The battle has officially begun...

So, this week has been pretty uneventful. With classes in full swing and the continuous job hunt I haven't had too much free time to get up to any trouble. My housemates however....



So one of the girls Trinh, lent her toaster to her friend Kurt over the summer- who also happens to live in The Fort (Michael's house). But, the girls in my house were desperate for a toaster and would not consider paying for one (Let me preface this by saying we have found a rocking chair in the bushes, a couch and a record player on craigslist, and a garbage can from some friends all for free over the last few weeks). So, a few weekends ago, we went to the The Fort BBQ and Kurt had the nerve to point out "his toaster". Not a good idea on his behalf. So, after we left the backyard of the BBQ, we just walked upstairs into the apartment and took back our toaster to its rightful home. Kurt then called to declare "war". As if that was bad enough it gets better.



Last year, Ben (another Fort boy) lent Mary and Kelsy his wii for their dorm room f0r what was supposed to be a few days. A whole quarter later, Before claiming his wii back for the summer; he even went as far as buying them another steering wheel controller for the Mario kart game when he heard they would like another so that friends could play. Needless to say, shortly after we all moved in we knew it was critical that we regain Ben's wii (he himself admitted he hardly uses it). So, Sunday night one of the girls was chatting with Ben online and convinced him that once again, we wanted to "borrow" his wii. Operation successful. Ben arrives ten minutes later, wii in tow and sets us up for some Mario kart. The boys in The Fort where not happy about this. They claimed it was "their" wii. A few of the boys have been telling us that we have until Tuesday to enjoy the wii- before Ben returns to take it back. Mary, Kelsy and Liz are already working on an interference plan. We will see how that goes...



As if this wasn't enough, Kurt was wearing a red plaid shirt the other day that caught Mary's eye. Apparently Mary has always wanted a red plaid shirt and mentioned this to Kurt- he responded saying that she couldn't have his shirt. Again, big mistake. So, Trinh was visiting The Fort the other day, and of course there was the plaid shirt laying on a chair. So, when Kurt left the room she tucked the shirt into her backpack- he still has yet to notice that the shirt is missing. Although, it should be obvious when Mary plans on wearing it the next time he comes over, and shows him the pictures of her wearing it while also using the toaster :)



I was joking that our house should be called the kleptoscope (kleptomania being a stealing disorder). On the subject of house names, we had a competition last week where people could submit names for our house and the winner would receive a plate of cookies. Well, we gathered Sunday night and while the submissions were plentiful, we still have yet to come to a consensus. I am suggesting The Fortress (Female version of the Fort) considering all of our ties to The Fort, or The Giant Peach- our house is often referred to as the peach house. We'll see how those go over...



Well that's all for now. I'll leave you with a random video that I watched in my Geology class today:



Moral of the story- don't try to ride a Sea Doo next to a glacier...