what is this "heat" you speak of?

it's true. about a week and a half ago, they shut my heat off. well, heat to the entire building.... but since i'm the only person living in this fucking jail of a place, i think of it as my heat. my bathroom. my curtainless public shower. my doors with the plugs in the locks. it's all mine, dammit!

anywho, i heard a couple of people talking outside my door this morning (~11 am), and they kept saying my name.... it kind of annoyed/intrigued me, so i stepped out into the hall and greeted them as best i can at that early hour. i think it went something along the lines of "uhh.... hey, i'm still here.... whazzz shakin?" ingelligent, yes? witty? ok, for fuck's sake, i work graveyard... 11 am to me is like 3 am for most normal 9-to-5 folks.

it turned out to be Thomas the maintenance man and Pete the janitoral dude. they couldn't believe anybody would stay in this dorm over the break, and when i told them that Housing had run out of space heaters, i think they dubbed me "Yukon Woman" in their minds. after discussions of staying alive in sub-freezing weather took place, i went back to bed.

not two hours later, somebody's knocking on my door. i believe a "WhaYeahhh??" was my ever-so-clever response this time. I did NOT expect to hear a man call out in falsetto "Your friendly neighbourhood heating lady!" through my door..... surprise, surprise!! it was Thomas the maintenance man! and he had brought me a space heater from the maintenance supplies.

Thomas, you are my hero. even if you scared the shit outta me early in the morning with your fake-woman rapisty voice.

yeah. that was the highlight of my day.

oh! and i told a knock-knock joke at work.... it went something like this:

Me: "knock knock!"

Joe: "who's there?"

Me: "interrupting cow!"

Joe: "interrupting.... cow... who?"

-pause-

Me: "Dammit! I fuck that one up every time!"

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that is all.

Currently:
reading- Tales from the Arabian Nights as translated by Richard F. Burton
listening to- my loverly loverly space heater pop and crackle with goodness!! and "Different Drum" as performed by Me First & The Gimme-Gimmes