Comments for Metaplanar Babel

Comment on Scary days by FishHead

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:43:27 +0000

Scary days indeed. It’s going to be rough going for me for a least the next bit. It’s really hitting me hard.

Comment on “Only Terrorists have freedom” by FishHead

Tue, 17 Apr 2007 03:07:54 +0000

Not a good day. Not at all.

Comment on Oh! It’s Smile Time! by cruinh

Wed, 15 Nov 2006 15:32:51 +0000

I really really can’t wait to get to that episode ^_^ Only 4 seasons to go… =\

Comment on IM WTF? by cruin

Mon, 09 Oct 2006 01:00:46 +0000

This person you’re IM’ing is obviously some sort of supernatural creature with power over the laws of time and space. I mean, look at him! You can see it in those beady little eyes. *shiver*

Comment on IM WTF? by jena

Fri, 06 Oct 2006 11:43:46 +0000

Oh I knew there was a logical answer, but it’s still kinda weird.

Comment on IM WTF? by Fishhead

Thu, 05 Oct 2006 21:50:32 +0000

nah.. if you lose connection, you get logged back in, but sometimes the idle timer isn’t reset.

Comment on IM WTF? by brendan

Thu, 05 Oct 2006 15:02:23 +0000

Heh, welcome to the world of unusual IM. My Jabber server occasionally suggests I’ve been online for -3 years and xx minutes.. usually if the clock has jumped too far forward.

Comment on After Move: Week 1 by Fishhead

Fri, 15 Sep 2006 20:19:47 +0000

I still manage to be a bit of a night owl, even though I’ve entered the “real life” stage of life. I can see how 1 am is rather late for some people though.

However, you’re right, they should’ve turned things down after you asked. And sleep is much more preferable to having to yell at neighbors. I do hope that they realize that they don’t live in a college neighborhood, and they keep things down in the future. I know you guys don’t want to have to deal with the noise or the thoughts of trying to find a new place.

As for a house, give it a bit of time… the market is becoming soft and house prices have been dropping. They probably will continue this in the future too, at least for awhile. You don’t want to get stuck upside-down in a house loan, with the market being the way it is now. And it makes things more difficult to up and go somewhere else if you decide not to stay in Harrisonburg. I know with my mortage, I’m going to be here for the next couple of years for sure, so I don’t lose too much money from my refinance last summer.

Comment on After Move: Week 1 by jena

Fri, 15 Sep 2006 14:50:56 +0000

Meh, even 1am is too late for me. I’m hardly ever up that late these days, since I get up at 6am for work. They actually came over before the party started to let us know about it, and invited us to drop by and let them know if they were ever too loud; eventually the bass was so loud that there was nowhere in the house that we could escape it, despite multiple requests for them to turn it down. I don’t want to have to call the cops; I’m lazy, I don’t really want to deal with that. I’d much rather just go to sleep, ya know?

But at the same time, the boys need to learn that, even though they’re in college, they’re living in a “real world” neighborhood, and they have to abide by the rules or take the consequences. Our landlord specifically chose a townhouse in a neighborhood with noise regulations and covenants so that we could avoid this sort of problem; unfortunately, our neighbors’ dad decided to do something nice for his kids and simultaneously make a sound real estate investment, without regard for the type of people who would probably be living there. Any loud music or conversation that can be heard from the street (and it could be, last week) violates our covenants. The kids have been given a relatively friendly warning, this time. They seem like nice enough guys though, so hopefully the one time is enough.

Of course, a lot of this could be solved if we would just suck it up and buy a house somewhere.. Just not sure we’re ready to settle down that much yet.

Comment on After Move: Week 1 by Fishhead

Thu, 14 Sep 2006 15:18:07 +0000

Ouch. I remember the last time you ranted about your neighbors, and how difficult it made things in your old place. I’ve been lucky that most of my neighbors are families and don’t tend to really throw parties all that much. Of course, this tends to mean that there aren’t all that many people my age in the neighborhood, but I’ll live.

I don’t think I’ve ever called the cops on a late night party (thinking back to college and my apartment), but I came close a couple of times. I can see not calling the cops if the party is loud at 1 am (speaking to them first at that hour), but 4 am just isn’t right in a non-college neighborhood.

Oh, and sometimes the furious rantings are the best ones to read. So next time, let it all out.

And I goofed on my line in the first post.. correlation is not causation (not the other way around).