The hilarious nightmare that is apartment 5E rages on above my bedroom.
I haven't lived in the city for but a tad over a year, and that apartment has already seen more action than Scott Baio. Previous tenants include an early morning opera singer, a piss-poor guitarist (in it for "the ladies"), a french horn player with an uncanny knack for playing at the most suspenseful moment of a film, and crazy-party-people who used the mitten* in the WC so much that the pipes backed up and soaked the walls two stories down (so much so that another fellow's wall actually caved in).
The new tenant and I have developed a system. He has an obnoxiously loud radio alarm clock that plays rockin' Hispanic tunes. He also has an unflinching tendency to hit snooze and has been known to not wake to the alarm at all. Needless to say, while the latest Latin hits aren't my cup of tea, having them blast me awake an hour early pushes me to the brink of Hulking out.
One day, after I'd passed out, exhausted from a delightful night of drink, the musica caliente came a-blazin' with both barrels through the ceiling and bleary-eyed me pooled all the strength I could to pound two polite thumps against my wall -- the music stopped immediately.
This system has worked ever since, without fail.
*mitten (mitten) n. a thick hand covering created from half a roll of toilet paper to avoid scary germs when wiping. Most often used by wasteful, germaphobe ex-girlfriends and their best mates.
I haven't lived in the city for but a tad over a year, and that apartment has already seen more action than Scott Baio. Previous tenants include an early morning opera singer, a piss-poor guitarist (in it for "the ladies"), a french horn player with an uncanny knack for playing at the most suspenseful moment of a film, and crazy-party-people who used the mitten* in the WC so much that the pipes backed up and soaked the walls two stories down (so much so that another fellow's wall actually caved in).
The new tenant and I have developed a system. He has an obnoxiously loud radio alarm clock that plays rockin' Hispanic tunes. He also has an unflinching tendency to hit snooze and has been known to not wake to the alarm at all. Needless to say, while the latest Latin hits aren't my cup of tea, having them blast me awake an hour early pushes me to the brink of Hulking out.
One day, after I'd passed out, exhausted from a delightful night of drink, the musica caliente came a-blazin' with both barrels through the ceiling and bleary-eyed me pooled all the strength I could to pound two polite thumps against my wall -- the music stopped immediately.
This system has worked ever since, without fail.
*mitten (mitten) n. a thick hand covering created from half a roll of toilet paper to avoid scary germs when wiping. Most often used by wasteful, germaphobe ex-girlfriends and their best mates.
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wimpyrutherford:
hey man..I dig your art. I see Hempel is a fave of yours. Check out sunnyfundays I'm gonna have a daily strip on their as soon as I polish another months worth of strips off.
artman:
ha!! musica caliente! that sucks!! I just have to hear about how poorly my neighbor was treated back in 'nam., agent orange, blah blah blah. It's actually pretty amusing. But he never wakes me up!! 