How to be an idiot

[oceantheorem]

1. Wonder why water hasn't boiled yet.
2. Wander into kitchen.
3. See that teakettle is on back burner. Check.
4. See that stove is on. Check.
5. Notice that FRONT burner on stove is on. Red-hot. Damn.

Comments

[kaminoshi.livejournal.com]

Personally, I've found it to be most aggravating with soup.

[oceantheorem.livejournal.com]

I was going to use the water for both tea and Ramen....

[bananasofdeath.livejournal.com]

I do that all the time.

Also, I now no longer have a whistling kettle, which sort of scares me. Though I haven't really had any problems so far (maybe once, and I got it pretty soon), and presumably this is the hardest part. I guess having a small house helps.

[oceantheorem.livejournal.com]

Yeah, mine is from IKEA, and it never actually whistles... it sort of... hisses, after a while. I've gotten used to listening for the hiss. It took a while, though. Also, it won't do it if the spigot lid is up even a teeny tiny bit, and since I'm rather forgetful, sometimes it never hisses. I've developed a sort of "why isn't the water boiling?" mental check that goes off every five minutes after I go into the kitchen. Alas, the frustrations of living alone as a forgetful person...

How is your apartment, besides small?

[bananasofdeath.livejournal.com]

It's not that small for one person, really, just relative to the ancienne maison, you know.

In any case, it's fine, other than the shower, and the bugs that fall from the ceiling with disturbing regularity.

[oceantheorem.livejournal.com]

Eeeewww. Last fall I had these scary evil demon bugs that magically appeared in THE SAME SPOT two nights in a row. But I killed them both and they never came back.

I think there are rats in my walls.

Isn't being an independent adult so much fun?

[bananasofdeath.livejournal.com]

They're not really scary bugs, just bountiful.

And I'm not convinced I'm independent. For that matter, I'm not convinced I'm an adult, either.

[bananasofdeath.livejournal.com]

Rats, though, that sounds nasty.