out to get some dumplings to ease the pain and i run into my landlord. he told me they could have gone up to the roof and moved the scaffolding. i said they didnt have the time or the inclination at that late hour but at least he was sympathetic.

so they wrapped it up for the night. i saw the cabal that was in my apartment seated around a table in a coffee shop (which they owned for the day) discussing what they were going to spend my $500 on no doubt. as for me, off to the chinese grocery store with steaming dumplings already in hand to buy five off brand bottles of seltzer for three dollars and a mop head. good times.