Posts made by Macha

Jason David Frank, 49. Possibly my favorite PR.

Back the end of July/beginning of August, the complex was refurbishing the apartment above ours, and caused a water leak in the kitchen, which came down into our kitchen ceiling. Water in the light fixture, you could see the lines darkening etc.

They replaced the light fixture with a new one. The new one has had water leak into it. The ceiling in one section of the kitchen was clearly more damaged than the rest, and has started to sag, etc. I also suspected mold, when about late August I started getting symptoms I'd had when a previous apartment had black mold. (Migraines getting worse, more intense allergy symptoms, etc)

The apt management had CLOSED the ticket about the damage in our ceiling, and did nothing. So, after 3 months, I called Code Enforcement - as had a friend in the next building over, for the SAME ISSUE - Water damage in the kitchen ceiling, and they weren't fixing it, and other issues that he had and we do not.

Code enforcement let it slip they had a LOT of calls for this complex as of late. I am not hating on immigrants, here, I want that to be clearly stated. But the guys they send around to replace flooring, and do the refurbishment - they speak pretty much no English, and my Spanish is not good enough to keep up. I also know no Portuguese, and a couple of them speak that. But they do not have the knowledge to do this work, do it correctly and in a decent time frame. The vinyl flooring they installed in the hallways, is not flat and even. It has little rises and falls, like waves on water. They all seem to be nice, pleasant guys. But they're clearly super cheap labor, and that's why they're here.

So after Code came, they sent a couple of the crew leads to look at the ceiling. And after I explained the sagging happening over the stove, where there is heat and steam, etc, was concerning, and that I suspected mold - they said they would cut out that part of the ceiling, check the beams for mold, and replace it. Great. That was all I could have asked for.

Then they turned around and said Code only said they had to paint, since the leak was 'long ago fixed'. (then why has there been water in our NEW light fixture? they don't seem to care that there was/may still be leaking along the electrical. like.. wtf?) I called Code, the guy laughed, told me they have until Monday to fix the issue, and he'll be here on Monday.

They sent 3 guys to put primer over the water damage. this is a job I could have done in 10 minutes, with an extendable roller and paint pan. Took them like an hour plus, all told. Told me they'd be back Monday to paint it. Well, while looking over their work.. we found mold growing through the ceiling, near where they had been painting over the stove. So, we took pictures. I sent an email, and BCC'd code guy, showing we've found mold growing through where I said we would, and repeating my request to cut out and replace the drywall after checking/treating the beams. We'll see how it goes.

@hedgehog I can't imagine 25 years of watching that. I am so sorry for your loss. I hope both you and your stepmom can maybe remember some good previous birthday shenanigans with your dad.

I know how hard it is, and I am terrible at words. My heart breaks for you.

@Scissors those bastages.

@LittleLizard I have been there. I went to the office manager, told her what was being said/done, and refused to see her again. Never did. She was gone a few months later.

I suppose going to the office manager or someone to talk about her blind spot isn't an option?

@JinShei I can pass the word to some Brit friends of mine, that aren't part of the hobby, if you like?

@ZombieGenesis It is very sad.

And today doubly sucks, because Gallagher of the Smash-O-Matic, 76

@il-volpe It sucks when something someone says here, screws with someone who didn't even say it!

@chibichibi I suppose it all comes down to what you're looking for?

This would hit my sisters harder than me, but... Aaron Carter, musician and child star, 34

@Ganymede Here in my city, middle school and high school at least, they struck a deal with city buses. Which sounds great, but it makes it hard for the non-student commuters sometimes. It's not a perfect solution either.

Jerry Lee Lewis, 87. Great Balls of Fire. I thought he was so much older than that.

So new dog was cuddled up, and somewhat under covers cuddling the other night. I dozed off, woke up at about 3am, and about had a heart attack. His ear that has a colored patch on it (He's almost all white) was flipped back, so all I saw was the white part of his face.

Despite this dog being much smaller than Logan, I freaking did a triple take and freaked out. It looked just like Logan would, passed out next to me. I took a picture, to make sure I wasn't crazier than I know I am.

I showed several people who all agreed, if I hadn't told them it wasn't Logan, they would have thought it was.

My one friend says Logan was just coming on by to say hi, and tell me he approved of me springing a new doggo out of jail. That thought makes me want to cry.
Pet tax:

I am so sick of the bullshit health insurance-provider-prescriptions dance.

My behavioral health provider has called out sick the last 3 times I had an appointment. I've been trying to get her to put me on something not Adderall. The Adderall ain't working, y'all.

Her poor secretary/handler/wth she is, has been doing her best to help me. She's at least kept me in Adderall, But when she has to send messages to the provider multiple times to get a script sent, it's a PITA.

Because of provider fuck up, I am without Adderall (They were supposed to call it in Thursday evening. Badass secretary was going to be out on Friday, so she couldn't follow up. They didn't put the script in until this morning. So my system is all out of whack, now (For me, a sudden med change will generally fuck with my sugars. No bueno. I crashed hard enough today that I can't shake the after feeling off)

@Arkandel -sarcastic response incoming- But Arkandel, they only allow /nobles/. Clearly a noble family wouldn't have such ongoings.

(sarcasm over)

@Nymeria No one said you can't create a monoethnic culture. It's when you want that creation to be shown to the entire world, you may want to realize some people may question it, especially if it is all white.

And when the person who created the existing setting admits he wasn't sure if he should make a certain group non-white because he didn't want to make it seem as black=bad, but has no problem with PoC being cast in the world he created... why do you? (As an aside, if you're going to be so up in arms about people being cast that don't match the descriptions, maybe you should write your own setting and lore and monoethnic story?)

Also, there are totally isolationist monoethnic cultures/supposedly sovereign nations in the current world. We call them white supremist compounds, here in the states.

Could it just have been that Martin grew up on fantasy settings, etc, that were portrayed by...well, white people? A huge amount of fantasy stories I recall, have a huge amount of white people.

Because the writers were usually white, so a lot of what was written back in the day in fantasy seems white. (I am not saying I am a huge expert. I am not. I read a ton of fantasy in my younger days, older stuff from my much older cousins/etc that got left around my gran's/aunt's house. But I don't remember a lot of people being not described as white)

(Interestingly enough, one of my favorite fantasy series involves travel, discussing the 'otherness' of cultures and looks of people the main character is not used to, I just realized. The man character says he's dark skinned, and brown haired, but is a little bit 'other' because of the color of his eyes. But a woman from the nearest region (they said North and South, not explicitly different countries) comes into his life, she's fair and blonde, etc etc. But then /she/ as the white, blond, blue eyes woman, is the 'other'. And I'm pretty certain that was written by a white woman. And that series came out.. a long time ago. 1986. I checked. )

If Martin can admit that having a less than lily white cast on House of Dragon is a good and welcome thing, and HoD is based on the prequel history.. Why can't you, Nymeria ?

I have another big sad. Bed knobs and Broomsticks, Mrs. Potts, all the tv shows she popped up on.. Angela Lansbury, 96

@hobos In response to this, there was in many, many, fantasy w/ nobility settings, fostering and adoption of non-family. It's kind of easy to explain why my character looks different from the rest of their siblings, if they were adopted. Yes, adopted children can be considered as much a sire or dam's child as one by blood. Especially in a country/world where there are battles and all sorts of things, where people would die - families wiped out, villages raided - I would think this would be an easy way to expand beyond one stereotype.

I have never read this particular source material, nor seen any of the adaptations barring clips here and there that crop up in my internet wanderings. (Please put down the torches and pitchforks).

I have a big sad. I remember her when I was rather young, with her accordion. Judy Tenuta, 72