Shannon

Haha sure... Well, this story begins when I moved into that particular house, we discovered the oven was broken on the 2nd night there. My landlord sent over his maintenance guy, Fox, to fix it. He found two watch batteries in the oven and said that's what broke the coil. (wtf) He insisted to my landlord that he just knew that we had put the watch batteries in the oven. Even though the previous tenants had been kicked out when one person threw the other through a glass door. So, maybe they were crazy people who put batteries in ovens. He told my landlord we owed him $500 for the oven damages. We obviously refused because frankly it was total bs and we didn't put any god damn batteries in any oven because that's ridiculous. Fast forward to 10 months later. My roommates toilet was broken so Fox was supposed to come over and fix it. I was working two jobs and only had the mid afternoon to sleep and I was getting over a respiratory infection. My roommate told Fox over and over on the phone that I would be asleep upstairs and to just come in with his key, go fix the toilet and leave and not to bother me. Well lo and behold I'm woken up by the doorbell ringing 50 times, I didn't want to get up because I felt terrible and I thought if I ignored it he would just come in. Well he did come in, but then he stood in the landing and just screamed "Hello?!" over and over until I dragged my ass downstairs and I was SO mad. I was like, "I'm here, I see you, go fix the toilet I'm going back to bed." He CHASED me up the stairs and was like, "Hey so did you pay for that oven yet?" and I explained that I was never going to pay for the oven because I didn't break it. This dude seriously just went on and on and never shut up about this oven and watch batteries, he was just talking in circles never letting me get a word in. At some point I was starting to see spots, I knew I needed to get back to bed immediately and I was trying so hard to just tell this guy I didn't care and we were done talking but like I said, never a pause to let me say anything. Finally I was like okay I don't care if it's rude, I'm walking away... But then I woke up on the floor. Fainting really is the strangest feeling and it's hard to describe. You really have no recollection of losing consciousness and when you come to it's very slow and disorienting. You can't tell how much time has passed, if any. It's extremely different from waking up from being asleep. Everything feels warm and it takes a bit for your vision to come back and then you're suddenly freezing cold. I scrambled to my bedroom and it took me about 15 minutes of pulling my shit together to notice that my head hurt and that I was bleeding. I had to call my roommate to take me to the ER. Oh, cause the maintenance man ignored the entire thing. For reals. This dude wouldn't leave me alone but the second I go down on my way out the door he's really busy fixing the toilet. I hated that guy. My roommate went crazy on my landlord about it and we never saw him again... but nothing in our house ever got fixed again. I think it was for the best. ...that story is bonkers and this was longer than I thought it would be. cheers if you read it all

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Oh poor howie! I'm also a fainter, thanks to strangely low blood pressure. The worst one was going down in front of a really cranky plumber who would not shut up and let me sit down while he fixed my toilet. Busted my head open on the counter... Not fun. Thankfully, I can tell when I'm going to faint now and my friends and family are used to me just suddenly sitting cross legged on the ground wherever I am to avoid another head injury. I feel bad about laughing at Wie's stories, but it comes from a place of love and understanding

Omgggg... I'm only 10 minutes in but I'm seriously freaking out. You have no idea how important What I Like About You was to my high school life... HENRY is on Totally Laime! This is so exciting I can't take it

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all fixed! thanks for the heads up

oooh aaand I JUST got the pictures from the amazing photographer y'all!!! (Thanks Cassie!!)

Taylor Lautner's Sassy Gay Hand doesn't care what y'all think

lol I might have to agree... 10 minutes in I was so bummed out. But of course I kept listening and enjoyed every second 'cause I love you guys!!

Chartists! You have to get over to the Earwolf Store and get this amaaahzing bonus ep of Who Charted? Live in Vancouver for only $2.99! GARFUNKEL & OATES Y'ALL!!! GO GET IT NOW!

EEeep! I had so much fun at the Who Charted sxsw too!! Here's my unofficial favorite moments chart in no particular order. (perhaps it's chronological) #5 I wore my "You Wont Sass Me Like That When I Can Summon Wolves" shirt (under a blazer, I'm a classy lady like that) #4 I got to squeeze my old friend Wie. He was happy I was wearing the tshirt he gave me. #3 I finally met Kulap! She's so pretty and nice omggg #2 I watched the show from backstage with Doug Benson! We talked about the merits of cheap pinata candy. #1 I got to sweep all the Doritos Jacked off of the stage after the show in high heels! Least favorite moment? Getting mauled by the chart pinata. Kulap and I were stuffing it full of Doritos bags and a sharp wire inside mangled my hand and I was bleeding so bad it was horrifying. Ku Ku kept saying she was sorry like a million times. But it wasn't her fault! I was so embarrassed and trying not to get blood all over her pretty jacket. But it's all fine now and I totally didn't get tetanus or anything. I can't wait for you guys to hear the show! We really had so much fun

ugh. just realized all of the youtube videos are missing parts... le sigh. Sorry nascartween, I'll have to stand by my original try to win a contest answer

Try to win a Who Charted contest? It would honestly be your best shot. There are no official dvds, but Howard has them. He gave me a copy a while ago and if I was technically savvy I would totally secretly upload them somewhere so everyone can share in them. UPDATE: someone totes put them all on youtube!!! here... start with my favorite episode

There's no comedy line-up announced for Bonnaroo yet... there's not much to say. Sorry

oooh thanks for posting that Brendan!! The banana and Doritos are the food I previously mentioned James/Merrill eating during the show! Those Doritos were a really big deal... they were seriously everywhere. Doritos built a giant 3 story vending machine right behind Esther's. Be prepared to hear about them on all of the live sxsw podcasts. It was a good running gag.

Sorry you're having problems, I totally know exactly what you're talking about. It used to happen to me a lot a while back, specifically with episodes of Professor Blastoff and Mike & Tom Eat Snacks (nerdist) I honestly don't know why it happens, and the way I "fixed" it was restarting the phone and trying again until it works properly. That's probably crap advice, standard IT "turn it off then on again" but I really don't know what the problem might be. Maybe an iPhone expert might have a better idea... any geniuses in the building?

I saw Bob (and his testicles. for reals) last Saturday at sxsw.... he was wearing a lot of bandages, but he was very alive. Don't fret my darlings.

I want to change it, but seeing as everyone is getting a chuckle out of it, it seems kind of wrong...

This must be pointed out in all things related to Taylor Lautner poor sharkboy.

The only way I've ever gotten videos to embed here is to just paste the youtube url directly into the comment and it will turn into an embedded video when you post. Not the link code, but the actual url that includes "watch" somewhere in it. I've noticed that if it's from a playlist or external link it won't post right. I truly have no idea why, but I know this works. I'm not sure about other video hosting sites... but I can try to get in touch with the forum designer and see if I can find out anything else. Edited to clarify.

I just wanted to let everyone know this, because I didn't hear it pick up on the mics... but Merrill/James WAS indeed eating the ENTIRE show. It was amazing. Was anyone else there with me at the live taping?