Well, here I am, not a wink of sleep all night. Kids and their stereo...either they're having one helluva party, or they are passed out on drugs or drink or whatever, or they are just too lazy to get up out of bed to turn off their stereo. Tried the cops, but they couldn't get in the building to tell the rugs to turn it down, the landlord doesn't give a damn...time to start looking for a new place. I hate to do that, but it's either that or lose my sanity to the base beating of the bass. I really am at my wits end...tried ringing up the Queensbury Hotel down the street to see what their rates are, for one night--way too pricey...well, guess I'm not surprised, as President Clinton was there, so it would have to be a bit posh, wouldn't it? Anyway, tommorrow, I have to ring round to some of the suburban motels and hotels, to see if I can find a reasonalbe rate, just in case this goes into "night two." Arrrgh! $600 dollars a month PLUS utilities--169 dollars a month or more...not to mention the phone/cable service. Even without the phone/cable, that's about 400 pounds plus for this dump. For the privilege of 'BOOM-BOOM-BOOM-BOOM-BOOM' for hours and hours and hours on end. Not thanks. I'm going to give it a pass. It's like living in a ruddy welfare motel, I'm serious! The guy across the hall, while nice enough, gets all drunk with his buddies, and rowdy and tries to get his basset hound to "sing" at midnight--throws beer cans in the hall from time to time..there's maybe one tennant in the whole building that's not an absolute chav--and I hardly ever see her or her daughter. Anyway, having a little chat with the landlord tommorrow--if nothing is done, than I start the long search for a new place. I don't want to, but then, I don't want to lose my sanity for lack of sleep, either. Gah--I miss having my own home! You've no idea. I mean, sometimes things got noisy with the neighbours, but not all that often--certainly not almost every day, like witht the crack-head rugs in this building.
At least I can afford it, this time. I won't have to pay the last month's rent (as it's already paid for) and I get my security back. With what I just put in the bank, even with paying the utility bill, I have over 400 dollars left over--of course, I haven't paied my student loans yet---another 40 dollars, for one--the other is still in contention. Yeah, they are talking about garnishing my wages and taking away my pitiful income tax refund..they want 300 plus a month from me...good luck. Unless a genuine miracle happens and I win the lottery, get a job that pays more than 20 grand a year, or...dunno'...like I said, a miracle, not going to be able to pay it. You see, the US government, gives poor students all the money they want for college--which is wonderful, if you can actually find a good job upon graduation--providing the government hasn't withdrawn funding before you get to finish (like with me). If an American student can't find employment, or is underemployed, that student has NO PROTECTION whatsoever. That's what George W. and his republicans have done, bless them. You can't file for bankruptcy, you often can't deal for a lower payment, you can't do anything but either pay and go hungry, or...dunno'. I have definately developed a love-hate relationship with America..there's so much injustice in my country, these days...more and more people are being stripped of their homes, their possessions and so much more...for what? So insurance companies and creditors can rake in profits--when is enough, enough? When will it be too much? When will the toads in Washington get so bloated by their greed, that they explode?
Anyway, the stereo's still going strong, it's nearly 4am now, and I've put on some light jazz. Doesn't cover up the boom box, but at least it's better than just the constant boom and heavy vibration alone. How the hell can people sleep through that? Suppose they're used to it, I guess. Don't think I ever will be. If it wasn't so late, I'd start ringing up motels, but I have to get up in four hours--and why pay 40 bucks for four hours sleep, ey? So, I'll stay up, read Doctor Who or Louis L'Amour or something, maybe play some online cribbage, surf the net..something. I feel like I'm living over a bar (pub) for pete's sake. Dang.
It's a cold rainy night, normally, a good night for sleeping. Wish we'd get a storm..this is strange--especially in light of the fact that it basically poured rain from June through much of October. I mean, record-breaking rainfall. It was so cold and damp, the leaves began changing in mid-August, in some areas. Now, in Albany NY's Wasshington Park, the tulips are coming up--in January! People were saying, earlier this week, "oh, it's going to drop down to the teens." (farenheight)...now, most January's--that would be considered a warm spell! The very fact that suddenly northeasterners are condsidering temps of -6 C or less cold, is rather telling. They are not used to the cold yet--which should have happened over a month ago. And we're not the only ones--other parts of America are getting odd weather as well. Places that never get snow or cold are being hit with it, and places that should be getting it, are relativiely mild and dry. And good ol' George W. still denies there's global warming--then again, this is the same moron who publicly admitted that he refuses to read newspapers--and also, of course, refuses to speak proper English--even tho' he certainly knows how.
