goodbye 2007
Usually, the Napoletani aspettano fino a mezzanotte al capo d'anno. Io, no. For some reason, I could not wait until midnight on New Year's, I had to start early: I dropped my air-conditioner out of my window from my third floor apartment. Not exactly intentionally, I was trying to bring it inside the apartment so that I could finally shut the window completely. I've been out of town so long and was trying to clean, organize, and otherwise tidy up. But, well, sometimes I end up doing just the opposite. I kind of hated that damned air-conditioner anyway. Maybe I should just face up to the fact that I'm a bit of a klutz. Or that I should have called my ex to have him come over and help me since it weighs more than I do. My self-esteem is low enough that I'd rather not acknowledge it right now, though the evidence is rather glaring.
I know what the first thought that would have occurred to you might have been, and no, it wasn't my first concern. You're wondering if I might have endangered anyone's life on the sidewalk below. No, I checked beforehand, plus there's a bit of paved sideyard between the building and the sidewalk. I was immediately preoccupied with the fate of the CFC cannister. Miraculously, underneath all of that twisted steel, it is still in tact. Yes, I have called the Department of Sanitation, and they will come by on Wednesday to properly dispose of it.
For New Year's, I encourage you all to break unwanted domestic appliances in a similar manner. Throw all of your unloved crap out the window. Free yourself of extraneous material possessions. Destroy it before it destroys you.
I hope it doesn't get hot next summer.
Have a good one on New Year's Eve.
Anybody going to listen to the Radiohead live performance today/tomorrow?
P.S. if anyone in New York is reading this and you want to stop by my friend Kate's for cocktails with us, you are welcome. We'll be in Brooklyn drinking Brooklyns by a fireplace. Cheers.
7 Comments:
uncomfortably enough, my first thought was the Seinfeld episode with the falling ac unit that crushed the dog. My second was for someone's safety.
You rule. Have a good New Year.
You CHECKED the sidewalk below, before you ACCIDENTALLY shoved it out the window.
well, not exactly, i think it was more of a visualization problem. for the past six years i've been able to move the thing around myself. somehow, i imagined it falling before it actually did. i may have known that it would be a problem this year, because the window was more stuck than usual. i was using all of my force to push the window up and not enough force to pull back on it.
must admit it was gratifying in a strange way to see it smashed to bits. i sort of laughed/cried for about half an hour before i called the DoS.
new years in rome would be nice...
maybe next year.
happy new year everyone.
my dad did the same thing when installing the a/c unit in our back bedroom. it's more of a cantilever problem than a weight problem. he went to put it in the window and the damn thing just kept going.
he coulda asked for our help. i have a suspicion you both suffered from something that starts with "p" and ends with "ride". ;)
thank you! i need a shove to get me to throw all that shit out. why do i hold onto it? now let's hope i don't fall out the window.
This post goes very well with Erin's(from churchbus) Christmas song Glass & Wood which is all about breaking things.
Love the photo. I still want a large format copy of that wing shot btw. Never did get a response on that and yes, I am hurt.
Would have loved to sit around a fire with y'all in Brooklyn.
Oi. I tried sending the wing photo via yousendit. Ok, will do again, straight from gmail this time.
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