so, what's happened?
i was on my way out on tuesday, when the previous property owner stopped me and accused me of peering into the neighbour's window to try and determine whether he had removed the cat or not and threatened to evict me over it. i at no point suggested removing the cat. this accusation was so obviously fabricated out of absolutely nothing that any concept of good faith went out the window. we're going back to court.
i spent the rest of the day on tuesday running around doing grocery shopping and picking up packages. i just crashed when i got in; it was a long day.
yesterday, i started by sorting through the remaining loose ends for the build. i got a psu (and another power bar...) at amazon, instead.
the government gave me my ostc up front this year, because i forgot to include the on-ben. i'm not sure how this is going to work out; it seems like they want me to send them back the $296 and just continue my normal monthly payments. i happen to be able to do that this month. they haven't sent me a notice yet, but i'm scheduled for normal $60 monthly payments. i'm going to assume that they correct this and that the $60 payments become $35 payments. i can live without $25/month, but i'm going to budget by reducing my groceries rather than my spending, so i actually want to take that $296 and spend it up front. it makes sense to spend $300 on cleaning/bathroom stuff. soap. toothbrushes. toilet paper. lysol. dish soap. that kind of stuff. it would be nice if i could budget that cleanly, but i had loans this month to take care of. so, i'm offsetting it with money out of the 5000. all of the running around over the last two days got me to around $175, but i should have actually bought more and will revisit that today.
i spent the rest of the morning trying to get through the court papers, and look what i found when sorting through looking for exacts dates:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZgzJiInBAw
look at 7 seconds. they're so busted...
i've been suspicious for a bit about this, but i decided they probably started placing the cat feces outside the window in order to piss me off after they figured out it would. it turns out they were doing it from the start. that is seriously a video incidentally catching somebody throwing cat feces to the side of my window. i didn't even notice it at the time; i only caught it due to the angle the camera was pointing in.
the property owner was here shortly after the footage was taken and physically placed tarps outside the window. i can't imagine that she would have done that if she was aware of what was actually happening; she operated on the information i gave her, as best as i could give it to her. i feel the obligation to give her a chance to react to this fairly. it's hard to come up with a good resolution, granted. and, ignorance is not a shield of liability. but, i'm not doing this for the money, i'm doing this to get them to stop. the financial penalty is probably the only thing that's going to work; what i mean is that the only thing that's going to get them to stop is forcing them to pay a substantial fine, whether to me or to somebody else. but, i get to look that much more patient by giving them yet another chance. they have until monday morning to give me an acceptable answer, before i get back to filing...
i was hoping to place orders for jewel cases at staples and pick up the ps/2 combo, but neither thing worked out. staples requires a credit card, period. i'll have to figure something else out. the local computer store will order the ps/2 combo and i'll pick it up in the next few days.
i cannot find a square monitor in any of the pawn shops, either. so, these are my remnant concerns.
i crashed in the evening again and have spent the overnight budgeting these loose ends. the dvds and bds finally shipped. and, everything has gone through over paypal.
right now, i'm very hungry, as i didn't eat yesterday. i don't know what the plan is today, exactly. i'll want to do some laundry. i may even nap a little before the concert tonight.
so, here's what i've added over the last three days:
updated total:
airwalk shoes (payless): $33
bicycle repair (city cyclery): $23
3x40 gb ide hds (kijiji): $10
2x500 gb sshd laptop drives (best buy): $2x82
2 gb internal drive (best buy): $104
100 dvd-rs [best buy]: $30
50 bd-rs [best buy]: $45
2x2 gb laptop ram (amazon.ca): $2x15 + shipping, $47
8 gb sd ram for mp3 player (amazon.ca): $13
2 tb external drive (amazon.ca) : $123
50 cd-rs [amazon.ca]: $30
ps/2 to usb connector [amazon.ca]: $5
intel core i3-4710 [amazon.ca]: $243
atx mid tower [amazon.ca] - $52
asus p9d ws [amazon.ca]: $360
2x8 gb ddr3-1600 ram [amazon.ca]: $150
arctic silver [amazon.ca]: $11
450 joule surge protector (amazon.ca): $9
600 watt psu (amazon.ca): $80
700 joule surge protector (amazon.ca): $10
laptop battery (ebay): $26
2x4 gb laptop ram (ebay): $2x33
ip68 phone (ebay): $128
m-audio audiophile 2496 (ebay) [used]: $60
250 gb ssd drive (newegg.ca): $135
bathroom supplies (food basics, walmart, loblaws, shopper's): $175
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