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Escapade vid uploaded
Mar. 2nd, 2010 05:07 pmI may (or may not) write up some stuff about the weekend at Escapade, but since this was the con where the universe had programmed a Beat Down Gwyn weekend without informing me beforehand, I don't know how much I want to write! Suffice to say it ended with with a waitress loudly sneering at me that my card had been "cancelled" (not) and dropping it on the table as if it had ebola virus on it, and then a heinously late flight that made me miss my scheduled appearance at an editing class, and the piece de resistance, walking into the house to be met with the most hideous stench because the refrigerator died.
I knew the fridge was on its last legs because it started making scary noises right before I left for the airport, but there was nothing to be done about it except warn the cat care lady and hope for the best. Apparently the stench was even worse the other day when she came in, and she aired things out as best she could. But I had to spend the entire night last night clearing everything out of the damn thing, which, I swear, wasn't just dead, it was warm. I saved a couple things, but I have to keep an eye on them; my garbage can is full, the recycling is nearly full, and the yard/food waste compost bin is bursting. And it still stinks, IMO.
But I did find a repairman who came mid-day and fixed the compressor unit. Same problem I had a number of years ago with my old Kenmore fridge. He told me that it's not a good compressor to begin with and that one of the things they never tell you is that fridges in built-in/around cabinets can't really vent, so the compressor gets hot, and very few manufacturers use good compressors. This gibes with what my old boyfriend, an appliance repairman, told me. This guy said Sub-Zero is the only one who makes top-mount compressors, and their bottom line unit is $5,000. Yeah. So that won't be happening any time soon, but he did say the repair won't last a long time. I hate this disposable, cheap junk society we live in.
I so hated throwing out all the Asian and other spicy condiments and ingredients I have. Partly because it was expensive, and partly because it smells so awful now. You'd think that a lot of pastes and sauces and such would make the kitchen smell good all thrown together in the sink, but you'd be wrong -- between the humidity in the fridge and freezer and the ingredients, it does not smell pretty.
AAAAAaaaanyway. I finally made a web copy of the vid I premiered at Escapade this weekend. It's mostly just a little old-skool type fun vid for an old-skool fandom, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. It's up at my vids site and at Viddler, which I've embedded under the cut. It looks a lot nicer in the divx file at my site, though.
Follow You Down
Fandom: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Artist: Gin Blossoms
File: 30MB Divx avi
Streaming: http://www.viddler.com/explore/gwyn/videos/6/
Sundance won't follow Butch that far. Well, okay, maybe he will.
( Streaming copy )Enjoy! Feedback of any kind is always welcome.
I knew the fridge was on its last legs because it started making scary noises right before I left for the airport, but there was nothing to be done about it except warn the cat care lady and hope for the best. Apparently the stench was even worse the other day when she came in, and she aired things out as best she could. But I had to spend the entire night last night clearing everything out of the damn thing, which, I swear, wasn't just dead, it was warm. I saved a couple things, but I have to keep an eye on them; my garbage can is full, the recycling is nearly full, and the yard/food waste compost bin is bursting. And it still stinks, IMO.
But I did find a repairman who came mid-day and fixed the compressor unit. Same problem I had a number of years ago with my old Kenmore fridge. He told me that it's not a good compressor to begin with and that one of the things they never tell you is that fridges in built-in/around cabinets can't really vent, so the compressor gets hot, and very few manufacturers use good compressors. This gibes with what my old boyfriend, an appliance repairman, told me. This guy said Sub-Zero is the only one who makes top-mount compressors, and their bottom line unit is $5,000. Yeah. So that won't be happening any time soon, but he did say the repair won't last a long time. I hate this disposable, cheap junk society we live in.
I so hated throwing out all the Asian and other spicy condiments and ingredients I have. Partly because it was expensive, and partly because it smells so awful now. You'd think that a lot of pastes and sauces and such would make the kitchen smell good all thrown together in the sink, but you'd be wrong -- between the humidity in the fridge and freezer and the ingredients, it does not smell pretty.
AAAAAaaaanyway. I finally made a web copy of the vid I premiered at Escapade this weekend. It's mostly just a little old-skool type fun vid for an old-skool fandom, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. It's up at my vids site and at Viddler, which I've embedded under the cut. It looks a lot nicer in the divx file at my site, though.
Follow You Down
Fandom: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Artist: Gin Blossoms
File: 30MB Divx avi
Streaming: http://www.viddler.com/explore/gwyn/videos/6/
Sundance won't follow Butch that far. Well, okay, maybe he will.
( Streaming copy )Enjoy! Feedback of any kind is always welcome.
