You are installing what????

Banging...crashing....hammering...

What the hell is he doing now?

I had to investigate.

There he was, the roomie, installing a burglar alarm system (its what he does for a living).

In this house?

The house with walls literally falling apart? The house where the door is never locked?

The house that any burglar with half a mind would run screaming from after he broke in? (laughing or crying...not sure which they would be doing)

Ok, so no one will be able to steal my computer. That's great. Thank you roomie.

But...I kinda sorta wish someone would steal the living room set. It's beige, green and maroon forgodssake. Yes, before anyone comments, he paid for it - not me. So, according to a past commenter I shouldn't say anything. But I live here too. And it's ugly, it's just plain ugly.

Maybe, just maybe, we can go out one night and forget to turn the alarm on. We can call the police when we get back and say someone broke in...

Ohgod! They ripped the tiles off the bathroom wall!! Ohlord! They halfway installed drywall on the ceiling in the kitchen! Ohno! They ripped the framing off around the back door! And they peeled the floor tile up in the corner of the kitchen! (Damn! They left the red, white and blue shag carpet in the bathroom!!)

So, if you are ever driving down a road and see a flashing arrow - big red arrow - pointing toward a house with a sign on the porch saying "OPEN" - please come in. Come in and take the damned sofa and love seat. It's yours.

Please...