighter, more expansive punk, so it's....it's just going to take some time to form a stronger opinion.
yeah. this is sinking in well, especially through headphones. the lyrical continuity through the disc is also....funny thing is it's kind of exactly what i'm thinking about right now. this could become a sort of an important disc to me....
the shift to a more major-keyed sound is definitely impeding the record's passive re-listenability, though.
it's a more commercially viable record, and it gets a little too close to generic emo for me at points, but it still bites and it largely avoids the cheese that has bogged the genre down so badly. that's what attracted me to the band in the first place. it's like....they're walking back towards the point i was hoping the genre had left behind, but haven't gone so far that they're unlistenable.
yet. ?.
a haphazard review, yes. i'm missing the darker, more claustrophobic sound. yet, that's not to say i don't like brighter, more expansive punk, so it's....it's just going to take some time to form a stronger opinion.
yeah. this is sinking in well, especially through headphones. the lyrical continuity through the disc is also....funny thing is it's kind of exactly what i'm thinking about right now. this could become a sort of an important disc to me....
the shift to a more major-keyed sound is definitely impeding the record's passive re-listenability, though.
Thursday, October 3, 2013
RE: shower again, and check
From: the initial landlord
To: "'Jessica Murray'" <death.to.koalas@gmail.com>
Jessica, there is a black rubber seal that fits around the outside of the black drain pipe that is about 3" in diameter. If we have sealed all the seams so that water is not getting down below the pan, we then have to look at the drain one more time before we pull the shower out to investigate below the pan. I will look at other fittings that could replace the existing drain with new parts that will create a seal. If that does not work the fitting below could be cracked or the glue that holds the fittings together may have let go. After that I will pull the shower out to investigate.
As for the direct deposit let me know how it will need to be set up and we explore that option.
To: "'Jessica Murray'" <death.to.koalas@gmail.com>
Jessica, there is a black rubber seal that fits around the outside of the black drain pipe that is about 3" in diameter. If we have sealed all the seams so that water is not getting down below the pan, we then have to look at the drain one more time before we pull the shower out to investigate below the pan. I will look at other fittings that could replace the existing drain with new parts that will create a seal. If that does not work the fitting below could be cracked or the glue that holds the fittings together may have let go. After that I will pull the shower out to investigate.
As for the direct deposit let me know how it will need to be set up and we explore that option.
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
file for appspot site: main.py
import os
from google.appengine.ext import webapp
from google.appengine.ext.webapp import util
from google.appengine.ext.webapp import template
class MainHandler(webapp.RequestHandler):
def get (self, q):
if q is None:
q = 'index.html'
path = os.path.join (os.path.dirname (__file__), q)
self.response.headers ['Content-Type'] = 'text/html'
self.response.out.write (template.render (path, {}))
def main ():
application = webapp.WSGIApplication ([('/(.*html)?', MainHandler)], debug=True)
util.run_wsgi_app (application)
if __name__ == '__main__':
main ()
from google.appengine.ext import webapp
from google.appengine.ext.webapp import util
from google.appengine.ext.webapp import template
class MainHandler(webapp.RequestHandler):
def get (self, q):
if q is None:
q = 'index.html'
path = os.path.join (os.path.dirname (__file__), q)
self.response.headers ['Content-Type'] = 'text/html'
self.response.out.write (template.render (path, {}))
def main ():
application = webapp.WSGIApplication ([('/(.*html)?', MainHandler)], debug=True)
util.run_wsgi_app (application)
if __name__ == '__main__':
main ()
file for appspot site: app.yaml
application: dghjdfsghkrdghdgja
version: 1
runtime: python
api_version: 1
handlers:
- url: /(.*\.(gif|png|jpg|ico|js|css))
static_files: \1
upload: (.*\.(gif|png|jpg|ico|js|css))
- url: .*
script: main.py
version: 1
runtime: python
api_version: 1
handlers:
- url: /(.*\.(gif|png|jpg|ico|js|css))
static_files: \1
upload: (.*\.(gif|png|jpg|ico|js|css))
- url: .*
script: main.py
Shelly Teagan
Omfg everyone at my school is such a douche.
Its so unbearable. Im officially the freak again
Bhahahaha
Jessica Amber Murray
carry on. but did you call sarah? i like being a freak :P
Shelly Teagan
No i didnt yet. Also, what do i say???
Jessica Amber Murray
well, it's probably too late now, anyways. i was just hoping for an "are you ok?". a line from a song i like: "you, with your normal job, and your normal clothes, and your normal hair - you're fucked!"
Shelly Teagan
Lolol
Jessica Amber Murray
i don't when or if you'll have time for that, but i think you'll find it comical. trolling an english prof...hard...
Shelly Teagan
???
haha
Jessica Amber Murray
i'm sorting through some files, that's the other thing i'm doing this year. i have this preposterous web page i've been working on since the early 00s...
Shelly Teagan
lol
Omfg everyone at my school is such a douche.
Its so unbearable. Im officially the freak again
Bhahahaha
Jessica Amber Murray
carry on. but did you call sarah? i like being a freak :P
Shelly Teagan
No i didnt yet. Also, what do i say???
Jessica Amber Murray
well, it's probably too late now, anyways. i was just hoping for an "are you ok?". a line from a song i like: "you, with your normal job, and your normal clothes, and your normal hair - you're fucked!"
Shelly Teagan
Lolol
Jessica Amber Murray
i don't when or if you'll have time for that, but i think you'll find it comical. trolling an english prof...hard...
Shelly Teagan
???
haha
Jessica Amber Murray
i'm sorting through some files, that's the other thing i'm doing this year. i have this preposterous web page i've been working on since the early 00s...
Shelly Teagan
lol
demo #6: bomb
again, i dunno about these lyrics, but i'm impressed by the music at points.
recorded in october, 1996. remastered on october 2, 2013.
recorded in october, 1996. remastered on october 2, 2013.
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