her nth attempt » RIHMA http://pointrelease.com/blog Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:54:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Mushroom http://pointrelease.com/blog/2007/10/mushroom/ http://pointrelease.com/blog/2007/10/mushroom/#comments Fri, 19 Oct 2007 19:11:48 +0000 Billie http://pointrelease.com/blog/?p=30 mushroom

Yes, that is a mushroom sprouting out the wall of my bathroom!

I called the landlord. He LAUGHED at me!! “In my 50 years, I’ve never heard of someone having mushrooms growing in their bathroom.” In that century-old house?! Seriously?? “Just pull it out. If it comes back, let me know and I’ll come over and have a look.” Yeah, thanks.

]]> http://pointrelease.com/blog/2007/10/mushroom/feed/ 0 RIHMA #5 http://pointrelease.com/blog/2007/08/rihma-5/ http://pointrelease.com/blog/2007/08/rihma-5/#comments Tue, 28 Aug 2007 02:01:30 +0000 Billie http://pointrelease.com/blog/?p=29 A sight so horrible, it warranted a revival of this blog if only to slap on this heading.

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Cue Psycho soundtrack.

]]> http://pointrelease.com/blog/2007/08/rihma-5/feed/ 0 RIHMA #4.5* http://pointrelease.com/blog/2007/01/rihma-45/ http://pointrelease.com/blog/2007/01/rihma-45/#comments Sat, 27 Jan 2007 22:09:37 +0000 Billie http://pointrelease.com/blog/?p=16 I slipped again this morning and fell on my left side. Mah.

* It was actually on my neighbor’s part of the sidewalk, so it’s not technically in my apartment’s scope of terror.

]]> http://pointrelease.com/blog/2007/01/rihma-45/feed/ 0 RIHMA #4 Owww…. http://pointrelease.com/blog/2007/01/rihma-4-owww/ http://pointrelease.com/blog/2007/01/rihma-4-owww/#comments Sun, 14 Jan 2007 03:25:30 +0000 Billie http://pointrelease.com/blog/?p=6 I didn’t think I’d be writing one more of these for a while, but this one really knocked the wind out of me.

This morning I left my apartment to get some lunch. I walked out the front porch when – swoosh! Thump!…. Thump! Thump! Thump! I had slipped and fallen on my butt on a step, then another, then another until I hit the ground. I got to my feet slowly, wincing at the sharp ache on my rear. The steps were covered with a sheen of ice.
I spent the entire day, sitting and standing, in a persistent state of humiliation and pain. Curse you landlord!

]]> http://pointrelease.com/blog/2007/01/rihma-4-owww/feed/ 0 RIHMA* #3 Get me out of here! http://pointrelease.com/blog/2007/01/rihma-3-get-me-out-of-here/ http://pointrelease.com/blog/2007/01/rihma-3-get-me-out-of-here/#comments Thu, 11 Jan 2007 02:20:56 +0000 Billie http://pointrelease.com/blog/?p=5 At 8:55 am this morning, I found that I had locked myself in my apartment. Yes, locked in.

My front door has a chain lock which I secure every night before I go to bed. Last night I must not have been paying attention because the part that slides into the plate was half in half out. The diameter of the chain end fits within a few millimeters of the opening, but the angle of how it was stuck in the night before prevented it from aligning correctly. I struggled with the darn thing for ten minutes, all the while imagining the sheer ridiculousness of having to call someone to rescue me. Finally, already late for work, I liberated myself with a cry of exasperation. Nuts, it was just nuts.

*Reasons I Hate My Apartment
(Reasons #1 and 2 disappeared when my previous web host screwed me over with their ineptitude.)

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