Comments on: Just when you thought I would have nothing to complain about… http://sarahaswell.com/2008/03/04/just-when-you-thought-i-would-have-nothing-to-complain-about%e2%80%a6/ Sarah Aswell Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:49:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: joe http://sarahaswell.com/2008/03/04/just-when-you-thought-i-would-have-nothing-to-complain-about%e2%80%a6/#comment-1678 joe Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:52:52 +0000 http://sarahaswell.com/2008/03/04/just-when-you-thought-i-would-have-nothing-to-complain-about%e2%80%a6/#comment-1678 I've lived with bad neighbors in college towns, goldfish-bowl communities, blighted urban neighborhoods and once in between an elderly woman who bred yap-yap dogs and an aging hillbilly small-engine power equipment enthusiast and Harley-revver guy. Kill. I'm all about the subliminal revenge. Try odors. Cod liver oil dripped onto the sill of an open summer window demands respect. And there's nothing that says "I don't like you" more than hidden bacon. Happy birthday! 27 is nothing. Waste your youth while you can; I didn't get a real job until almost 30. A decade later I can't believe they pay me what they do for what I actually accomplish. Plus my office is closest to the coffee maker. Score. I’ve lived with bad neighbors in college towns, goldfish-bowl communities, blighted urban neighborhoods and once in between an elderly woman who bred yap-yap dogs and an aging hillbilly small-engine power equipment enthusiast and Harley-revver guy. Kill.
I’m all about the subliminal revenge.
Try odors. Cod liver oil dripped onto the sill of an open summer window demands respect. And there’s nothing that says “I don’t like you” more than hidden bacon.
Happy birthday! 27 is nothing. Waste your youth while you can; I didn’t get a real job until almost 30. A decade later I can’t believe they pay me what they do for what I actually accomplish. Plus my office is closest to the coffee maker. Score.

]]> By: Anonymous http://sarahaswell.com/2008/03/04/just-when-you-thought-i-would-have-nothing-to-complain-about%e2%80%a6/#comment-1677 Anonymous Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:49:06 +0000 http://sarahaswell.com/2008/03/04/just-when-you-thought-i-would-have-nothing-to-complain-about%e2%80%a6/#comment-1677 I've lived with bad neighbors in college towns, goldfish-bowl communities, blighted urban neighborhoods and once in between an elderly woman who bred yap-yap dogs and an aging hillbilly small-engine power equipment enthusiast and Harley-revver guy. Kill. I'm all about the subliminal revenge. Try odors. Cod liver oil dripped onto the sill of an open summer window demands respect. And there's nothing that says "I don't like you" more than hidden bacon. Happy birthday! 27 is nothing. Waste your youth while you can; I didn't get a real job until almost 30. A decade later I can't believe they pay me what they do for what I actually accomplish. Plus my office is closest to the coffee maker. Score. I’ve lived with bad neighbors in college towns, goldfish-bowl communities, blighted urban neighborhoods and once in between an elderly woman who bred yap-yap dogs and an aging hillbilly small-engine power equipment enthusiast and Harley-revver guy. Kill.
I’m all about the subliminal revenge.
Try odors. Cod liver oil dripped onto the sill of an open summer window demands respect. And there’s nothing that says “I don’t like you” more than hidden bacon.
Happy birthday! 27 is nothing. Waste your youth while you can; I didn’t get a real job until almost 30. A decade later I can’t believe they pay me what they do for what I actually accomplish. Plus my office is closest to the coffee maker. Score.

]]> By: Bipolarlawyercook http://sarahaswell.com/2008/03/04/just-when-you-thought-i-would-have-nothing-to-complain-about%e2%80%a6/#comment-1670 Bipolarlawyercook Thu, 06 Mar 2008 02:29:55 +0000 http://sarahaswell.com/2008/03/04/just-when-you-thought-i-would-have-nothing-to-complain-about%e2%80%a6/#comment-1670 I think a notepad of sticky notes, all that say TUBA, ready to go by the door way, is the right choice. I think a notepad of sticky notes, all that say TUBA, ready to go by the door way, is the right choice.

]]> By: Beth from Avenue Z http://sarahaswell.com/2008/03/04/just-when-you-thought-i-would-have-nothing-to-complain-about%e2%80%a6/#comment-1664 Beth from Avenue Z Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:45:38 +0000 http://sarahaswell.com/2008/03/04/just-when-you-thought-i-would-have-nothing-to-complain-about%e2%80%a6/#comment-1664 Here in San Diego at my writer-ly office, it's the garbage trucks. Loud. Incessant. Garbage trucks. I'm near a city facility, so they drive by a lot. That's not the bad part, though. For some reason, they seem to pick up trash at the nearby dumpsters on different days and different times. That means I have garbage trucks hanging out near my house every day, sometimes several times a day. Perhaps I'll have really loud sex when they come by. Yeah -- that'll teach them. Or at least perhaps I won't worry about the garbage trucks as much. Here in San Diego at my writer-ly office, it’s the garbage trucks. Loud. Incessant. Garbage trucks.

I’m near a city facility, so they drive by a lot. That’s not the bad part, though. For some reason, they seem to pick up trash at the nearby dumpsters on different days and different times. That means I have garbage trucks hanging out near my house every day, sometimes several times a day.

Perhaps I’ll have really loud sex when they come by. Yeah — that’ll teach them. Or at least perhaps I won’t worry about the garbage trucks as much.

]]> By: emily http://sarahaswell.com/2008/03/04/just-when-you-thought-i-would-have-nothing-to-complain-about%e2%80%a6/#comment-1662 emily Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:36:25 +0000 http://sarahaswell.com/2008/03/04/just-when-you-thought-i-would-have-nothing-to-complain-about%e2%80%a6/#comment-1662 joe, can I hire you as a body guard? those are some of the best scare tactics I've heard in a while! joe, can I hire you as a body guard? those are some of the best scare tactics I’ve heard in a while!

]]> By: joe http://sarahaswell.com/2008/03/04/just-when-you-thought-i-would-have-nothing-to-complain-about%e2%80%a6/#comment-1660 joe Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:21:06 +0000 http://sarahaswell.com/2008/03/04/just-when-you-thought-i-would-have-nothing-to-complain-about%e2%80%a6/#comment-1660 The best defense is a good offense. Try these on for size: Airhorn. Cuckoo clock. Put a vibrator in a large steel tin, hang from the ceiling by the door, leave for the day. Buy ten alarm clocks at Goodwill. Set them to go off all day long. Tape loop of the Oompah Loompah song. GG Allin 'Hated' DVD on repeat. Call rent-a-hippie, have them send over their best digeridoo man. He can play along to a Dave Mathews CD. Scour surplus medical equipment dealers, buy a bellows ventilator, feed the hose into a steel garbage can, let 'er run 24/7. Go get that Gary Wilson CD 'You Think You Know Me'. Play that sucker, often. The best defense is a good offense. Try these on for size:
Airhorn. Cuckoo clock. Put a vibrator in a large steel tin, hang from the ceiling by the door, leave for the day.
Buy ten alarm clocks at Goodwill. Set them to go off all day long.
Tape loop of the Oompah Loompah song.
GG Allin ‘Hated’ DVD on repeat.
Call rent-a-hippie, have them send over their best digeridoo man. He can play along to a Dave Mathews CD.
Scour surplus medical equipment dealers, buy a bellows ventilator, feed the hose into a steel garbage can, let ‘er run 24/7.
Go get that Gary Wilson CD ‘You Think You Know Me’. Play that sucker, often.

]]> By: April http://sarahaswell.com/2008/03/04/just-when-you-thought-i-would-have-nothing-to-complain-about%e2%80%a6/#comment-1659 April Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:04:56 +0000 http://sarahaswell.com/2008/03/04/just-when-you-thought-i-would-have-nothing-to-complain-about%e2%80%a6/#comment-1659 I had the same issue with my neighbors and Christina Aguilera. I mean her musical stylings, not Christina Aguilera herself. How awkward would it be to tell <i>her</i> to keep it down? I had the same issue with my neighbors and Christina Aguilera.

I mean her musical stylings, not Christina Aguilera herself.

How awkward would it be to tell her to keep it down?

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