3.04.02  This Monday's update is brief.  I may add more later, but for now, the big news is this:

The 314 & 460 cartoons are now titled DOWNHILL 

Instead of having numerous links to my drawing pages on this site, you can now find them all at the following location: DOWNHILL

You can also get to the DOWNHILL page by clicking the DOWNHILL logo in the left hand column of this page.

All future drawings will be available in variousDOWNHILL indexes from now on.

Enjoy DOWNHILL

 


And what do my parents think of the latest update?

At 0228 PM 3/4/02, Judy Corcoran wrote:

You are seriously nuts. I thought I would look in parent directory and find "me" but alas, no. Did you call online banking? Did you pay your rent?  Is a crappydoodle similar in taste to a snickerdoodle? We watched "Pay it Forward" last night on DVD - not what I expected - kind of disjointed. Also watched "Legally Blonde" on Saturday - not too bad. I like Reese Witherspoon.

 


Overheard on the Wal Mart intercom:

"Attention K Mart customers..."

-sfc

 

 

3.08.02  I got this in the mail yesterday from the company that graciously lets me live in its building:

Dear Resident:

P.P.M is in the process of sending out renewals for the August 2002 though July 2003 rental year.  

We carefully consider each property and weigh the pros and cons of the last leasing period.

At the time you rented your home, you signed a contract agreeing to our rules and regulations, which were carefully arrived at after years of rental experience.  In checking your file, our staff has found that you were in violation of your agreement.

For the following reasons, we have decided not to renew your contract:

Noise

In accordance with your lease, we will be showing your home during reasonable hours.  It will benefit you to cooperate in all aspects of showing and the cleaning of your apartment for moveout to help assure an appropriate rental reference.  (Refer to your lease page 2(#11c), page 3(#14b) and page 5(#27)

Your lease end date is NOON on July 31, 2002.  It will be necessary to call (name omitted) or your resident manager to schedule a move-out appointment.  You will be provided with a detailed cleaning list to help assure you of a good move-out inspection.

If you have any questions, please refer to your lease.

Thanking you for your cooperation,

(name omitted) Vice President

Professional Property Management, Inc.

 

And my reply:

Dear Professional Property Management:

Thank you for the kind letter.  It has come to my attention that I do not, in fact, give one damn about your company, or the fact that you have decided "not to renew my rental contract."

I have been a resident of your building located at 1320 Gateway Hills for three years now.  I have lived here longer than most of the residents on this floor, if not in the entire building.  I have watched four resident managers come and go.  In fact, for a period of about four months, the Gateway complex did not even have a resident manager.  

In those three years, I have had ONE complaint made against me, by a neighbor too stupid to arrange his furniture the way the apartment was designed to be inhabited.  I have not damaged the building the way countless other residents and their intoxicated guests have.  I have never stolen laundry out of the machines, although we did have a problem with that too.  I've never had a pet, as other residents on my floor have right now.  I have never even stored my bicycle in my apartment, as I see other residents do almost daily.  These are all rules outlined in my lease, yet not enforced by PPM. 

For the following reasons, I am eternally grateful that I will not be "allowed" to renew my rental contract:

Leaking Ceiling (for NINE MONTHS) click here

Idiot Neighbors

Deteriorating Building

Inefficient Heating

Insufficient Cooling

Insanely High and Ever-Increasing Rent

Total Lack of Security

Zero Enforcement of "No Solicitors" Rule

Zero Enforcement of EVERY OTHER RULE (except, of course, for "Noise")

 

This list could go forever, but neither PPM or this crappy apartment are worth the time and energy.  

In accordance with my lease, I am prepared to show this apartment and all of its failings to anyone you bring here.  However, don't be surprised to hear me list everything I have just mentioned to your prospective renters.

My lease does, in fact, end at NOON on July 31, 2002, and believe me, I am counting the days.

Oh, and by the way, I am graduating this summer, so I won't be needing this crappy apartment after all.

If you have any questions, please refer to my ass.

Thanking you for relieving me of this terrible place,

Sean Corcoran, Soon-to-be Grateful Ex- Resident

-sfc

 

 

3.22.02  It's a good thing my parents and I have the same kind of DVD player.  They'd be helpless without me providing them with handy guides like this:

-sfc