Today: Toilets and Shakespeare

[aunt_zelda]

I am sick of having to plunge the toilets around here. I mean seriously, am I the only one who knows how to do this? Come on, people! These toilets get backed up all the time and you need to learn how to fix it!

Case in point: today one was actually OVERFLOWING so I had to plunge it while water was going all over the floor. Thankfully it was a quick fix, but then I had to MOP the water up with a sucky mop and nobody's mopped in there for ages because there was all this dirt and I didn't have a mop bucket so I had to keep draining it in the sink and ararararaaghghghghggh ...


(Though I will never admit this, deep down it was kinda satisfying to forget about my essays and project and just do something tangible for a while. In retrospect, Geoffrey's infamous "I have fixed the toilet" line from Slings and Arrows has now taken on new meaning for me, and that's just plain awesome. The nature of my project - which included nearly being driven mad by studying the Authorship Question - is going to make my upcoming re-watch of S&A even more interesting and enjoyable than usual. God I love that show. Maybe I'll have time tonight to start Season 1?)

I feel as though I'm finally coming through this whole mess with an ounce of grace and maturity. I can do this ... well, I HAVE done this, I'm just in the process of reflecting and writing about that, and then it's just a matter of putting it all together and it'll be over with. 

Comments

[queenanthai.livejournal.com]

You will never need to mop again.

[cysfics.livejournal.com]

I'm the sole toilet plunger in my house as well. My sympathies.

Although at the rate the economy is going right now, I think that you'll end up with a better job if you're a plumber than if you've got a fancy degree. I know that I'm pretty much fucked, 'cause, to quote Avenue Q, "What do ya do with a BA in English?"

[aunt-zelda.livejournal.com]

Although at the rate the economy is going right now, I think that you'll end up with a better job if you're a plumber than if you've got a fancy degree.
This is true. Plumbers have the advantage of people needing them desperately and willing to pay loads of money if they PLEASE just GET OVER HERE RIGHT NOW oh GOD EEEEEEEWWWWW.
I couldn't get over the 'eeeeew' bit, though. That's just me. I admire the people who can.

I know that I'm pretty much fucked, 'cause, to quote Avenue Q, "What do ya do with a BA in English?"
Well, you do write extremely well, most people can't do that. (I had to giggle at the Avenue Q line, it got the song stuck in my head for the rest of the day last week when you posted this. I saw the show live a couple of months ago and it was AWESOME!)

[ladyhadhafang.livejournal.com]

Ah, overflowing toilets. Gotta love 'em. /sarcasm. (Wow, that's a sentence I never thought I'd say even in jest. :/)

Glad you're doing okay, though. :) *Hugs*