Archive for September, 2007
This song is pretty good.
Oh, and I know that kyleboddy.com is down for some reason. I'll migrate it all over to Site5 and put it in a Wordpress RSS reader soon enough. Lots of work to do this weekend.
Power outage, part 2
It looks like the apartment complex is going to budge - they told me to submit an itemized receipt for lost hours at work and anything else that might have been damaged. There's nothing in the fridge or freezer that would spoil, since I just got back from Cleveland, and I'm not inclined to lie and extort more money than I think I deserve, but good ideas anyway!
I'm submitting my full journal log, receipts that prove my hourly rate is what it is from existing clients, and my itemized invoice as a demand for payment or reduction in rent for the amount requested.
Power outage at my apartment situation…
After coming home from work today and getting home around 8 PM PST, I walk into my apartment and notice all the power's off. It's just my apartment, though; everyone else seems to be up and running, as are all the lights in the building. At 8:15, I place a call to Seattle City Light, who told me that they couldn't do anything after all the basic diagnostic crap (cycle the breakers, mainly) because the main breaker was likely in a locked closet that only management has the key for. After speaking to them, I called the emergency 24-hour line for the apartment and it went to a cell phone's voicemail, WTF? I left a message, waited 10 minutes, and called back. Sure enough, it's the voicemail again.
Normally this wouldn't be a huge problem, but I left work fairly early tonight to get home and work on a significant project for a side consulting job, a large portion of which that required talking the client through a few things via IM and phone. Since all of the requisite files were at home, I was unable to complete the tasks necessary.
I left messages with the 24-hour line every 30 minutes or so, and called a few times without leaving one just to check. It's now 1:45 AM and I'm back at my office where I plan on sleeping.
My question for you is this: How much can I milk the apartment complex for? I clearly left work early with the intention of doing consulting work for a client, which was semi-high value and is going to be a huge bitch to reschedule. We have a work history together, so I can produce receipts that show we do business together at not-insigificant dollar amounts. Should I check to make sure that it was indeed the apartment complex / manager's fault, then present them with a bill for 6 hours of my time plus punitive considerations (e.g. pain/suffering)? I kept a very detailed log of all of tonight's events (I saw that it was helpful on a TV show) and can very easily prove what my hourly rate is with documented receipts.
What should I expect to receive in compensation here? Do I have a case?
Das Boot!
If you've seen Beerfest…
Me with the boot filled with Spaten (apparently a Malt Liquor)
Go! Go! Go! Go! (Filled with Warsteiner this time)
My best friend and his new wife with Das Boot full of Great Lakes Eliot Ness (a v. nice amber)
The wedding party after four boots
Das Boot is broken (Don't try washing it with hot water and then cold water - should be obvious, but we were really drunk)
What a wonderful way to start my first day back in Seattle:
-Less than an hour of sleep on the redeye flight due to crying babies next to me and behind me
-Dealing with ex-girlfriend's questions about our previous relationship, getting put on a guilt trip, then trying to fix bank/lease situations without much success and getting yelled at for it
-Coming into work and getting a truckload of stuff dumped on me
Complaining doesn't do much, though. I am programmed to expect every day to be bad. It doesn't bother me too much.
How awesome are the Indians?
Extremely. Looking forward to seeing more rookie callups. With any luck, we'll stop seeing outfielders that won't play for us (Francisco) and instead see future prospects (Barton, Mulhern, Miller).
Actually, calling up Miller might be a problem since I am not fully aware of his options left. However, we need his arm in the rotation. I cannot even imagine Sabathia/Carmona/Miller/Byrd/Westbrook.
