i started wearing ziplock freezer bags over my socks.
this afternoon i left the bathroom door open so that my shower might warm up the apartment a little. when i got out, it was snowing in the kitchen.
the super says we have frozen pipes.
joe probably rues the day he bought frost king window installation crap. (ed: that day was today)
now, they claim that the contents include "1 Plastic Film Sheet" and "1 Roll of Tape," and that said tape is double sided. however, when reality set in, we discovered that there was actually a single roll: the first half inch or so was tape, and the rest the plastic film stuff. the problem is, you have to unroll the film in order to unroll the tape, which is mighty inconvinient when you have to get tape for our huge (drafty) windows. then we get to the part where the tape is supposed to be double sided. the one side barely stuck to our window (i don't think the adhesive works well in cold temperatures), and the adhesive on the second side just peels off when you try to remove the film on it. i don't think i explained it well, but basically it utterly fails to work. at least it's made in america.
since our house was still terribly cold (i've decided the thermostat can't actually display temperatures below 60° so i have no idea how cold it actually is) joe and i decided to start a fire in our lovely fireplace. we couldn't get the futon frame to light, but fortunately we remembered the new phonebooks were recently delivered. it only took 20 minutes for us to grab all the unclaimed phonebooks on our street, and about 30 seconds for those things to get a good fire going. the thermostat even got up to 64°.
these exciting antics, plus the stunning bruins victory tonight left us with no time to play tennis.
posted by jacob around January 23, 2003