Monday, September 20, 2004
Couple other things...
just got an electric bill for the apartment, and i have to say it was quite a shocker. i try to keep the temperature quite reasonable, and i'll jack up the thermostat while i'm gone to avoid unnecessarily high bills for the air conditioning. plus i have a friend who uses the same electric company and she said her bill dropped with them versus her other provider. so i can tell you it was quite a shock to see that my bill jumped $20 from what i used to pay at the old apartment with the old company. yikes! i tried to figure out what it is, and can only conclude that it is a lack of insulation in the new apartment. i haven't left on lights that i didn't need, haven't left on computers overnight or when i went out of town, haven't kept the apartment chilly, or anything else that would make sense. and this apartment actually has ceiling fans to help keep the place cooler with less AC. so unless they are secret electricity drainers, then i can only conclude that the insulation in the apartment is very minimal. guess i'll have to wear less clothing and just suck it up. either that or get used to painful bills every month.
one other thing... on the news just now i saw a little 10 second piece on some chick who made a perfect score on the SATs and has a perfect GPA. ok, big deal. i graduated with 2 people who had perfect SAT scores, had perfect GPAs, and who even started dating (or so rumor had it) at the end of their senior year. did that make news across the country? heck no. there was a little piece in the local newspaper (one that later went bankrupt) but i can guarantee that nobody in that little girl's state ever heard about them. i don't want to sound bitter, but i just don't get why we should have heard about that girl when they didn't even share the story about their own local geniuses on the local TV news. ok, that was it, so whatever. i just found it strange, that's all.
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