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some folks, when they want to wear something different, put on a tie or a new shirt.

i wear brown velvet mambo bellbottoms with a matching vest covered in gold ric-rac.

as you were...

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drain woes

i did talk boy into going to walmart last night on our way (um... out of our way) to the dawning, as hellsop suggested. unfortunately, walmart does not carry drain snakes here. they did have a ZipIt, which we decided would work nicely on the tub drain (hair hair hair, did i mention we have hair?). we took off for the club, had lots of fun.

this morning, i've tried running hot water down the kitchen sink. it drains slowly... and seems to back right up into the bathroom sink. ugh. i just poured boiling water down the bathroom sink, in the slim hope that whatever is in there has some grease and will melt and slide on through.

next option--plunger. this might not work so well, as the bathroom sink drain is up against a steep side of the bowl.

i'm tempted to get an expanding washer thingy and use the garden hose...

we shall hit Lowe's for a drain snake sometime soon, i think.

failing all of this (or if i can't get the p-drain/j-pipe back together), i shall call the landlord, who will hopefully be able to help without having to call a plumber.

the drains in this house are all horrid. the tub drain has a sharp 90 degree bend about two inches down. the kitchen sink and bathroom sink share a drain. the washer sometimes backs up rinse water if we're using any other water-devices in the house.

the toilet (knock on wood) hasn't been an issue here. i'd rather have toilet issues. i got damn good at plunging in the last house (low-flow toilet, old TINY pipes, septic tank, etc).

the ZipIt does work very well on the tub, by the way. i asked boy attempt to clean out the drain last week. it was no longer backing up today, but he still got LOTS of hair out. i asked him to do it once a week. we've tried using a hair guard on that drain, but it made water back up worse during the shower. i hate standing in scummy water.

huzzah!

THE PLUNGER WORKED!!!!

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ugh.

nasty headache.

i think the makers of Tide should be shot.

now, if i can convince all my friends to switch to non-krasota-lethal detergents, we'll all be fine.

lj name dropping and pictures

first things first--
have you voted for Diva today?

she's at #9 right now!!!

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anyhow...

last night was, of course, the_dawning. We had two DJ's--DJ Rift and MC Tram, also known as nothingoth and pizza_tram. We also had two different musical acts--Nicki Jaine and anathema device.

( squeaky toys )

my fabulous outfit, bought at a thrift store in Adams Morgan several years ago... it had a tag reading something like 1967 and $27. needless to say, i had to have it and bought it for about 20--it smelled of smoke (building nearby had burned, so there was some smoke damage to most of the goods in this place). it was worth a bit more, i think. it's hand made and fits me like a glove. it fit a bit better before my boobs grew an extra cup or three, but hey--that's life.