Stopping The Slammers

I’m not one for making New Year’s Resolutions, but something has reached a point where we need to take action. I’m talking about the Slammers who live across the hall from us. I’ve mentioned them before, and in the past eight months, things have only gotten worse. They slam at 7:00 am, they slam at 1:00 am, they even slam at 4:00 am. They’re students, and we think one of their boyfriends lives in another apartment in the building, so they’re always going in and out. The problem is, how do we deal with it? We’ve never really developed any sort of civil relationship with them, as they’re just generally unfriendly people.

If we confront them, I’m afraid that I won’t be able to ask them to stop without sounding annoyed or angry (which I am). And I don’t want them to get their backs up, or else they’ll just keep doing it. Brooke’s mentioned it to our superintendent and asked if he would speak to them about it, but he’s older and we’re not sure he remembered. I thought of asking the other tenants on our floor (there are only about 5 or 6 other apartments, so everyone hears it) to sign a letter asking them to be more considerate. That way they can’t single us out as the complainers. It’s really starting to drive us crazy. What do you think we should do?

Ticket Stubs

Boy, it must be a new year or something. Everyone’s launching new sites. Especially welcome is Matt Haughey‘s TicketStubs, an idea he’s been working on for a couple of years now. The idea is simple: submit a scan or picture of a ticket stub from a significant event, and tell the story behind it. I was hoping for the same sort of thing from my languishing Setlists Project, and it looks like Matt’s site will fulfill its promise. It looks nifty, too.

Kudos to Matt for yet another feat of ingenuity. He’s kind to Canadians, too.

Be My Friendster

Friendster is sweeping the web. Wanna join my personal network of friends, acquaintances, stalkers, hangers-on, minions, lackeys, and bootlickers? Sure you do. The only drawback I see is that you can’t search for someone by name alone. Since we all have so many email addresses, someone could be subscribed under another address than the one you search for, but I expect that will be ironed out. This reminds me of the old Six Degrees service from a few years back.

Note: The “beta code” they ask for is “coke” (no quotes).

Adaptation=10

We finally went to see Adaptation (2002) last night. Though I’m still not feeling particularly articulate after seeing five films in four days, I will say it’s probably the best film I’ve seen this year. I just smiled and giggled my way through it, constantly amused and surprised. And Nicolas Cage, once at the top of my list of favourite actors (mostly for Raising Arizona (1987), mind you), has climbed back up the list after an astounding plummet. There will be awards given to this film, though I’m surprised so few people seem to have seen it so far. Get thee to a multiplex!

Also, exchanged Christmas gifts with my friend Brent tonight. I gave him The Simpsons – The Complete Second Season, and he gave me…the same thing. I lived with Brent so long we just think the same way. We did this last Christmas too, I think.