Multiple Showings - Part 3

Want to know the best advantage of working in the law library?

The law.

My landlord called me yesterday at 9pm and explained that my current apartment will be shown to prospective renters. That seems reasonable, right? She told me it's at 9am, the next day. I rushed home after finishing my paper and went into a whirlwind of cleanliness. I finished cleaning and reorganizing my room by 3am. Awesome.

Today rolls around. I go to my classes and get back to my apartment at 2:30pm. I get another call from my landlord. The people never arrived for the showing, but there's another showing. Guess what? It's for 6pm, that night. Another success. I accept because, well, I figure I have to.

Fast forward to just a few moments ago. I receive a call from my landlord at work. I check my voice mail after I leave the bathroom and find out that we have another showing for tomorrow at 2:30pm. Great, another time I won't be in the apartment I'm paying for still. The landlord also says the cleaner it is kept the faster they can rent it and stop scheduling showings. Alright.

I mention this to my boss and we look up the City of Chicago Municipal Code to find out if the landlord really needs to give me more notice. Turns out a minimum of two days notice is require by law except in emergencies or when repairs effect the entire building. Now to call my landlord tomorrow and nicely ask her if she will give us more notice.

Knowing the law rocks. But, it doesn't rock hard enough for me to choose pursuing anything related to it.

-Chris

Reading Does Not Equal Understanding - Part 2

Let me start off with a quote from someone I know all too well.

According to M. Gillespie, nihilism as a personal ideology and as a metaphysical justification for "no-limits" can lead to totalitarian politics. Using examples from his book, explain how this happens. Rely on at least one literary contrast which he uses to illustrate the appeal of the demonic.

Yep, that's what I'm supposed to be writing about now. While I completely understand what the author means, I have no idea how to translate that from the reading. I created an outline for myself that makes perfect sense, but I am at a loss on where to start. I'd rather be writing a million different news lead for a story about snails than write this.

Spring break is over, which means it's time to interview for internships. There is one that I really want, so I'm hoping it comes through and works out. I can't believe that, not counting this week, there are only FIVE weeks left of classes! I don't know where the time went.

This week was spring break which means I worked for about 20-30 hours. Oh, and this happened. Also, the cost of oil went up. Awesome. Now you have no money and will pay more at the pump. This year keeps getting better. I used to hate that I wasn't going to graduate this year because I was so ready to work after my summer internship. Now I'm jumping for joy that I have a year to let this economy improve, hopefully.

Random side note, Cake Wrecks is awesome. Some of these are ridiculous, my personal favorites are the ones where the person writing what you want on the cake includes your directions, on the cake. For example:

A: Hi, I'd like a white cake that says, 'Happy Birthday' in big letters.

B: No problem.

A receives said cake with this on it: 'Happy Birthday In Big Letters'

-Chris