My roommate picked me up when I got off of work, and informed me that he had gotten a newsletter from the apartment office that they were doing the yearly apartment inspections tomorrow. (Yearly? They've not done one of these in the 3+ years we've lived here.)
Needless to say, the apartment was a mess. (With two single guys living in it, how could it not be?) Before my roommate went to bed at last, we had about 15 trash bags ready to go out to the dumpster. I honest to God don't know where it all came from. 
It's now nearly 2am here. Normally, I would be in bed at 11-11:30pm, but there's still cleaning to do. More stress, and lack of sleep means that I will be calling in sick tomorrow, and that I'll likely spend the day vacuming the floors (can't do that late at night in an apartment).
I would like to get some sleep, but the most vicious of my creative insperational moods, the "Cleaning Muse", is in full force. I'm not gonna be able to sleep till this apartment is really clean.
The only really good thing about this is that we've discovered that, apperances aside, I'm really the neat one between my roommate and me. My mess actually had places to go, his didn't.
I hope I don't get into trouble for calling in sick tomorrow (if I didn't, I would make myself sick with stress worrying that it wasn't clean enough). I shouldn't, but my boss can be a worthless bastard at times.
Well, time to sneak downstairs with more trash, and then go back to doing dishes.
Most of the trash is out, and most of the kitchen is now clean. I still have to sweep and mop, but that's easy. After that, time to clean the kitty litter!
I dont know the rules of your contract or anything. But isnt there some time you can take off for stress related illnesses. I know several people who have had to take months off at a time because of such things. Even if it isnt overtly serious it would still be better to have some paid chill time before you have a nervious breakdown.
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And I was all like 'Oh yeah?' and Azizza was all like:
Not to be an ass or anything, but why didn't you just keep the place clean in the first place?
Because they're two single guys? 
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Lenny had this to say about pies:
Because they're two single guys?
And your point? Two single guys should have enough pride to take care of where they live.
Is it really that hard to throw trash away, or put things back where they belong.
Correction: Not realizing how much of a mess my roommate had. I knew about how much of a mess I had, and most of it was books next to my reading spots, and empty Dew bottles.
I do clean every now and then, but there are so many interesting distractions in my stuff that I never make it very far. I learned that from my mom, who is the same way. (Only instead of gaming books and dice, she has craft books and quilting material.)
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Azizza obviously shouldn't have said:
And your point? Two single guys should have enough pride to take care of where they live.
Is it really that hard to throw trash away, or put things back where they belong.
Is your place perfectly clean?
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Lenny had this to say about Tron:
Is your place perfectly clean?
He's got a point though. If we hadn't be lazy, it wouldn't need cleaning now.
There's a lesson to be learned here. I expect that I will completely fail to do so.
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Lenny Model 2000 was programmed to say:
Is your place perfectly clean?
Perfectly? No. But it is very clean yes.
Mine was no problem, it's one of the things I do keep clean. Just a little Comet, and it was good.
My roommate's? 
Time for Inventive Cleaning Chemestry 101.
Yah, I know. TMI or something. Thus, the NSFW tag.
Add that mixture (which should be heavy on the bleach and Pine Sol) to the toilet bowl so it fills over the usual water mark and to where the big stains are. Let that sit for a while, and it should help some.
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(and billing you for it) since 2001
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Palador ChibiDragon got all f'ed up on Angel Dust and wrote:
Yah, I know. TMI or something. Thus, the NSFW tag.
In case we imagine a grungy toilet and scream "SWEET JESUS IT'S TAINTED MY BRAIN!!!?"
Yeah, that can be awkward.
Another time they tried to evict me for non-payment of rent because they applyed my rent check for another person's appartment!
Needless to say, I moved out of there as soon as my lease was up.
Hope your landlord isn't as annoying.
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Blindy McBlinderson had this to say about Jimmy Carter:
That's nothing. We knocked a hole in the wall that we have to fix before our landlady comes on wednesday. And by Hole, I mean you could walk though this.
I know I should not ask.. But..
How the hell did that happen?
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Judge Gydyon had this to say about Cuba:
Palador -- mix bleach and Pine Sol with hot hot water. Make sure your version of Pine-Sol has no ammonia.Add that mixture (which should be heavy on the bleach and Pine Sol) to the toilet bowl so it fills over the usual water mark and to where the big stains are. Let that sit for a while, and it should help some.
No bleach, and no Pine Sol. I do have some Comet powder with bleach, I mixed it with Dawn dishsoap to make a paste, then plastered the inside of the bowl. When I'm done with my mop water (which has Simple Green in it), I'll dump that in there and give it a go.
I just found some Soft Scrub with bleach too. (I thought I was out.) I'll save that for the next round, if need be.
On the up side, everything else is coming along well. My cat's going nuts though, she can't sleep for fear that I'm doing something interesting, so she hasn't had any sleep all night either. It's kinda like revenge for all the times she's used my bed for a DDR pad at 3am.
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Azizza had this to say about Knight Rider:
I know I should not ask.. But..
How the hell did that happen?
Sounds like someone got tackled into the wall, and didn't stop.
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Palador ChibiDragon had this to say about Pirotess:
No bleach, and no Pine Sol. I do have some Comet powder with bleach, I mixed it with Dawn dishsoap to make a paste, then plastered the inside of the bowl. When I'm done with my mop water (which has Simple Green in it), I'll dump that in there and give it a go.I just found some Soft Scrub with bleach too. (I thought I was out.) I'll save that for the next round, if need be.
That might work!
Thinking about your posts
(and billing you for it) since 2001
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Callalron had this to say about Tron:
Exactly what sort of apartment do you live in that does inspections? I mean, I was used to getting my room inspected when I lived in the barracks, but in 12 years of apartment dwelling, the only time my places ever got checked for cleanliness was when I moved out and I was trying to get my deposit back.
Ah, that's the trick. I don't know WHAT they're inspecting for. I just know that they are doing inspections of the apartments. For all I know, it's to double check the fire systems (sprinklers and alarms in each apartment).
However, a mix of good manners (pick the place up a bit when you have someone coming over) and paranoia (you never know what might make them try to evict you) awakened the Cleaning Muse. And my muses don't take "No" for an answer.
Currently, the cat's realizing that my old, smaller vacuum wasn't all that bad, compared to the monster I use now. Still gotta clean my desk, but you almost expect clutter on a computer desk. [ 02-04-2003: Message edited by: Palador ChibiDragon ]
Grungy toilets are the ONE thing, the one thing I cannot abide. I'm a fair bit of a slob myself, but only to the point where clothing and stuff will cover my floor for weeks.
And yes, some apartments will inspect you, depending on how 'classy' they are. Some think they must have pretty patrons as well as pretty rooms.
As long as your trash isnt pouring out onto the sidewalk or stinking up the air, I dont think it is really that critical.
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Palador ChibiDragon Model 2000 was programmed to say:
One part lazyness, two parts not realizing just how much of a mess we had.Correction: Not realizing how much of a mess my roommate had. I knew about how much of a mess I had, and most of it was books next to my reading spots, and empty Dew bottles.
I do clean every now and then, but there are so many interesting distractions in my stuff that I never make it very far. I learned that from my mom, who is the same way. (Only instead of gaming books and dice, she has craft books and quilting material.)
ditto for me and zephy. our house is a sty. it just kinda becomes that way, slowly, but surely.
Our rule is be as messy as you want in your areas, but keep the common areas spic and span. Works pretty well.
Thinking about your posts
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When I moved outta my old apartment I hauled out 5 or 6 30 gal garbage bags from my room alone. Coke cans, dead take-out boxes, pizza boxes, and other similar things around my PC plus crap in my closet that had been there since I moved in abotu a year and a half before. I had unpacked and thrown the packing materials in the boxes and put the boxes in the closet. Never went into the closet again really.
Overall as we moved out there was a good 20 or so bags of garbage and crap that we weren't gonna move taken out to the dumpsters....
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Azizza got all f'ed up on Angel Dust and wrote:
I know I should not ask.. But..
How the hell did that happen?
We wanted a door.
we were drunk
2+2 = HOLY SHIT.
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So quoth Blindy McBlinderson:
We wanted a door.we were drunk
2+2 = HOLY SHIT.
Ah, alcohol.
I hear that's how Bob Villa got started.
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one night when we were all drunk we thought hey wouldn't it be nice if tom could lock his door and masturbate in peace for once?
And lo, the hole was born.
And this is why I don't drink.. I don't trust myself in the home remodeling dept.
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Jajahotep's unholy Backstreet Boys obsession manifested in:
Oh and I hope your inspection goes well Palador.
It went very well.
The apartment complex I live in is actually made up of 4 apartment buildings, and one large house that was converted into a clubhouse/office. They had planned to build a couple more of the apartment buildings, but had run into a snag getting the land they needed.
That snag is now gone, and they can begin working on the new buildings. Someone had the good idea of inspecting the older apartment buildings (all are less than 4 years old), and finding out what problems had turned up with them. That way, they know just what to look for while the new ones are being built (they'll be the exact same style).
The manager allready has a list of things that need to be done better with the new buildings. As my roommate and I were both here when she visited, she just asked us if there were any problems, cracks in the walls, ect. All we really had to do was pick up the front room some. The bedrooms and bathrooms were never even looked at. Still, I'm glad they're clean again.
