venting (not ventilating)
so when i said i was done, i wasn't kidding. this is a little bit of what i'm talking about.
so it's finally summer here. after a week and a half of cold, rainy grossness, it's finally starting to act like june. as you might recall, my room is practically in the basement, so it stays relatively cool. that, and i only have one window--facing west, so really, there are only a couple of hours a day, when the sun could potentially heat up my room. i open the window when i get up in the morning--i keep it closed at night because of the spiders, as y'all probably remember--and close it when i leave. again, the spider thing. pretty much, if i'm home, and it's nice out, i have the window open. otherwise it's closed.
now, some of you are also familiar with the german obsession with ventilating EVERYTHING (and the paradoxical obsession with protecting themselves from drafts.) i still haven't figured out the logic behind all of this, but i didn't really have to understand it, because I was in charge of MY window. at least i *thought* i was.
until today. i got home this afternoon, and my window was open. hmm, i thought to myself... that's strange. and sure enough, there on the wall, a couple of inches from the edge of the window...a spider. of the rather large variety.
(i know i said i wouldn't write about spiders again, and i'm not!!--this is really about the window thing.)
seriously, who just goes into someone else's room and opens their windows!!???!!? why would you do that??!! what gives you the right!?!? i'm not trying to be selfish here, and i know i'm just renting this room--it doesn't really belong to me, but i still feel like it's "mine"--hell, it's all i've got. and if i want to suffocate in my stuffy room, shouldn't i be allowed to do that?
maybe i'm being unfair. it could have been done as a favor to me. "oh, she forgot to leave her window open, and it's going to be warm today." maybe. but still!?!?!? i don't go in and out of their rooms opening and closing windows.
can i please just have my life back!?!
so it's finally summer here. after a week and a half of cold, rainy grossness, it's finally starting to act like june. as you might recall, my room is practically in the basement, so it stays relatively cool. that, and i only have one window--facing west, so really, there are only a couple of hours a day, when the sun could potentially heat up my room. i open the window when i get up in the morning--i keep it closed at night because of the spiders, as y'all probably remember--and close it when i leave. again, the spider thing. pretty much, if i'm home, and it's nice out, i have the window open. otherwise it's closed.
now, some of you are also familiar with the german obsession with ventilating EVERYTHING (and the paradoxical obsession with protecting themselves from drafts.) i still haven't figured out the logic behind all of this, but i didn't really have to understand it, because I was in charge of MY window. at least i *thought* i was.
until today. i got home this afternoon, and my window was open. hmm, i thought to myself... that's strange. and sure enough, there on the wall, a couple of inches from the edge of the window...a spider. of the rather large variety.
(i know i said i wouldn't write about spiders again, and i'm not!!--this is really about the window thing.)
seriously, who just goes into someone else's room and opens their windows!!???!!? why would you do that??!! what gives you the right!?!? i'm not trying to be selfish here, and i know i'm just renting this room--it doesn't really belong to me, but i still feel like it's "mine"--hell, it's all i've got. and if i want to suffocate in my stuffy room, shouldn't i be allowed to do that?
maybe i'm being unfair. it could have been done as a favor to me. "oh, she forgot to leave her window open, and it's going to be warm today." maybe. but still!?!?!? i don't go in and out of their rooms opening and closing windows.
can i please just have my life back!?!
posted by be at 10:13 PM
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