20th Mar 2011
Home - Sweet, Sweet Home

Change is a Good Thing!

Many changes have descended upon me – this time around, really great ones.  Indeed, when it rains, it pours.  I often love the rain that falls from the sky, and...

18th Oct 2010
An interestingly covered fridge is a good sign!

Tips for Living with Roommates and Friends (that will make life fitter, happier, and more productive, I promise!)

First off, I have been wanting to tell my roommates that this song (track #1) makes me think of them and has made me “take old albums off the shelf”...

10th Sep 2010
Time to move, once again!

Time to move, once again!

…false alarm re: loony bin!  However, whispers about me in the hallway are becoming loud conversations with the booming voices of “authoritarian” men.  Top floor of building – too nice...

20th Jun 2010
Slumlord Rental

Landlord Nightmares

The 300 lb. bully of a landlord (read: slumlord) that drove both Alaryyk and me to the point of utter madness last fall, commencing with our eviction – the best...

07th Mar 2010
One of These Things Just Does Not Belong…hilarious e-mails post-eviction notice

One of These Things Just Does Not Belong…hilarious e-mails post-eviction notice

It was obvious from the beginning of my tenancy at 1%#@ E. 10th Ave. here in Vancouver, BC, that I was not…”appreciated”…by the house’s other tenants who lived in suites...

01st Mar 2010
“Letters of Complaint: The Art of Getting What You Deserve as a Human Being” – Letter #6

“Letters of Complaint: The Art of Getting What You Deserve as a Human Being” – Letter #6

First, what I was complaining about! Attention:  _____ _____ (me) As per our conversation of earlier tonight, November 4, 2009,  this is written notice that the landlord, _____ ________, will...

28th Feb 2010
“Letters of Complaint: The Art of Getting What You Deserve as a Human Being” – Letter #5

“Letters of Complaint: The Art of Getting What You Deserve as a Human Being” – Letter #5

This one did not work out in my favour…but it proved a point, and revealed much about the personalities of two interior decorators that live just off Commercial Drive…maybe you...