When somebody has somebody and somebody wants someone new

[sovay]

We are now waiting, for the second day in a row, for the arrival of the promised repairman who will cause our oven to light again instead of making a sad repetitive clicking noise and filling the kitchen with the smell of gas. (We're not sure if it's a pilot light problem or what, because one burner actually lit at the same time, but we decided not to blow ourselves up finding out.) Last night was an epic misadventure in pizza-ordering and the night before that I made dinner in a toaster oven. This has really put a wrench in my plans to bake a lot of apples now that the weather is cool.

1. I learned only recently that hooded eyes are an anatomical feature, not an expression. I should have been picturing generations of mysterious characters looking more like Lauren Bacall.

2. I am impressed by just how much lovebird-ness this artist got into human form.

3. This poem by Richard Michelson is a knockout: "Forgiveness."

I am still sick. It's pouring rain. I just wanted the repairman to show at noon so I could go back to bed. I maintain this is not an undue thing to ask of the universe.

[edit] The repairman showed! The gas valve is broken. We can use the burners because they're on a different line, but the oven is kaput until further notice. Our property manager says it will be taken care of. If I can't bake apples, it's not my autumn.

Comments

[gwynnega]

I hope the repairman shows up and fixes the oven soonest.

[sovay]

I hope the repairman shows up and fixes the oven soonest.

Thank you! He did not fix the problem, but he did diagnose it, which is valuable.

[selkie]

Wow. Those birds are like a feathered Punnet square.

Is there some sort of time-related communication from the repairperson or property manager you could at least hold over their head and rant about?

[sovay]

Wow. Those birds are like a feathered Punnet square.

"Half-goth babies."

Is there some sort of time-related communication from the repairperson or property manager you could at least hold over their head and rant about?

Fortunately, the property manager arrived about half an hour ago with the repairman in tow, he tried to light the oven and confirmed my description of the problem, he took our oven apart and I took the opportunity to clean various bits of it while they were dismembered, and he put it back together having identified the issue, which will require a new part to fix. So we still can't use our oven, but at least we can use our stovetop, and that is better than nothing in the meantime.

[selkie]

I posted my comment and promptly fell asleep on my spouse's chest for 20 minutes. I came back to endorse this course of action for your own evening.

If it gets to be October and your oven isn't fixed, there are buses and we have an oven and we have *shudders* pickyourownoutdoorappleorchardsintheoutdoors. You may go and take Spouse and Godchild and it will be seasonal and heartwarming and then you can catch a hockey game.

[sovay]

You may go and take Spouse and Godchild and it will be seasonal and heartwarming and then you can catch a hockey game.

That is tempting even if it is October and our oven is fixed. Hmmm.

[selkie]

From my pit of resentful awakeness: weekend October 21 clear on Child’s calendar. You? Travel mildly subsidized, late-birthday celebration obvious. Arrangements by separate telegram as wanted/req’d. Send Kleenex stop.

[yhlee]

I'm glad the repairman showed, but sorry that you have to wait for the oven to be fixed. I hope you get your baked apples soon.

[sovay]

I'm glad the repairman showed, but sorry that you have to wait for the oven to be fixed. I hope you get your baked apples soon.

Thank you. At the moment I'm wondering if it is possible to sauté apples, which I'm sure it is, but it won't be quite the same!

spork of fooding

[yhlee]

I've poached pears in wine and sugar; I wonder if poached apple would be any good as a stopgap? Even if not quite the same.

Re: spork of fooding

[sovay]

I wonder if poached apple would be any good as a stopgap? Even if not quite the same.

I don't see how it could hurt to find out.

Re: spork of fooding

[yhlee]

If you try it, I hope you report back! :)

[choco_frosh]

( Also offers oven )

[sovay]

( Also offers oven )

Thank you! Your offer is also tempting and does not require train tickets.

[chomiji]

Thank you for the birb link! That is adorable in every way!

[sovay]

Thank you for the birb link! That is adorable in every way!

You're welcome! I loved both the birds themselves and their human avatars.

[tree_and_leaf]

I really liked that poem!

You can sort of bake apples in the microwave. It's not a perfect substitute, but it's not bad. (Once lived in a student flat with two rings and a microwave....)

[sovay]

I really liked that poem!

I like Michelson a lot. I did a reading with him once.

You can sort of bake apples in the microwave. It's not a perfect substitute, but it's not bad. (Once lived in a student flat with two rings and a microwave....)

I have also microwaved apples: spatch and I once lived in an apartment which had an oven in the sense that it took up space in the kitchen, but not in the sense that it worked, and it took the landlord months to replace it. It just feels demoralizing!

[jesse_the_k]

Once feeling lonely for a honey cake, I microwaved apple slices, some almond meal, some butter and some dried raisins in a bowl. 30 second intervals until it was done.

Pretty good! Not baked apples, though.

[boxofdelights]

There's a woman in Unnatural and Accidental who goes to see her ex-husband -- she's dead, but he doesn't know it yet -- and he says, "I'm sorry for everything."

"Everything, huh?" she asks. There is so much contempt in that 'huh'. "That's a lot to be sorry for."

[sovay]

"Everything, huh?" she asks. There is so much contempt in that 'huh'. "That's a lot to be sorry for."

Wow.

(I don't know the movie; should I check it out?)

[boxofdelights]

I would love to hear what you think of it. I could send you a DVD, or, if you can get it from the library or something, I'd sponsor a review.

[sovay]

I could send you a DVD, or, if you can get it from the library or something, I'd sponsor a review.

I'll see if our library has it! Thank you.