one less egg to fry

i've realized that what they're doing to my house is not dissimilar to scoring an orange. the man in the dust mask takes his circular saw to the stucco, cutting vertical 6-foot lines spaced by about a foot or two. over the next week, they'll put small jackhammers into the grooves and demolish the stucco. the dust and noise is quite incredible. soon the building exterior will be nothing but plywood. the window order has been delayed repeatedly, so they've pushed forward the rest of the schedule, bringing fully half of the co-op to the same stage of progress. the idea is to keep work going; if they can't finish the first set of townhouses, they'll start demolishing the apartment block, rather than sit idle. apparently everything will go very quickly once the windows arrive. we KNEW the windows would be a problem.

sorry about the jefferson starbucks link. i'll try and find an active one; it really is worth hearing. most of the discussion of this song has focused on two things: 1)the awfulness of corporate america for thinking that this was a good idea and 2)the awfulness of the original song. i quite enjoy the original song, and i believe that decrying corporate culture is old hat at this point in history; what excites me about we built this starbucks on heart and soul is the wonderful surreality of it all. who did think that this was a good idea? it's incredibly faithful, even replicating the faux-radio announcements.

ok, lunch break is over, and they're back to the stucco scoring. the noise is really terrible; i couldn't imagine how awful it must be to have to do that job. the worst part of the sound is the inconsistency. i can handle a steady, solid drone; however irritating, it is at least monotonous. the circular saw noise is irregular. i find that it makes me very tense and nervous. my back and upper arms get very sore.

i think i'll take my lunch break now, and head out for a vietnamese submarine sandwich. i'll do the dishes later, while listening to the fifth dimension and/or low's the great destroyer.