so i have this cute little thing i refer to as a "plant balcony" off my bedroom window. granted, the only plant that ever sat out there was a cactus that shortly died. anyway, the window also had security bars to keep out burglars or keep in small children or whatever. this meant... no airconditioner in that window. arrrgh! so i ordered the special one-way-screw removal tool from homedepot.com and of course! it works on one screw but the two others are rusted and stripped and otherwise seemingly permanently ensconced in the window frame. i fucked around with them a bit and then kind of gave up. this was tuesday.

tonight, after deciding to forgo attending the voxtrot show in brooklyn, i attacked the screws with a vengeance. after three hours with a hammer, three sizes of chisel, a drill, wire cutters, a wrence, and various and sundry tools that have otherwise sat lonely and neglected in the bright red toolbox... victory was mine! the bars are off! there is an AC unit in my window -- ugly and a bit dirty (hey, it was $10 at a garage sale) but who cares??

it is now delightfully cool in my bedroom. i can't wait to actually bunker down under my duvet. i've been passing out on top of it, as of late. one of my favorite feelings is curling up under a blanket in a room that has the ac on full-blast. energy-sapping? yes. but oh so pleasant. it reminds me of the time i visited amanda in cincinnati and we turned up the AC in her apartment and car so we could wear sweaters.

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well now it is morning and it ws so so lovely to sleep in my air-conditioned bedroom. so lovely that i slept til noon!

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and now it is nighttime when the internet finally works again. i think i may skip rothko after all tonight. we'll see. i want to see heather, but i know i'll see her tomorrow. well, i'm meeting billy&nico at stephanie's for drinks soon and if we make it down to the loisaida then we make it down.

signing off,
yr party girl.

xo.