Breathe. Breathe You Fucker!

[shanmonster]

So they're doing construction work in the parking garage of my apartment building, and the whole place has been inundated with fumes for the past week and a half. Luckily for me, I wasn't here all last week. Unluckily for me, I am now. Strong fumes plus respiratory disease equals a whole world of hurting for me. I was woken up this morning by a whistling sound. In my groggy state, it took me a while to realize that sound was the labouring of my lungs. I currently have the most sultry of smoky, low voices. I wish I could turn this voice on when I wanted to, and not have it dictated by my state of unwellness.

I tried talking to the superintendent of the building, but she is nowhere to be found. She's a horrid nasty bitch of a woman, so I can't imagine she'll want to do anything. Someone asked me, "Well, what can she do, anyway?"

My answer is this. She can arrange for those with respiratory illnesses to stay in a motel until the fumes are gone. I just might end needing to go to the hospital because of this. And I'm fairly sure my kung fu classes are shot for a while again. I can't afford to pay for classes I can't go to. Hell, I can't really afford to pay for classes I can attend. And I sure as fuck can't afford to take time off from teaching dance classes for this. I need the money.

Goddamn.

Want some links? I've got your links right here.

Pope shuns protesting academics: Pope Ratty says the verdict against Galileo was just. Academics who don't believe the universe rotates around a stationary earth disagree. Wacky hijinks ensue.

''Death Maps'' Pinpoint Mortality Causes: Africa looks like a great place to be if you want to die of something exotic. Hell, it looks like the right place to be if you want to die, period.

Manned Cloud by Jean-Marie Massaud: The steam-punkiest thing I've seen in a while.

Spanish Steps filled with thousands of multicoloured balls in latest stunt: This looks so very much like a prank my sister's Malkavian played in a Vampire campaign about fifteen years ago.

King of the rats weighed one tonne: I think I'm most excited because the article contains the words "squidgy" and "hystricognath". That's what I call an improbable word combination!

Make Documents Real Official: Sign In Blood: "Bob Partington designed the blood pen that, using a syringe and little motor, writes in blood."

Amazing Photo: I don't know what the caption is, but I think it ought to be "Death Ray from God."

Peaches - Fuck the Pain Away: I love this video, wherein Peaches instigates a rivalry between Andy Griffith and Barney.

And I finish with this horrific photo of hideous glee and scatological kiddy bondage:

Comments

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

That airship is one of the sexiest modes of transport I've seen in a long time. Want.

[lizreay.livejournal.com]

Egad. You're right, your super should put you up in a motel or face a giant hairy hospital bill. To avoid that, you might want to consider a respirator. Yeah, not fair that you have to do that, but until you do find her and find a better solution, why put yourself in the hospital?

[real-bethy.livejournal.com]

I don't know how you and Kat are managing...I don't have asthma at all and I have been so sick from the fumes. My lungs are aching, I have had a two week long pounding headache, my nose keeps bleeding and I barf almost every time I go through the lobby.

I don't understand how this shit is legal.