Post by Willy on Jul 18, 2011 20:31:26 GMT -5
I suppose this post is in response to my recent inactivity on the forum. (It's been four days since I have posted apparently.) As it has been in other parts of the nation, it is so unbearably hot here that no-one wants to do anything. That + humidity means we're all going to die of course. Probably made worse by all the flooding.
Of course, the heat that kills everyone's ability to do anything means that I have a lot to do. My grandparents AC died, so we had to fix that situation. My sister is dealing with a few medical issues that she's paranoid about. (Nothing serious, I assure you.) These issues leading to me having to vacate the room I was staying in. I had to move all of my stuff out and find another place to sleep. I had already planned out what I would do had I got kicked out, but these plans fell through. My first plan was to go to my grandparents, but they themselves weren't living there seeing as their AC was busted. I didn't really want to chance it either. My second choice was the living room. Getting the living room clear for someone to sleep in is an ongoing effort. I'm still working on it.
I forgot the point I was making.
Long story short, some Catholics put flamingos on our lawn. They're doing this silly fundraiser in which they put the flamingos on your lawn, and you pay so much for them to take them off. You can pay extra for them to send the flamingos to a specific someone-else's house, or to make sure they don't come back to your house. They had two of these "flocks" going around town, and somehow, we got both flocks of 25 flamingos at the same time. That's right. We woke up with 50 plastic flamingos on our lawn. Of course, we decided that having a large amount of lawn ornaments wasn't enough of a spectacle. We decided to Retrieve the Birds and Organize the Dolls into a rather shocking arrangement.
I would like to apologize for the quality of the image. Blame the humidity. We already think we may have ruined an expensive camera when the moisture in the air got in the lens, so I took these with my phone. both the screen and the camera fogged up every five seconds, though, so this is the best I can do.
But this wasn't all we did. My dad made good on his threat to hang the dang flamingos if they ever ended up on our lawn. Needless to say [url=http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003949
]they got the punishment they deserved.[/url]
(Yes, I'm aware that the Homestuck links may not be enjoyed by some or any of you. I promise that's the last of them... for this post.)
In any case, as I post this, the Catholics are taking them down and moving them to the next house. (I hope it isn't terrible that I'm labeling these guys by their religious denomination. I promise I don't mean it offensively, to them or anyone reading. [/disclaimer])
Still, the newspaper came by and took pictures, so I'm wondering what that headline will look like. It should be interesting, and maybe they'll have gotten a better picture of it than I did. Probably.
I felt you ought to know...
Of course, the heat that kills everyone's ability to do anything means that I have a lot to do. My grandparents AC died, so we had to fix that situation. My sister is dealing with a few medical issues that she's paranoid about. (Nothing serious, I assure you.) These issues leading to me having to vacate the room I was staying in. I had to move all of my stuff out and find another place to sleep. I had already planned out what I would do had I got kicked out, but these plans fell through. My first plan was to go to my grandparents, but they themselves weren't living there seeing as their AC was busted. I didn't really want to chance it either. My second choice was the living room. Getting the living room clear for someone to sleep in is an ongoing effort. I'm still working on it.
I forgot the point I was making.
Long story short, some Catholics put flamingos on our lawn. They're doing this silly fundraiser in which they put the flamingos on your lawn, and you pay so much for them to take them off. You can pay extra for them to send the flamingos to a specific someone-else's house, or to make sure they don't come back to your house. They had two of these "flocks" going around town, and somehow, we got both flocks of 25 flamingos at the same time. That's right. We woke up with 50 plastic flamingos on our lawn. Of course, we decided that having a large amount of lawn ornaments wasn't enough of a spectacle. We decided to Retrieve the Birds and Organize the Dolls into a rather shocking arrangement.
I would like to apologize for the quality of the image. Blame the humidity. We already think we may have ruined an expensive camera when the moisture in the air got in the lens, so I took these with my phone. both the screen and the camera fogged up every five seconds, though, so this is the best I can do.
But this wasn't all we did. My dad made good on his threat to hang the dang flamingos if they ever ended up on our lawn. Needless to say [url=http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003949
]they got the punishment they deserved.[/url]
(Yes, I'm aware that the Homestuck links may not be enjoyed by some or any of you. I promise that's the last of them... for this post.)
In any case, as I post this, the Catholics are taking them down and moving them to the next house. (I hope it isn't terrible that I'm labeling these guys by their religious denomination. I promise I don't mean it offensively, to them or anyone reading. [/disclaimer])
Still, the newspaper came by and took pictures, so I'm wondering what that headline will look like. It should be interesting, and maybe they'll have gotten a better picture of it than I did. Probably.
I felt you ought to know...