Help! I'm turning into a low-rent Martha Stewart!!

[sqbr]

First off, before I forget belated thanks to the peachy keen colki and the super cool Wendy for their old microwave.

We weren't there for our last rent inspection (I got the date wrong. I am such a doofus sometimes) and they left a long list of things to fix many of which had been the same (and in one case, much worse) for the past five years. On the whole this is very annoying, but it has resulted in me learning two very useful things (from my constant friend Mr Google):

• pumice and citric acid/vinegar are good at cleaning toilets(*)
  
• bicarb cleans off scuff marks (I've been trying to remove them for years)
  

Work has given me three separate lots of easter eggs, which as many of you will know is a sure-fire way to make me a loyal employee. Mmmm. Chocolate. I hope the easter high lasts me till Friday, or I'm in all sorts of trouble.

After resisting for many years due to not entirely liking the humour, I am now reading Something Positive, since I realised it has the one thing I really like in a story, namely consistent and interesting characters who grow and change. And plots whose consequences don't vanish as soon as they stop immediately affecting the storyline. Yes that's two things, you know what I mean.

(*)Part of me is a little paranoid I may have damaged the surface, but eh. They suggested I clean the equally stained plastic sink with a scourer, and on the whole exhibit rather less concern for the longterm good of this house than I do. Like telling us to air the bedroom out more to avoid mould and then not fixing a hole in roof for several months.

Comments

[firvulag.livejournal.com]

We weren't there for our last rent inspection (I got the date wrong. I am such a doofus sometimes) and they left a long list of things to fix many of which had been the same (and in one case, much worse) for the past five years.

This sounds very familiar to me, and agents that actually care for a property are very rare things to find it seems, but they are always wanting it to look sparkling clean. I'd love to be able to see their place to see just how clean they can keep it while actually living in it.

yes, something positive is quite good at keeping information from previous story arcs relevant, or at least keeping it as part of the characters history so it can be brought up again later. I also love the humour style in it which helps me :)

[alias_sqbr]

Turns out I got the date of todays mixed up too, though realised in time to get things clean enough! (I hope)

[col-ki.livejournal.com]

You're welcome :)

[nico-wolfwood.livejournal.com]

You succumbed! god dammit, AM I THE ONLY PERSON LEFT WHO DOESN'T READ THAT DARN WEBCOMIC?!

(as a side comment, the caps are the result of an accidental caps lock but i like the look of them...)

[alias_sqbr]

Yeah, why your friends would like a comic with dark humour and a violently protective singaporean geek girl I don't know :)