I have had several attempts at a passport photo recently, none of which I am happy with. I loved my last passport photo. These new ones show a woman who I'm pretty sure is some older relative of mine. Until the photo shows me I'm not applying for a new passport.
I have had several attempts at a passport photo recently, none of which I am happy with. I loved my last passport photo. These new ones show a woman who I'm pretty sure is some older relative of mine. Until the photo shows me I'm not applying for a new passport.
I got a new passport last year - just as I was recovering from a rather nasty chest infection which had ended up putting me in hospital for a day. We were getting near the deadline for getting the new passport in time for our holiday and I remember struggling to walk to the photobooth from the car.
So I'm now stuck with a shot where I have sunken cheekbones, big black rings under my eyes and with the grumpiest expression imaginable on my face
For the next ten years.....
Just have J create his own country, then claim to be a refugee. That should work
Just have J create his own country, then claim to be a refugee. That should work
Just have J create his own country, then claim to be a refugee. That should work
He really should create his own country and seek asylum there.
Ok, so...I have the world's most obnoxious neighbors. They're extremely loud, and the windows and walls here are paper-thin and don't block out any noise whatsoever. They've got three small children who bounce off the walls all the time--literally, I think--and it's not unusual for their...antics (to be polite)...to make my entire apartment shake like it's in the middle of an earthquake.
In addition to all that, they LOVE to stand out on the front...thing. It's not exactly a porch. It's a slab of concrete and some steps, basically. Oh, and they let their shithead children run around screaming in the parking lot all the time when there is a park specifically designed for children to run around screaming in less than two miles down the road.
Anyway, needless to say, I hate these people.
Since they more or less stand right by my bedroom window to carry on their obnoxious outdoor conversations, I get to hear all kinds of stuff that I have no desire to listen to. I got so sick of being woken up, forced to turn my work lines off (because I knew that if I could hear them with my headset on and my music blaring, any callers would, too), and otherwise disturbed that I decided to start being an asshole in return.
Since I have to put on my headset and blast music in my ears to drown them out when they're outside, I decided to make the best of it. Whatever I happen to be listening to at the time, I belt out like I'm Aretha Franklin singing the National Anthem or something every time they decide they need to have porch conversations (which is often). There's no doubt they can hear me because if I can hear them talking, they can definitely hear me singing at the top of my lungs.
I should point out that I'm a horrible, horrible, horrible singer. So not only are they getting random a capella versions of whatever happens to be on my Spotify playlist, they're getting to hear them as performed by someone who sounds like a tone-deaf whale.
After a while, I started intentionally trying to pick the worst things possible for my already awful voice. Recently, we've done "Chandelier" by Sia (because no one can sing that song except Sia herself), the complete song catalog of T-Pain, a particularly bad rendition of Janis Joplin's version of "Me and Bobby McGee," and a Nelly medley (because if there's anything worse than my singing, it's my rapping).
Today, it was an extremely off-key, warbly version of "Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys."
Anyway, I thought I'd open Operation Terrorize The Neighbors Into Moving Out up to the crowd. Anybody got any requests?
Woohoo!! Definitely! Insane Clown Posse, followed by any Tenacious D song, followed by... Hmmmm, maybe like a Scorpions ballad?
I love OTTNIMO!! I hope it works!!
Record some for us? But only like 10 seconds...
Woohoo!! Definitely! Insane Clown Posse, followed by any Tenacious D song, followed by... Hmmmm, maybe like a Scorpions ballad?
I love OTTNIMO!! I hope it works!!
Record some for us? But only like 10 seconds...
Master, being the wise guy, suggests putting a pickup near the wall/window and recording their loudness to share with the building manager. I'm thinking it might be amusing to play the recordings right back out the window to share their convos back at them.
Ok, so...I have the world's most obnoxious neighbors. They're extremely loud, and the windows and walls here are paper-thin and don't block out any noise whatsoever. They've got three small children who bounce off the walls all the time--literally, I think--and it's not unusual for their...antics (to be polite)...to make my entire apartment shake like it's in the middle of an earthquake.
*snip*
Anyway, I thought I'd open Operation Terrorize The Neighbors Into Moving Out up to the crowd. Anybody got any requests?
Woohoo!! Definitely! Insane Clown Posse, followed by any Tenacious D song, followed by... Hmmmm, maybe like a Scorpions ballad?
I love OTTNIMO!! I hope it works!!
Record some for us? But only like 10 seconds...
Anyway, I thought I'd open Operation Terrorize The Neighbors Into Moving Out up to the crowd. Anybody got any requests?
