I guess I'm too impatient.

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ecause it's only been 3 days since they started giving me a new bathroom.

When they were just supposed to replace one cabinet in the kitchen...

Don't get me wrong, I'm glad that they're doing it. I like my new commode. It will be irritating to clean, but it's prettier, LOL.

The thing is that years ago when my toilet was leaking, (with the old landlord) they came & fixed it & put down a new floor.

What I didn't know is that they hadn't ripped up the old, water damaged, saggy floor & beams. And one of the pipes in the wall was leaking too, but I couldn't see or hear it when I flushed the toilet.

So when my landlord came to replace the cabinet (that was water damaged from the toilet's leaking) he saw saggy floor, warped beams & realized that he needed to put in a whole new floor and new beams before I fell through the floor.

Cool.

It was on Thursday that the maintenance man finally finished putting in the floor & toilet & vanity. But he didn't get the toilet hooked up and usable until 11 pm.

That pissed me off.

So he came back Friday.

He put up the new cabinet (smaller than the old cabinet), but still no water in the sink.

I DO NOT LIKE BRUSHING MY FUCKING TEETH IN THE FUCKING TUB OR THE KITCHEN SINK.

I've been in a bad mood since Thursday.

WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY does it always take them so long to fix anything?!?!?!? They (workmen, landlord) keep coming in my fucking house so I have to keep the air turned down lower than usual or it would be on all effing day. (Thursday I had gone to MD's house to use the bathroom & when I came back, lights were on, doors were wide open, windows were up, air was on, and no one was here???

For like an hour after I got home.

WHAT THE HELL?

OMG.

Evan asked me if I had PMS.

Poor kid. I don't mean to take it out on him, but I'm SO FRUSTRATED!

I do not like having strangers in my house in the first place. Especially not fuckers who track dead grass & mud all over my carpet. Especially men who take my geedee curtains down, open the bathroom window & then leave for the day without having finished their job but leaving their tools & cigarette butts in my new commode.

I swear to God, one of these days I won't be able to be patient with these fucking idiots anymore.

I HATE THIS SHIT!


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No new stove...yet

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ut I am getting a new bathroom as I type.

OMG.

I might have to go to MD's house if this noise keeps up.

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I was going to record the drilling. It sounds like...I don't even know how to describe it. But it feels like the whole house is shaking. It's like an airplane is taking off. Yeah, that's it.

Anyway, I was supposed to get a new stove on Monday, but someone in another apartment set their kitchen on fire, so they had to give that whore the new stove.

Today he was supposed to replace the one cabinet and maybe the kitchen sink. But when he ripped off the cabinet, he saw enough water damage from the years that the toilet leaked (without my knowledge, it leaked into the wall) that he felt a new bathroom floor was a more emergent need. I agree. I don't want to be sitting on the terlet and fall through the floor.

Can you imagine that 911 call:

911 - May I help you?
Evan - My mommy fell through the bathroom floor from upstairs and landed in the kitchen sink!
Me - *Screaming from the kitchen* I told you NOT to call 911 until you'd wiped my ass and pulled up my panties! I don't want strangers looking at my vajayjay!!!
911 - Is she conscious?
Me - *still screaming* Don't give the address until I'm covered from the waist down! Get me a Lortab, my back is killing me!!
Evan - Yes. She doesn't want me to tell you where we live until she has on some panties. But I'm not wiping her butt. That's gross.
Me - I wiped your butt for years, boy! You can wipe my ass once!

:-)

Of course the bastard won't drill now. But I did see him carrying out my old bathroom floor. It's really not that old. I do wonder what the new linoleum & vanity will look like, though...

Wheeeee! He did it!

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The drilling is upstairs. Evan keeps running downstairs to tell me how strange it all looks, LOL.

The end.

Smells like Fruity Booty

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he other day at Wal-Mart, I saw some new gum flavors. I got some Extra Fruit Sensations Berry Pearadise gum & some Mentos Gum. I didn't really pay attention to the flavors, I just knew that it was new and fruity. When we got home, Evan tried the Mentos (Red Fruit Lime) and I tried the Extra.

As I peeled the plastic wrapping off of the Extra Fruit Sensations, I got a whiff of something that instantly made me think of ass, only fruity. Like if I got drunk on Sloe Gin & shat myself, that's what it would smell like.

Gross, huh?

But since I'd bought it, I was going to try it.

I can say that it tastes much better than I had expected after the displeasing aroma. But that's not saying much...


The Mentos gum does not smell offensive, but the combination of red berries & lime leaves a lot to be desired.

I think Orbit's Mint Mojito (I think it's Orbit) is much better.

That is all. :-)

Sue tagged me!

Image via Wikipedia

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hich is the only reason I'm doing this tag. Sue was one of my first "blog buddies". She commented before anyone other than my Peeps @ JJHF would visit my blog, LOL. Also, it's nice to know she's not dead. She rarely blogs these days. I blame Peanut! ;-)


Four Jobs I’ve Held:

• Secretary @ an investment advisory firm


• Secretary @ the Chamber of Commerce


• Secretary @ a health insurance company


• Cashier at Hardee's

Four Movies I Could I Do Watch Over and Over:

• Hellboy


• Silence of the Lambs


• 300


• Ali G in da House

Four Places I’ve Lived:

• Berlin, Germany


• Las Cruces, New Mexico


• Bowie, Maryland


• Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Four TV Shows I Like:

• House, MD


• Jon & Kate Plus 8


• Deadliest Catch


• Best Week Ever

Four Favorite Foods:

• Garlic stuffed olives


• Hot Wings (homemade with Texas Pete Hot Sauce)


• Domino's Bacon Cheeseburger Pizza


• Dark chocolate pomegranate filled candy

Four Places I Would Rather Be:

• Hugh Laurie's bed


• Prague


• My bed


• Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory (the Gene Wilder Willy Wonka)

Not tagging anyone. Duh. Do it if you want to. :-)

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Song of the Week - 5/26/08

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his week's song is a song that brings back memories.

Not good memories.

But I still like the song "Pour Some Sugar on Me" by Def Leppard.

When I first moved here (here being the south), I was 15 years old. I got my first crush at my new high school. A white boy who shall remain nameless. I don't remember if I wrote him a note telling him that I liked him, or told one of his friends to tell him.

I do remember that he sent me a note saying that he liked me as a friend, but he didn't like me "that way". But his black friend did.

...

That was when I first thought "Oh, so it's going to be like that down here? I'm only allowed to like black guys?"

HA!

Whatever.

The reason I remember this song in association with that boy is because he told us (a group of girls) that he liked girls who looked like a particular girl in the video.

I'm not bitter, though.

I mean, I hope he's gotten fat and bald, but I hope he's still alive and happens across this blog and remembers how he rejected me.

:-)

I got a new Frigidaire!

I

called the landlord Friday (the one who calls me "Sweetie") and told him that my refrigerator wouldn't close all the way.

He came over. Looked at the Fridge.

LL - How long have you lived here?
Me - 17 years.
LL - Well I have to go to Sometown today & I'll pick up a new fridge for you and bring it by this evening.
Me - Ok!

There was nothing wrong with the fridge other than we couldn't get it to stay closed all the way...

Whatever.

When he came back he told me that I'm getting a new oven on Monday.

WHEEEEEEEEEEEE!

That is all. :-)

MD gave me a gift!

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or no reason at all.

I called her Thursday to ask her to take the books back to the library.

MD - Why? What's wrong with you?
Me - Nothing. I just don't want to go.
MD - HAAAAAAAAAAAAA! LMFAO! Ok, I'll be there after I eat lunch.
Me - Thanks!

Evan had had a half day (last day of school...*sob*) so she took him to her house after they dropped off the books.

I finally called and asked:

Me - Where's my boy?
MD - Boy? I don't know any boys. (She hates it when I call him "Boy")
Me - *sigh* Ok. Where is my son?
MD - Oh, he's right here eating dinner.
Me - What is he eating?
MD - WHY?
Me - Maybe I don't want him eating that at your house.
MD - Well you should have told him before he came over.
Me - You told him to eat before he came over so I didn't think you were going to cook anything!
MD - Oh. Well now you know to tell him not to eat anything at my house if you don't want him to eat.
Me - *long sigh* Well he needs to come home tonight because I need his help with something.

Anyway, when she brought him home, she also brought me a homemade hamburger cooked on the grill (Yum!) and this:



Ain't it purty? :-) It's a mother & child necklace in silver (I love silver!). I think she probably ordered it for herself but she didn't like it, so I got it, LOL. Whatever! Wheeeeeeeeeeeee!

High Five Friday - 5/23/08

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ere are this week's High Fives:

Tales from the Tracks for this post.

Tomato.sosblog.com for the stupid movie blunders post.

Scott, for his post on Why Parents Drink.

Monkey Tale for his post about Body Odor.

The Why File because I never thought about the fact that McDondald's has different menus for different countries.

Mik for this post. :-)

Marylou because she was the ONLY PERSON who commented on my friend's story about his Urban Garden.

Lynne because I think the purse she made is spectacular! :-)

That is all.

Grey's Anatomy Season Finale

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as there anyone who wasn't getting some last night? LOL.

I liked it, though. Even though frigging Shonda made me tear up. Like when the girl (who was on House, MD and found out that she was married to her brother) just told Meredith & McDreamy (I can't remember his character's name) not to say anything.

*Tear*

I liked when the chief backed Christina up. Hahn is a bitch!!!! Why is she so threatened by Christina?

I liked when George told the Chief that he deserved a second chance.

I liked the Meredith finally figured out that she wanted Derek (I just remembered) back. That whole house plan with the candles was cute. :-)

What else?

I hope I don't ever have to see Ava again. She's quite irritating. I'm glad Kurev (sp?) realized that she needed more help than he could give her.

I don't even remember everything.

But I was all up in it, LOL.

Loved it!

Thursday Thirteen - 5/22/08

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or this Thursday 13, I thought I'd give you 13 of my favorite "Houseisms". :-)

1. I had a heart attack this morning. I can't do any more drugs 'til at least lunch.


2. A blowup doll would be more useful; and yes, that's the first time I've implied something negative about a blowup doll.


3. You gonna trust me? I lie about everything.


4. If I were kidding, I’d dress like you.


5. Someone’s gonna be miserable sometime. Accept it. That’s how I stay so happy.


6. People don’t learn; people don’t change. But you did. You’re a freak.


7. Thing is, hope’s for sissies.


8. You wanna know every place your mom’s thumb has been?


9. Lies are like children: they’re hard work, but it’s worth it because the future depends on them.


10. My eyes look better in rooms with summer colors.


11. Does my breath smell bated to you?


12. Oh God, I’m tired of hearing that argument. I don’t have to go to Detroit to know it smells.


13. I’m a jerk to everyone. Best way to protect yourself from lawsuits.

My mouse is broken again?

T

oday (Wednesday) Evan told me that the mouse was broken.

It's one of those optical thingees with a red light that shines underneath. The light was not on. I was enjoying Odd Hours & I just told him to re-start the computer.

Didn't work.

A while ago I restarted the computer and now it's working...

I don't know what that boy does when he's on the computer, but I think Lucy (That's what I just decided to name my mouse...deal with it!) needed a break.

I hope she doesn't need any more breaks.

I can do some things without the mouse, but I can't drop cards without the mouse.

Not without a lot of work.

And you know I'm lazy.

I'm sleepy.

Night!


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I Love Jon and Kate Plus 8!

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just recently started watching the show a few weeks ago. I think it's because there was nothing else on. I fell in love with it immediately.

The Gosselins are a couple who were having trouble conceiving, so they tried fertility drugs. They had twin girls named Cara and Madelyn. After 3 years or so, they decided to try for just one more. They ended up with 6! Alexis, Aaden, Collin, Leah, Hannah and Joel.

I LOVE the relationship that Jon & Kate have! If I ever got married, that would be the type of relationship that I would want.

Kate is a bit controlling and OCD (She admits it). Jon has a very wry sense of humor (you know I appreciate that!)

Jon & Kate are funny together and separately.

All of the children are adorable. I cannot imagine having even one more child, let alone 7! *faint*

Honestly, I think I was extremely lucky to get the child that I did. I have learned so much from Evan. He is such a role model for me. He is much more compassionate & empathetic than I will ever be.

Pre MS diagnosis, I was afraid that if I had another child, it would be the total opposite of Evan. I might have a good pregnancy, but the child would be the Spawn of Satan, LOL.

Post MS diagnosis, I just felt that having another child would be selfish on my part.

I think I'm a decent mother to my one child. Kate deserves some type of "Mother of the Decade" award for the job she does with her children!

Furreal.

On Valentine's Day, she made heart shaped food all day. She puts little love notes in Cara & Maddy's lunch boxes. She recognizes and appreciates that all of her children have different personalities and respects and loves that about them.

She's the type of mother I would aspire to be if I had any aspirations. :-)

You should definitely check out their show on TLC, Mondays at 9pm EST. (It's also shown at a lot of other times. They had an all day marathon on Mother's Day.)

Just so ya know

I

read about 30 pages of Judge & Jury, but then I went to Wal-Mart today & got Odd Hours by Dean Koontz so I'll be reading that first! :-)

Ok, since they said this about the book on Koontz's official website, I can break it to you. Odd used to be "haunted" by the ghost of Elvis Presley. At the end of "Brother Odd", Elvis finally moved on and Frank Sinatra's ghost shows up. I'll be interested to see what kind of character Sinatra is.

Wheeeeeeeeee! I might be up all night. ON PURPOSE! :-)

Also, I went to Dean Koontz's website and he has an entire Odd Thomas section with youtube.com videos of an internet series called "Odd Passenger".

It looked like Gary Oldman was the ghost in that clip. I have no idea. What do you think?

You can see webisodes 2-4 at youtube.com.

Episode 2
Episode 3
Episode 4

Help out my friend & get Entrecard Credits!

I

received an e-mail today from one of my peeps. He has an Urban Garden & CNN has shown some interest. What he needs is more comments on his story about it to convince CNN to be more interested.

So go read about it & make a lot of comments! 200 EC to the first 10 people who comment (with a real comment, no spam). Send me a message on Entrecard telling me your name (you'll have to create a profile at CNN.com) & about your comment and your Entrecard e-mail address.

Here's his original e-mail:

CNN has contacted me with possible interest in the Urban Garden, mission patches and all. It's almost a Recession Garden of sorts, a place of peace and calm in a crazy world. I posted a little "report" in iReport about it and they emailed me with interest. If y'all could comment to show "interest" that would be very helpful:

http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-23895

THANKS A TON!

rad
Russ

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Judge & Jury

I

started reading this last night (Sunday, May 18). I'm only 30 pages in, so I'll just quote what it says on the book jacket:

THE JUDGE IS TERRIFIED OF THE DEFENDANT.
The case quickly becomes the new Trial of the Century. Mafia don Dominic Cavello, known as the Electrician, is linked to hundreds of gruesome, unspeakable crimes. Senior FBI agent Nick Pellisante has been tracking him for years. He knows Cavello's power reaches far beyond the courtroom, but the FBI's evidence against the ruthless killer is iron-clad. Conviction is a sure thing.

SO IS THE JURY.
As the jury is about to reach a verdict, the Electrician makes one devastating move that no one could have predicted. The entire nation is reeling, and Andie's world is shattered. For her, the hunt for the Electrician becomes personal, and she and Pellisante come together in an unbreakable bond: they will exact justice-at any cost.

THE VERDICT: RUN FOR YOUR LIFE.
James Patterson spins an all-out heart-pounding legal thriller that pits two people against the most vicious and powerful mobster since John Gotti. Judge & Jury is a stunning feat by "one of America's most influential authors" (New York Times).

When I went to the library, I got books that didn't look or sound familiar to me. But when I went to Amazon to get the photo, it said I already own this book...

I'll find out when I get more into it, and it all starts seeming familiar. But I've looked on all my book cases downstairs and I don't see it. It could be upstairs, but I really don't want to know bad enough to climb the stairs, LOL.

Whatevah.

TTYL!

House Season Finale

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e just finished watching it. I liked it.

You shouldn't read this if you haven't watched it yet.

I do not care that Cutthroat Bitch (Amber) is dead. In fact, it would not disappoint me at all if Wilson got so mad at House (blaming him for something that isn't/wasn't his fault) that he quit PPH and went somewhere else.

I still haven't forgiven him for lying to House in Season 3, LOL.

Honestly, I don't need Cameron or Chase either. I like the adversarial relationship between House & Foreman. I enjoy the interplay between House & Cuddy. The new team (Kutner, 13 & the other guy) don't get on my nerves (yet).

I'm excited to see what happens next season.

I will also enjoy seeing new interviews with Hugh on Craig Ferguson & Ellen when it's time for Season 5 to begin. :-)



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What type of shoe are you?

You are Barefoot!

You're a total free spirit, go with the flow girl You can't be restricted by shoes for very long And unsuprisingly, the same goes for men Your match is out there - and he's as carefree as you are

What Kind Of Women's Shoe Are You?

Fresh from the dentist clean

I

got a new toothbrush. The Colgate 360° Microsonic Toothbrush.

I'm always trying out new toothbrushes (every 3 months). Evan likes the battery operated kind. I get him the ones with music so he knows that he's brushed long enough.

I could never find one I really liked. Before this one, I tried the Crest Spinbrush Pro. I liked that you could change the heads without having to buy an entirely new toothbrush, but it wasn't really doing it for me. I liked the spinning, but I never really felt like I was getting my entire mouth. It didn't have the coverage that a manual toothbrush would have. And after I brushed my teeth, I'd feel plaque on my back teeth so I'd have to end up trying to get those with a manual toothbrush anyway.

The Colgate Microsonic is shaped exactly like a regular manual toothbrush, so I get the coverage that I want. When you push the little button on the front of the toothbrush, the "microsonic" power kicks in. It's like a little mouth massage. (Does that sound as bad as I think it does?)

Anyway, I love it. Evan wants one now, LOL.

That is all.

**Update** The toothbrush was less than $7 at my Wal-Mart. I don't know about the prices in other places. But I've noticed that I brush longer with this toothbrush because it feels so good. You can also replace the battery so if you're one of those people who use the same toothbrush for 20 years so that you can end up on Oprah, it's a one time investment, LOL.

NOW that's all. ;-)

Song of the Week - Keep Your Hands to Yourself

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his week's song is "Keep Your Hands to Yourself" by Georgia Satellites. No particular significance, I just love the song. :-)

I won!

W

hen Evan was younger, I used to cut his hair in a "fade". Short on the sides and a little longer on the top so everyone could see his curls.



His hair was actually blonde in that picture, I don't know why it looks red...

Anyway, at around age 8 or 9 he stopped combing his hair.

Completely.

After he washed it, he'd just let it dry and wear it however it looked.

So I decided to start giving him a "buzz" cut. No curls. :-(



Anyway, since that time I'm always telling him "You need a haircut" as soon as I start seeing some waves because I know he's not going to comb his hair.

Somehow, I ended up telling him that I was not going to cut his hair again until he asked me to, that he could look like his little cousin for all I cared.



Evan - My hair will drive you crazy before it drives me crazy.
Me - Dude, you can have a big ass afro like your older cousins. I'm not going to cut it until it drives YOU crazy.
Evan - We'll see!
Me - Yes we will.

I decided that I would NOT, under any circumstances, cut his hair until he asked me.

Tonight:

Evan - Will you give me a haircut tonight? Because the hair keeps going in my ears and it's getting on my nerves.
Me - *Big Grin* Yessssssssssssssssssss!

His hair wasn't even that long. Maybe half an inch. No waves. I was prepared to wait until school was about to start for the '08 - '09 year.

LMFAO!

I could have just cut off his sideburns and it would have solved the problem. But no, I cut it all. Now we really won't have to do it again until August or something.

Now if I could just stand to let him grow his toenails out until they get sore from bumping into the end of his shoe, I wouldn't have to harp on that all the time.

I won!!

I must enjoy my little victories where I get them. :-)

I finished "Darkest Evening of the Year"

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liked it a lot. Not as much as I like the Odd Thomas books, but I read it pretty much straight through since I started reading it. Other than opening tabs on which Evan would drop my Entrecard, I haven't even been on the PC.

It was very interesting. As I said the other day, a woman named Amy Redwing owned a Golden Retriever Rescue Shelter.

I also told you about the psycho pyromaniac beeyatch.

What I didn't tell you about was Amy's BF. His name is Brian and he's an architect. He is connected to the psycho beeyatch.

I really don't want to get into the book, because I want you to read it. If, like Cardiogirl, you're not so much into the "supernatural" type of stuff, this might not be your cup of tea. But if you are willing to "suspend disbelief" and just go with the story, I think it will really make you happy when it's all said and done.

The bad people get what's coming to them, and so do the good people.

I'm thinking about convincing MD that it's time for her to get another dog. A Golden Retriever. And Evan, *wink wink*, will want to name the dog Nickie. ;-)

You can see what Dean Koontz has to say about the book HERE.

Smooches!

Verminators

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ave you ever seen Verminators on TLC (Mondays at 10pm EST)?

OH.MY.LORD! I watched this show the first time because nothing else was on. Basically, it's a reality show about exterminators. I admit that I have seen the occasional roach or spider in my house and I go directly to Wal-Mart & buy the Raid Foggers because those stories about kids with roaches in their ear have made me paranoid. I have the bug man come once a month, but so does MD. She sees the occasional roach too. And she's the most fastidiously clean person I know. I even had a mouse one particularly cold winter (before Al Gore ever told us about Global Warming or anyone had ever heard of El Niño). Killed that sumbitch with poison bait. Smelled like a dumpster in summer in my house until I found it dead and mummified in 'The Black Hole' (AKA 'The Closet That Shall Not Be Opened').

OMG. I ate a Taco Hot Pocket & I am having such bad heartburn right now but I'm too lazy to get up and get the Tums. This has nothing to do with roaches, mice or other vermin. But heartburn can be as irritating as vermin, so maybe it does. Whatever. I'm writing this in the middle of the night. Shaddap.

Back to the show.

So anytime I watch the show, I have to have some Anti-itch cream nearby because seeing people with DISGUSTING ROACH AND BED BUG INFESTED HOUSES MAKES ME ITCH SOMETHING TURRIBLE! I start "feeling" things crawling on me. *Shudder* I don't understand how people can live in conditions like that. WHY DON'T THEY DO SOMETHING BEFORE IT GETS THAT BAD?

Seriously. On the last show, some dude decided to brew his own beer. He had an infestation so bad that the owner (who, before going into the apartment said that nothing shocked him) came out of the apartment looking shell shocked. He told the other 2 men with him that it was the worst thing he'd ever seen or smelled. Not only did the dude have roaches, bed bugs, and black widows, but he had a hive of Africanized Bees in one of his closets.

Yes.

I shit you not.

WTF??????????

The dude was evicted. The landlord of that place only found out about the infestation because neighbors started complaining about a strange smell coming from that apartment.



Ewwwwwwwwwwww.

One of the exterminators threw up the place was so disgusting.

Well, he was going to throw up until he went to the bathroom and saw the toilet. I hope you're not eating right now. If you are, either stop eating or finish this post later.

The toilet looked like someone had had explosive diarrhea all.over.it. I'm getting queasy just thinking about it.

I can deal with a lot of filth and gore, but this show really is the most disgusting thing I've ever seen that didn't involve 2 whores and a chalice...

It amazes me that people can live in such squalor.

But I must watch it.

Because it makes me feel better about my lackadaisical attitude towards cleanliness, LOL.

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