what's in the stars this week?

[fflo]

Last week my boss thought lots of people she knew were having weird communication problems. I saw that Mercury is retrograde & proposed that notion. (I don't actually believe that stuff in a more-than-handy-metaphor way, but I'm all for handy metaphors.)

So this morning I discovered that my refrigerator had been open a few inches all night. The why of it is a little odd, I admit; it had to do with not drying bras in the dryer and finding a handy spot to hang one with lots of air circulation on the handle of a tray that's stored on top of the fridge. I realized yesterday that it's a nice bonus how having a drying brassiere hanging there reminds me (no, not that I need milk) (though that'd be funnier) that I'm in the middle of doing laundry, so I remember more frequently to go down and run the dryer a third time for the clothes it's struggling to dry (poor thing). But having something hanging there does necessitate attending to slinging it aside to get into the fridge, or to close the door properly. Musta messed up on the latter last night some time.

Some things may not have spoiled, but the stuff near the lightbulb---which was on and warm all night---surely has. That stuff was warm to the touch. So much for the brand-new big ol' tub o' Trader Joe's yogurt, and that one hunk of fancy cheese I still had about a third of. The hyperpasteurized milk that woulda been good until 2006 is almost surely ruint now, as well.

But I get to say "ruint," at least.

Anyway, I hope there's no planetary reason I messed up with the fridge and anderyn's glasses broke that means little things we depend on are going on the fritz during this cycle of the moon's nodes or this passage of a comet too near Mars. I've got stuff to accomplish today! I canna have't.

(Oh, who am I kidding. I can have it. Whatever! [<--in the earlier-generation non-ironic sense] Nothing's life or death just now, almost certainly.)

Comments

[onstar.livejournal.com]

what is it about kitchens and brassieres? i usually dry mine on the wall hooks in the kitchen as well. that really sucks that it did a number on your fridge goodies. do you have an idea about what is making your dryer not work so well? i have a couple of suggestions-cleaning out the pipe that vents outdoors(i understand that unhooking the dryer and cleaning out the dryer where it connects to the pipe does a world of good. We're having the 1.5-2 cycle rotation with our dryer as well. Since the dryer is new, we've deduced that the issue is that our washer is no longer sucking out enough water, so a second spin cycle shortens that for us. Hope either of these things can shorten your laundry time:)

[wednes.livejournal.com]

Damn. Metaphors aside, that is kind of a drag.

Last time our freezer door found itself stuck open, I used it as an excuse to eat the rest of the ice cream.

I've never thought of drying anything in the fridge, but it is pretty dry in there, so that makes sense.

[peteralway.livejournal.com]

On the bright side, becuause the sun is approaching the solstice, the power wasted by your fridge helped heat the house!

OK, that's not astrology, but astronomy, which is the closest I can get without my brain leaving my skull in disgust.

[fflo.livejournal.com]

Cleaning out that vent tube was step 2 of the 2 I've tried so far---the first being vacuuming out the area under the lint trap. Of course I haven't gotten under the back deck to see where the vent's venting---maybe the groundhogs have an auxillary nest there. I do have a replacement vent pipe thingie (metal, vs. the plastic one that's there, which the house inspector said isn't up to code).

Still out there to try: finding the manual and taking the thing apart, and also maybe investigating the lining to the door's vent, uh, capacitator. Thingie? There's some lining there that's like mooshy thick cardboard & it seems to be a little loose.

I'd try the second spin cycle---seems like a great idea---but I'm lucky to get one spin in---only the delicate cycle on the washer works past the beginning of the spinning, and about one in four times it trips the circuit breaker at that point. !

I do appreciate your suggestions, though. And I hope my brassieres appreciate the delicate treatment I give 'em, at the cost of perishables!

[fflo.livejournal.com]

Oooh---cold underwear! Not so appealing. I was actually drying it hanging offa something on TOP of the fridge, but accidentally closed the door on it somehow.

So, which is Selma?

[wednes.livejournal.com]

Patty has round hair, Selma's hair is kind of a long bob.

Patty is, of course, the gay one.

[fflo.livejournal.com]

I'll take it! Maybe I saved more in heating that it cost me to replace the groceries?

but, p.s.,

[fflo.livejournal.com]

who could resist the likes of the following?

CANCER (June 21-July 22): "If I had to live my life again," said actress Tallulah Bankhead, "I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner." These should be your words to live by in the coming weeks, Cancerian. In my astrological opinion, the smartest thing you can do is to try the iffy adventures you've been postponing and experiment with the chancy turns you've been wondering about. In order to set the stage for your greatest victories in 2006, you will have to learn lessons that these potential mistakes can help teach you.

Professor Pete's Horoscope

[peteralway.livejournal.com]

Cancer: You want a job with health insurance, 'cause, hoo boy, with chemotherapy, radiation, surgery, or a combination, that's gonna cost you!

Aquarius: Boy that seemed like such a cool song back then, but now it seems so corny. And it was so optimistic, but the only thing that lingers from it is people still fall for astrology, and there are still tropical fish stores named "Age of Aquarium" all over the country.

Scorpio: It's Scorpius, dammit! Look at a star chart for once!

Leo: The ship's going to hit an iceberg. Skip the cruise.

Taurus: Don't worry about Orion's dogs cowering behind him, he's got a huge honking club he's gonna brain you with.

Ophiuchus: Yes a lot of people were born when the sun was in Ophiuchus. But astrologers haven't figured this out yet. If you are an Ophiuchus, astrologers have no power over you! Your destiny is your own! You are free!

[onstar.livejournal.com]

good to see you've already tried these things-sounds to me more of an electrical issue with the washer than anything. maybe you need to put up an old fashioned clothesline:)

[fflo.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah! I forgot about that.

Have either of them ever tried to quit smoking?

[fflo.livejournal.com]

Uggg... electrical. Bet you're right, sadly.

I do like clothes that've dried in the breeze outside. And images of clotheslines hung between tall buildings in cities in old movies. Guess in Michigan half the year the clothesline is inside!

[wednes.livejournal.com]

No. Not ever.

Might be a good theme for an episode.
They've both gotten married, or almost married, Selma adopted a child even, but they never even tried to quit smoking.