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...but who? Or both of them? It's a long weekend away from work, not a lot shaking here in the boondocks. Like most weekends, I watched a couple movies, did laundry, and wished I was back in Connecticut. Well, except when I'm at the gas pump, ha ha. Today's cinematic opus was Necromentia- a newer film, caught it on cable. Has anyone seen this one? Was it just me, or did it make no sense whatsoever? Now, if you're looking for a film that proceeds in a linear fashion, has a coherent plot, and leaves you with some sense of the normal process of introduction, conflict, denouement and resolution, look elsewhere. This film was actually somewhat reminiscent of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in that it portrayed more or less normal people in a surreal environment. In this case, it went a little deeper, that the people have a somewhat unusual idea of normal vs. not normal. Paying a professional torturer to carve you up is not unheard of in this world, nor is carving symbols into your body to bring back the dead. (I didn't get it either, but that's what was going on). So intentionally or not, this actually did take on an impressionistic, surreal quality that was either intentional, or the director had no idea what he was doing. Peter Steele, formerly of Type O Negative, put it best- don't mistake lack of talent for genius.

Speaking of genius, the kitchen sink is still backed up. There's some underlying problem deep in the depths of this apartment's plumbing, as the dishwasher was, prior to this, running backwards into the sink. Now the dishwasher doesn't drain into the sink, but neither does the sink drain. Drain opener and plunging seems ineffective- a mystery, to be sure. If it was a cracked or broken pipe, we would probably have water all over the floor, not stuck in the pipes. It's not a clog anywhere close by, else the drain cleaner or the plunger would probably have worked to open it up. Then again, not exactly my area of expertise. For a little while, we thought about breaking lease and moving to a nearby complex, as repairs are getting to be few and far between here. (In case that wasn't obvious already). Well, there is a developing mold problem, which actually does allow us to break lease without incurring the charges for the remaining lease's rent. Of course, neither of us are really in that much of a hurry to move, we'd rather just have management live up to their end of the contract and fix the stupid problem already. I'd rather see an easy answer to this problem (like many areas of life), but come on guys, we kind of need to get the ball rolling here.
Well, the mold is so far confined to the kitchen, so is not a pervasive problem. I've heard it can have a very bad effect on some people, or just people in general. It's going to, sadly, cost the apartment management a hefty chunk of change if they don't get to work on it. Preventive measures are usually the best measures.
Well, that's about all the news from here. I hope everyone out there is enjoying the long weekend, and having a good time doing whatever it is that you're doing! Stay well everyone.