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haha! bringing back some good elementary school memories here.

Quoted: vangelis in his studio

Watch Fired Up 2009 Online for Free and see a movie a lot more fun than the adult romantic comedies Hollywood has trotted out so far this year. A pair of smart-ass high school football players swap the pigskin for pom-poms when they sign up for cheerleading camp

I live 1/2 mile away on the same street but missed all the commotion this morning. Sad that there was a casualty.

Quoted: The news about this morning's fire just got grimmer: the P-I reports an elderly man, the last tenant of the apartment building scheduled for destruction, has died before he could even make it to the hospital. The man, in his 80s, was supposed to move out today or face eviction. KING 5 has video of the fire, and a quote from Dennis Saxman, development gadfly, about the victim: "He was having a hard time letting go."

UPDATE : spoke with the management company just now about ending our lease. they basically stated that in order for us to break our lease we would pay $150 + any month they can't find a new renter for the unit. BUT the would rent out all the other units (the ones whose leases end) first and then ours... so basically when we move and they can't find a new renter for the apartment we would still have to pay $1600 + per month until they find a replacement renter.

i told them considering the circumstances i didn't think that was right. they tried to explain that :
A. our fire alarm on the 22nd floor didn't go off because the fire alarms are localized to the floors... since the fire was on the 13th floor only the 12th, 13th and 14th floor fire alarm went off.

B. the fire department were the ones who came assessed the situation and turned off the fire alarm.

my response :
A. we have a friend who lives on the 12th floor. she was up having breakfast getting ready to go to work and she heard the fire alarm for all of 5 - 10 seconds (same as us) and presumed that the fire alarm was faulty. i asked the management people. are you trying to tell me that the time for the fire alarm to alert the fire department. for the fire department to come to the apartment, assess the situation and manually turned the fire alarm off took all of 10 seconds?

B. if it's the alarm system to only set off localized fire alarms based upon floors and if the fire department isn't going to evacuate the whole building and i can't change either of these things then the only thing i can change is my place of residence.

i asked the management person. IF the fire had spread and finally my 22nd floor fire alarm went off (the 21st floor would have to be on fire/have smoke in order to set off my floors fire alarm) then i would have to take the stair well down 22 flights?! while fighting all the other people who are also trying to escape? i told them i would rather be informed (regardless of how 'contained') immediately about a fire so i can get my ass out of there. if they control it - great, no big deal - better safe then sorry. if it spreads - great, i had more time to get the fuck out of there.

they stated they can not do anything and i have to talk to the manager... who of course is on vacation and won't be back til Thursday. i couldn't even make an appointment with her and have to call her on Thursday morning in order to schedule a meeting to discuss getting out of the lease.

update : a 26 year old male died due to smoke inhalation. the fire happened on the 13th floor. again - the fire alarm went off for all of 5 seconds and then stopped. we have a friend whose on the 12th floor and she was having breakfast and she also confirmed she heard the fire alarm for all of 5 seconds then stopped.

we're moving.

Quoted: CLEVELAND - Firefighters are at the scene of a fire in downtown Cleveland Tuesday morning. Officials said a fire is under way at Reserve Square, which is located on East 12th Street.
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The building has been evacuated.
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It's unclear if there have been any injuries.

It was worth this season to get the house clean ... the bloggers win again.

Yet another exploding laptop... When will it end... Not too soon I hope, there is nothing like a laptop on fire for those cold winter nights :)

Remake of Bomberman. You've lost your friends and the neighborhood gang is after you. Blast 'em before they blast you!