March 05, 2012

Contributing to the recovery

I'm spending money again. My copy of the first BD of Mouretsu Pirates will be delivered tomorrow morning.

And I ordered a statuette from Bob, which is supposed to arrive next Saturday. (Fedex makes Saturday deliveries.) It's yet another figurine of Hakufu, so how could I resist?

Meanwhile, the world has made a delivery to me that I don't want. Starting about a week ago, I've been finding insect bites on my arms every morning. I told the apartment manager about it today, and she's going to have someone come and check it out.

My fear is bed bugs, but she says it's more likely to be fleas. I hope she's right, because fleas are a lot easier to eradicate.

But it means strangers coming into my apartment, to see what a slob I am.

UPDATE: By the way, starting about a montth ago the dollar has been climbing like a rocket relative to the yen. Why? Who in hell knows?

If I had to guess, it's because of the problems in Europe. Capital is fleeing and looking for a safe haven. And bad as our problems are, they're a lot less serious than what's going on in Europe.

 

Posted by: Steven Den Beste in Daily Life at 03:21 PM | Comments (6) | Add Comment
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1 I heard the Japanese are printing money, but that may not be reliable.

Posted by: tellu541 at March 05, 2012 03:41 PM (pJ1uW)

2 You might be right. The Euro is rising relative to the Yen, tooo. The Japanese central bank has tried a couple of times to inflate the Yen in the last year, so maybe they're making more of an attempt this time.

Posted by: Steven Den Beste at March 05, 2012 04:56 PM (+rSRq)

3 *shudders*  Yeah, hope its not bed bugs.  Bed bugs are awful.  I had a nasty infestation a couple years back, and we were damn lucky it only took one try to clear them out.  And by "one try" I mean "seal everything fabric in plastic bags and leave them to cook in a car, heat dry everything possibly in the dryer, and have the exterminators apply dust under the carpet and in the walls several time, over the course of a month."

I find it rather terrifying that there *isn't* an effective poison to use on them. . .

Posted by: metaphysician at March 05, 2012 05:27 PM (3GCAl)

4 Actually, there is one. But the EPA banned it.

Posted by: Steven Den Beste at March 05, 2012 08:16 PM (+rSRq)

5 Really? Because I'd heard they were developing resistance to DDT.

Posted by: Boviate at March 06, 2012 01:08 PM (63JPq)

6 That one's banned, too.

Posted by: Steven Den Beste at March 06, 2012 01:19 PM (+rSRq)

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