GameNoc: Solstice Edition

[dudelovenext]

Last night was a blast, but I'm seriously paying for it now. -_-

Arren and I headed to Costco to pick up a few things (my poor, poor wallet...;_;) for GameNoc. We got back and Stef started making dinner; a kick-ass tequila chicken dish. Damn, so tasty! InhabitantJ also brought some chicken, which was also very good. Just thinking about it makes me want to have another. :)

We really didn't start the game portion of GameNoc for a while. Brack brought his friend (Jeff? John?) over who's a bartender. I had WAY more than I usually do, but I have to hand it to him, those drinks were awfully good. :) We played some Apples to Apples (which I think Nikki ended up winning).

After the crowd thinned out a bit I threw in some Super Smash Bros. Melee. There's only one word for how I felt while playing: shamed. Brack's friend completely OWNED me. Granted, I had been drinking, but I'm usually good enough that I can still hold my own even in that condition. Not so tonight. -_- To even it out I then threw in some Wario Ware. Yes, a cheap "make myself feel better" game, though I wasn't kicking ass like I normally do (I'm gonna blame the vodka on that one).

Eventually everyone parted ways. I woke up this morning with a killer hangover. -_- So yeah, I won't be doing much today except for probably playing video games. :) The house was surprisingly clean when I got up, so I won't have to do much there. :)

Apparently, however, we have some dick neighbors. I won't go into the first thing, but the parking situation? Fuck. Some neighbor complained that we had a bunch of cars out in the street, yet our driveway was empty. Hello bitch? Arren uses the garage and he's the first to leave in the morning! It's possible that this complaint might be exclusive to GameNoc, in which case people can park in the driveway those night, but the rest of the time. And of course our neighbors can't talk directly to us; they have to go bitch to the owner. Pisses me off.

Well, I'm gonna grab some food since my stomach is feeling quite queasy. `^_^ Hangover + allergies = sucks. :( Ah well, today'll be fine. I hope everyone's having a great Thursday!

Comments

[fearless-son.livejournal.com]

It is not just GameNoc. Those same neighbors once left a note under Ivy's windshield wipper saying that they do not want her parking in front of their house because they need the space and there is no reason that she cannot park in front of her own house. Apparently they do not understand that her house is all the way in Bothell, nor have I ever seen them use that space.

Oh, and I envy you.

[dudelovenext.livejournal.com]

I might just go tell them to fuck themselves (though I'm not sure which neighbor is doing this).

I'm also going to be looking into the laws on parking in the street. I'm fairly certain that the street is public property and that as long as we not blocking anything (mailbox, driveway, fire hydrant) then it's perfectly legal.

We are in a neighborhood, though, so I'm not sure how that works. I'm normally a pretty laid back kinda guy, but this REALLY pisses me off.

Envy? `^_^ In what way? `^_^

[fearless-son.livejournal.com]

They have a right to protest our parking, but not to enforce it unless we park in ways that are blatently illegal.

Wow, if you did not pick up on that then you must have been really drunk. ^_~

[dudelovenext.livejournal.com]

Yeah, how smart is it to get on your neighbor's bad side over trivial shit? If they had legitimate complaints, no problem, I'm all for working things out. I'm getting angrier and angrier as I think about this. >_

[faerytaleending.livejournal.com]

Too many people are waaaay to into other peoples business. Blah

[inkandalchemy.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Perhaps I should just leave my truck at work and bus up to GameNoc from Factoria if they're going to be that obnoxious about it. Jeez. What else is the street FOR, anyway? It's not like we prevent anyone from driving down it. There's always plenty of room. Grr.

Am sorry to hear you have a hangover, though. I'm told those are pretty miserable. >.< I know allergies are. Feel better soon, hon! *hugs*

[inkandalchemy.livejournal.com]

That might work, yeah. What time do you usually go?

[fearless-son.livejournal.com]

Getting too and from the Bond House and Factoria on the bus is pretty easy. The 245 goes pretty much straight between those locations.

[dudelovenext.livejournal.com]

Nah, it's public property, so feel free to come up in your truck if you want to. :)

Thanks, I'm sure a good night's sleep tonight will help. :)

[woojoegai.livejournal.com]

yes, on top of what colin said, their not specifically stated that they'd like to park their van in front of the house on teh street and that is why i shouldn't park there.

however, they leave their van in their driveway now.

they are some passive aggressive eastside fucks. OR, libertarians. OR, both *shudders*

if you give me permission i am going to start writing a really nasty letter to them that involves city ordinances and whatnot. a very nice way to tell them to fuck off.

[dudelovenext.livejournal.com]

That's too bad for them, huh? It's a public street, and as long as you're not blocking traffic or other things (mailboxes, fire hydrants, driveways), you're good to go.

Do you know if it's the guy on the corner? Like, if you were facing our house, would it be the guy on the right?

Sure thing. I have no problem with your writing a letter to them, politely telling them that they're stupid as hell. :)

[quetz.livejournal.com]

*sigh* So I take it Eric called you already?

[dudelovenext.livejournal.com]

Yes, but I'll probably be calling him tonight and talking with him.

[4c-6f-76-65.livejournal.com]

Oh man, my boyfriend apparently has dick neighbors like that.

Like last weekend, they had a tree that fell down in their driveway almost, it was being held up by another tree, so they cleared all their cars out of it to you know, cut the tree down before it falls on all their cars and ruins them.

So like, I guess his neighbors got mad about how they parked, and called the cops on them. The neighbor never even came out to ask them to move their cars, he/she just went straight to calling the cops.

[dudelovenext.livejournal.com]

I know it can be a little nerve-wracking to walk up to people you don't know and start complaining, but these are people that you live next to. Is everyone so disconnected? If there was something that was really bothering me about our neighbors, I'd like to think that I'd try and talk to them in a civil manner.

Sorry about your boyfriend. I hope the cops got pissed at his neighbors for wasting their time. >_

[sloth-mobile.livejournal.com]

Yeah... that really sucks about the parking. Party was awesome last night though. Jeff was in glee that he got to use his bartending knowledge to make drinks for all yall last night.

[dudelovenext.livejournal.com]

That was awesome. :) He makes some good drinks!!

[kapslocked.livejournal.com]

How frustrating. Like some of my roommates.

[dudelovenext.livejournal.com]

Ah, some of them are like that? :( Lame.

[saxytenshi.livejournal.com]

Kevin and I alllllllllllmost atteded GameNoc last night. Kev was bugging me to go all week, and when it finally came down to the time to go, he said he was feeling to tired. What a pussy. *lol*

[dudelovenext.livejournal.com]

That's when you hand him a large raspberry mocha. That'll wake him right up! ;)

*LOL* Ah well. I'll see you soon, I'm sure. :)

[humu-ted.livejournal.com]

I'm gonna stick up a little for the neighbor. My next door neighbor has people over all the time and not even a LOT of people. Two, maybe three cars sometimes. Their driveway is twice as long as ours and goes back way behind their house. At the end is a two car garage. They could EASILY fit 7 cars total in all that space. Plus out in front of their house is room for another two cars. So where do their dipwad friends park? One inevitably parks one car smack dab in the MIDDLE of the front of our house. Now, let me explain OUR car situation. 4 people live at my house. Mom, Dad, Kurt, Me. We each have a car. Our driveway is really short so we can squeeze two cars in the drive and two in front of the house. Hear, that? TWO in front of the house. But, one has to pull all the way up to the of the next house.

So because the next door neighbor's friends are retarded inconsiderate jerks, we can park NONE in front of our house. If you drive a freaking Jeep, realize that it's small enough to PULL FORWARD and leave room for another car. It drives me crazy. Their driveway is empty and in front of their house is empty. WHY THE FREAK ARE THEY PARKING IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE!?? And it's not only that they park there, but they park in the MIDDLE so no one else can fit in.

So yeah, in defense of your neighbor, parking can be a really frustrating issue and to see an empty driveway with cars all over the street is SUPER annoying.

But, she should have come to you guys first to complain. Then if nothing had happened, gone to the owner.

[dudelovenext.livejournal.com]

There're a few things here. For one thing, there's plenty of space in the street for anyone to park, including me, my roommates, or our neighbors. Second, the driveway has to usually stay open as Arren uses the garage and he is usually the first to leave in the morning. Third, it's a public street. That means its use is for everybody, not just certain people in certain sections.

It sounds like space is more an issue for you, and if that was the case her, I'd be a little more sympathetic to our neighbor.