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I suppose I should write something before I do something really foolish.

Ahem. Vancouver is currently under seige by a non-stop barrage of rain (admitingly, the rain has ceased. For now!) and wouldn't you know it, a couple of days ago the ceiling in our office leaked. The closet was drenched, as well as the corner near the window. L mopped up the water and moved the bookshelf that was situated in said corner into our bedroom. I just spent the last hour and a half putting books away, sweeping the floor, reorganizing the office closet and rearranging the bedroom. Actually, the new set-up looks awesome.

This morning, the landlord came by to wag a finger us, well, me actually, and berated me for making too much noise. Appparently, walking around in our home during waking hours causes emotional grief in our downstairs neighbour. Also, we are supposed to pay twenty percent of the gas, even though we (a) have our own independent electric heater that warms the water (b) the baseboard heaters are electric and (c) of the two vents in our flat that exudes heat from downstairs, only one works and the other can barely heat a paper bag's interior.

There is talk of another strike (the current strike in the Lower Mainland over wage increases is on a rotating picket, so students don't get too screwed over) since talks have supposedly broken down. The first strike was no fun; four hours of walking around the campus in the freezing January morning, surrounded by people I don't know (minus two, one of whic showed up near the end, but it was fun hanging out with I and chatting about comics. We did talk to one student who didn't know about the strike and gave us a lot of support. It was only one person, but it made my day) so I'm not really looking forward to another round.

For sociology class last night I wrote an arguement for a in-class project and got a small applause. Nice. All my classes are totally fun.