penelopelee

in the time between us agreeing to live in "the best new apartment ever" and yesterday, when we signed a lease, the place has been rendered a complete shithole, due to the landlord hiring a yet unseen libyan man to paint the apartment while she was vacationing in nyc for 3 weeks. the new metal back door that was installed was painted the most sickening shade of terracotta i've ever seen, along with random lengths of molding throughout the house. the windows were not only painted on, but painted shut. the kitchen is a sickening robin's egg blue, which contrasts ever so nicely with the terracotta detailing and back door. ceilings were repainted white, but only to within 6 inches of the walls, for fear of messy edges, i'm guessing, though that didn't seem to be a concern during the rest of the job.

so, i stared in horror while glenn cried. we've decided that we have to paint over the entire 6 rooms ourselves, which means no dog or huge swinging warhol parties for a while. blah to this whole summer. and blah to packing with no family to help out.

one good thing: there are a few closets. i was just being crazy.

one amusing thing: the woman who lives upstairs is a crazy old shut-in with 4 cats and 2 dogs.