Febrantary (February Minirants)

Let’s be fair. If you walked outside and saw a half-goat man, you would royally freak the fuck out.

I’m talking Call of Cthulhu style Sanity Check freak out.

Depends. Is the faun being played by James McAvoy? If so, there would be a freakout, but not in the bad way.

I have had it with my next door neighbor’s thump-thump-thumpity-thumping music. Numerous requests to turn it down–just a notch or two would do it–have fallen on deaf (ha!) ears. I know the apartment manager has talked to them but that hasn’t done the trick either. I’m normally quiet as a mouse, but tonight I’m going to see if 500 watts worth of Live At Leeds can make an impression on them. If I need backup, I have Made In Japan and Appetite For Destruction waiting in the wings.

Or Michael Bolton: Live At Lourdes.

With the speakers 2" from and facing the shared wall.

Oh, and download some Slim Whitman. It worked in Mars Attacks! didn’t it? :slight_smile:

Ah, Bach. Seriously.

digs, that is awesome. :smiley:

I’d recommend Skrillex, but only if you’re going to be gone for a while.

Or blast this music.

Agreed. Specifically this.

I’m sure the horses enjoyed the change of scenery. :slight_smile:

My idiot cat has a hyperthyroid condition - she’s not supposed to have any fish because of it. Guess what the only kind of catfood she’ll eat is? I figured, she’s 14 1/2, cats live on average to be 15 - if she’ll only eat tuna catfood, she’ll get tuna catfood. But she’s still a brat. :smiley:

Exactly what I had in mind, but hard to link from my phone. Trust me, it works, and I have a former neighbor who will confirm!

My God, Emily, what has the rest of the neighborhood done to you?

I know many people who are extremely bothered by hearing music in languages they don’t understand. Some opera, operetta, zarzuela or musicals in foreign languages would be good; playing foreign versions (which may even be the original ones actually) of songs which are well-known in English would IME be specially painful for those people. Or Christmas carols and spirituals, lots of those have multiple language versions. I crack up every time Johnny Cash’ rendition of “We shall not be moved” comes up in my playlist, having known it first in a Spanish version associated with anti-government protests (here by Joan Baez).

Still waiting for pics! :smiley:

Pipe organ trumps everything. :smiley:

The Rules (at my house):

1.) Do not fuck with me. I am the bigger bitch and you will. not. win.

2.) See rule 1.

:wink:

Seriously. They’re predicting six inches of snow tomorrow.

Come on, already. :frowning:

We’re going back to -TooFuckingCold again later in the week - I’m not sure why we can’t have seasonal temperatures for more than three days in a row these days! Still, I’ll take -TooFuckingCold over snow any day of the week.

In the words of my dear, sweet, Super Lutheran, elderly mother:
I am sick of this fucking snow.

It’s at the point where plowing the end of the driveway is pointless, as the snowblower cannot lift the snow high enough over the snowbanks. Driving is difficult as you cannot see around corners.

Heh. Co-worker walked over this morning and asked if I was the one who ordered all of this snow.

“Yes, I am. But when I ordered it 6 months ago, I specified large deliveries, like 15-18” at a time, and they keep sending it over a couple of inches at a time."