No matter where you go, there you are.

[ebonlock]

So sad, nobody even tried to guess yesterday's quote. Methinks this particular game has reached its logical conclusion. I'll have to think of some new and interesting way to lure you all into reading my journal now }:)

Gaming was good last night, and my character, spineless jellyfish that she is, even stood up to the big bad guy and gave him what-for with a silver arrow and some damn fine magic missiles. Our paladin managed the coup de grace, but I still felt like I'd accomplished something. Most of the time she's rather like Arnold Rimmer, a complete physical coward who, when the fighting starts, generally makes like a tree and leaves. But c'mon, she's got about 12 hit points and a 12 AC, she's just not a melee person. Next time I'll play some hulking tank character who hacks and slashes her way through every situation. For now, though, I've got to admit my current character is obscenely fun to play. She's delightfully predictable and has to be smarter than your average bear to survive.

Still no hot water, I'm thinking that either:

a. PG&E didn't actually turn the gas on yesterday
b. The gas was turned down to the water heater and must now be turned back up so the flame can actually heat the water
c. The pilot light needs to be relit

I'm clueless about gas water heaters, but thankfully aelfsciene found the instruction manual so with any luck between the two of us we can figure something out. Anyone with any experience in these matters feel free to speak up.

Oh, I may be purchasing both a blackberry and a raspberry bush this evening. If I do this insane thing, will anyone eat said berries? I really don't want to end up with assloads of berries that no one will touch save me. Any takers, speak now or I may decide against it. Also if anyone has any requests fruit/veggie wise do speak up, I've got scads of yard space just begging to be planted and I'm more than happy to share the bounty.

Sheesh, this posting sounds all domestic and stuff, how frightening.

Crunches: 0 (got in too late and futzed around too long doing other
stuff before passing out.

House water temperature: tepid

Comments

Buckaroo Bonsai?

[chococat66.livejournal.com]

Before I had come back to Seattle I had forgotten that blackberries are weeds up here and I'm not exaggerating. People burning down entire blackberry thickets every year. And when I'm out in the woods hiking and otherwise messing around, they literally line the trail. I love them, but your average Washington homeowner loathes them.

Anyway, I know that doesn't really have anything to do with your post, but I guess I just thought it was funny because you'd never hear anyone up here thinking about planting blackberries... just plotting ways to kill them. ;)

Re: Buckaroo Bonsai?

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

Correct on the quote, and yes in most areas they're weeds, but here they seem to be quite rare. I used to have a love-hate relationship with blackberries back in NY, but I've kind of missed them since moving to CA.

Re: Quotes & berries oh my!

[tersa.livejournal.com]

I generally *try* to guess your quotes, but they're usually from films I haven't seen. Get any newer stuff, and I'm all over it! (I might've even gotten the Buckaroo Banzai one, even though I've never seen the film).

I will MOST DEFINITELY help you eat berries. I never have enough and they're usually too damn expensive to buy on a regular basis from the store.

I don't know anything about water heaters. :)

And, no matter how much crap we give you in game, I like Leila. She's definitely a character, and so atypical for AD&D it's refreshing.

Re: Quotes & berries oh my!

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

Aww, you always know just what to say to put a smile on my face. And prepare to be innundated with berries, if not this season then undoubtedly the next }:)

[esmerel.livejournal.com]

1)
Oh.
No.
Not berries.
I could not possibly be forced to take them off your hands.

Note: They will attempt to eat your ENTIRE yard unless you keep them in hand. =)

2) Poke your landlord about the water heater. California tenant laws REQUIRE that there be 110 degree water available to every tap in the house. This means if your hot water heater isn't, your landlord is ultimately responsible, and you can fry their butts with the health department.

Re:

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

1) Great, consider yourself bequeathed with berries when they start producing, and whatever the hell (apricots or peaches) fruit that tree is producing. There will also be apples if you're interested.
And I plan to keep the bushes in large pots for the time being so they *don't* eat my yard.

2) If our landlords were more on the ball I'd rely on them, but I'd really like to figure out how this thing works and get it up and running myself. If I can't get it to work properly this evening I'll break down and call them.

[tamago.livejournal.com]

If your gas has been off entirely, chances are, yes, you will need to relight the pilot light. Chrisber and I had to do that when we moved into the duplex on Kittoe. Instructions are often also printed on the heater itself, because turning the gas on and off is something you want to be able to do in an emergency, without worrying about where the manual is.

Good luck!

[esmerel.livejournal.com]

We have an aprisnot tree.. 2 of them, in our yard =)

water heater: sounds reasonable. Just noting that you have legal means of enforcing a fix should it become necessary. ;)

Re: Gas

[centerfire.livejournal.com]

I recommend against banging on gas valves until they hiss, and then trying to increase lighting with candles and torches.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

(A) Yay berries! I miss the little weeds. Makes me wish they grew rampant down here too.
(B) Two Banzai quotes in one week, eh?
(C) How to lure people into reading your journal: Either have a user photo of a hottie in a gorgeous belly dancing outfit or be a wonderful person that people look forward to hearing from. Or both.

Re: Gas

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

That's very helpful, I'll also try to remember not to whack hornets' nests with baseball bats or play in traffic while I'm at it }:)

Re:

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

(A) Oh good, another person to foist berries upon!
(B) Hey, it's a Friday and I thought I'd go easy on everyone after yesterday's fiasco. BTW, the quote was from "The Magnificent Seven".
(C) Aww, *blush*.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Oh ah! I've seen 'Seven Samurai' at least. (: Just not a whole lot of westerns, even the Italian ones.

[tavella.livejournal.com]

Berries! There will be noooo problem getting rid of berries, I promise.

[mallen.livejournal.com]

If your pilot light IS NOT lit, and gas to the heater is TURNED ON, you should smell gas. Be careful. This is how people blow up their houses.

Re:

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

I sniffed very carefully and smelled nothing last night. If the gas was turned on like it was supposed to have been yesterday that would seem to indicate that either it was turned off at the water heater or at least turned way down and needs to be turned up a bit.
Trust me if I smell gas I'll be the first to call in the professionals.

Yay Berries

[kirbyk.livejournal.com]

We've got blackberry bushes here in Seattle. Lovely berries.

Your raspberry vines should be well behaved. They'll grow to a reasonable height, and pretty much stay there from year to year by themselves.

Your blackberry vines will triple in size every year, until they consume your backyard, house, street, and county.

Your raspberry vines have little thorns, such that if you run your hand up and down them, you _might_ get scratched enough to bleed a little.

Your blackberry vines will draw blood from multiple sources every time you mow the lawn.

Also to note: raspberries are at their peak Right Now. (We picked a metric ton of raspberries last weekend. MMM! Raspberry pie, raspberry coffee cake, raspberry sorbet, raspberries in ice cream.) Blackberries will come ripe in late August.

Hopefully, in the warmer and dryer climate of California, it'll be easier to control the blackberries. They really love the weather up here, though.

I sort of have a love/hate relationship with them. Hate them as a gardener, but mmm, berries are wonderous things, and what's a little blood lost for them?

Re: Yay Berries

[tamago.livejournal.com]

Of course you lose blood to berries! Why do you think they get that color?!?

*sniff*

[aelfsciene.livejournal.com]

I was just too slow, though I promise I didn't read this until well after answering yesterday's quote--I've never had to go back four pages on my friends page, but I guess that's what I get for missing Weds-Thurs.

My shower was actually lukewarm this morning, which was an amazing occurrence; I can handle that much better than the lukecold I've been getting.

Fruit

[mfh.livejournal.com]

You are welcome to send any fruit this way, where it is likely to be transformed and returned to you in the form of jam.

Re: Fruit

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

Jam you say? Oh my, that does give one incentive to hope the tree out back is either apricot or peach }:)