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[captain_slinky]

So on the one hand, i have seen with mine own eyes and heard with mine own ears how terrible things can get when the guy remains jobless and the woman goes to work. I have seen the man promise to keep the apartment clean, cook meals, and generally "earn a living" by performing domestic services around the house. I have also seen that same man not lift a finger until a brutal argument and guilt over physical abuse force him to do *something* about the condition of the apartment, but only for 3 days at the very most, at which time EverQuest and/or any other game would take over his time again, and the cycle would start anew.

Today is my first real day of such an agreement. Crystal is at work, and I am supposed to be cleaning the Kitchen and Living Room (tomorrow would be the bedroom and the bathroom, and Friday would be the Office and Laundry). However, here I am with the kitchen only half done, and I'm posting in my LiveJournal and wishing that I had the time to go play Tony Hawk, Serious Sam, or any of the other games we have sitting around the house.

This does not look good :(

Comments

[opaleyes.livejournal.com]

You can do it! Having my laptop in my room has definitely cut down on my productivity. One thing I might suggest is to just leave the computer off and fight the urge to turn it on in the first place. Then you'll be less likely to wander over to it and "just get online for a second."
Good luck!

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[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

My sollution so far has been to burn episodes of Invader Zim on to VCD. Encoding the files takes like 14 hours, and I can't touch my computer during that time (at least, I *think* I can't)

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[opaleyes.livejournal.com]

Excellent! And of course you cant. You cant touch the computer while it's burning stuff. And then you'll have Zim to watch later as a reward. Good stuff.

[khristle.livejournal.com]

Sweetie, Im sure you'll do just fine. I have everything pretty well cleaned and I pick up after myself, so really all you have to do is not make a mess and it'll be all good :)

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[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

Oh CRAP! I'm DOOMED!!!

Aaaa!

[bghsmith.livejournal.com]

I've Done That! I've Done That!

The only time I would get pissed at my companion/maid was when he did absolutely NOTHING all day. Let me tell you that I, much like your sweetheart, tend to pick up after myself. Thus all remaining mess was small or made by him. So, sitting around on his butt for 9 hours and not taking 10 minutes to at least clean off the table and put dirty cups in the kitchen, was very bad.

That being, let me warn you off the BIGGEST most AWFUL mistake you can possibly make in this situation: Not only failing to clean, but making a bigger mess on top of it all!

This will get you killed.

You have been warned.

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[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

That's exactly what Mathew (the person I had seen have this happen before) did! Worse, I would get home an hour before his wife did and clean up for him JUST SO I WOULDN'T HAVE TO HEAR THE FIGHTING, and it wasn't enough to counteract his sloviness! I'm feeling a bit better about it, though, because I have had time to think about it, and there are some big differences between this situation and Mathew's situation:

*Mathew spent 1 full year unemployed without even looking for a job; i am constantly looking for employment and have an interview on Monday!

*Mathew was willing to fight for his sloth ways, I am such a wuss that I refuse to fight even for basic civil liberties!

*Mathew did not cook, or when he did cook, it was food that only he could eat (his wife had many food allergies); I cook every day, have a freezer full of prepared lunchs for my schmoopie, and am learning all sorts of culinary secrets from Chris!

So yeah... I think I got it covered :)

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[bghsmith.livejournal.com]

I take it Mathew is no longer married.

In fact, I wouldn't be suprised if Mathew is no longer alive!

(What a thoughtless jerk!)

See, this is what NOT to do if you want to live in a peaceful home.

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[mathewg.livejournal.com]

Probably better if you look at the situation in context.

I'm truly not as thoughtless as Brian made me sound.

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[mathewg.livejournal.com]

"That's exactly what Mathew (the person I had seen have this happen before) did!"

Would have been enough if you hadn't mentioned me, but since you did:

"Worse, I would get home an hour before his wife did and clean up for him JUST SO I WOULDN'T HAVE TO HEAR THE FIGHTING, and it wasn't enough to counteract his sloviness! I'm feeling a bit better about it, though, because I have had time to think about it, and there are some big differences between this situation and Mathew's situation:"

Let's be realistic: you made more of a mess much of the time than you cleaned up. Do you have any idea how long I had to scrape up a dish you'd used to cook (burn) a whole chicken? I think one of your evenings in the kitchen (which produced food which maybe nobody was alergic to, but oftentimes was only food which you could stomach very well) usually resulted in multiple burned pans, an array of garbage littering the area, etc. All of which I was expected to clean up? I didn't marry you, I just got you as a "pseudo-brother-in-law".

"*Mathew spent 1 full year unemployed without even looking for a job; i am constantly looking for employment and have an interview on Monday!"

No. This is not the case. It's an exaggeration. Longest I was without a job was 3 months. I've been wihthout one longer due to my alien police woes here.

"*Mathew was willing to fight for his sloth ways, I am such a wuss that I refuse to fight even for basic civil liberties!"

This may be true. You are pretty much a wuss. You should recall that I was "fighting for my sloth ways" in great part based upon the precedent set by my ex-wife when she was unemployed. You also hear my ex-wife complain about my behavior while you will not hear her complain about some of the benefits that behavior had. It was not all bad . . . that's just the part we tend to focus on. Understandable in a divorce.

"*Mathew did not cook, or when he did cook, it was food that only he could eat (his wife had many food allergies); I cook every day, have a freezer full of prepared lunchs for my schmoopie, and am learning all sorts of culinary secrets from Chris!"

Mathew cooks just fine. And did, often enough. Your memory of the situation is not entirely accurate. I did not cook every day like I currently do because a) you wanted to cook food for us, b) she wanted to cook food for us, and c) a lot of the time people wanted me to go out and get food from the store which could be eaten, so instead of chef, I played delivery boy (at all hours of the day).

"So yeah... I think I got it covered :)"

It's possible to have things covered without downing your friends for situations which evolved out of difficult relationships.

Would have been easy enough to say:

I don't have to worry about causing problems where other men have in the past because Crystal and I are in a happy relationship.

Good luck in the job search Brian, I envy your having an interview.

[collisions.livejournal.com]

And one more tip - a short length of 2x4, when dragged around on the carpet, replicates exactly the tracks of a vacuum cleaner...and presses the bits of stuff into the carpet to boot! Then you can turn the vacuum cleaner into a blower to pull air into your BBQ grill and cause the coals to heat faster and hotter!

That's my combination housekeeping and culinary tip of the week.

Also, if you see this, Penny, don't worry. It's all good. And please don't try to use the vacuum for anything. I, umm, used it to vacuum up some charcoal lighter fluid. Uhm.