I decided to clean my room.
For most this would be a trivial task. However, since I am a closet perfectionist,
it evolved into a night-long task. These are just some of the stories
that have come from cleaning my room.
Dr Pepper
As some of you have noticed, I am a Dr Pepper addict. All addictions have a negative effect of some sort, and I am sorry to say that Dr Pepper is not an exception. As a direct result of my non-stop drinking, my room had become litered with many many Dr Pepper cans. How many? I cannot give an exact number, but I can state that they filled two garbage cans completely, and half of another one. Also I would like to state that I recycle, so at least the environment is benifiting from it.
As some of you have noticed, I am a Dr Pepper addict. All addictions have a negative effect of some sort, and I am sorry to say that Dr Pepper is not an exception. As a direct result of my non-stop drinking, my room had become litered with many many Dr Pepper cans. How many? I cannot give an exact number, but I can state that they filled two garbage cans completely, and half of another one. Also I would like to state that I recycle, so at least the environment is benifiting from it.
The Frog
This did not occur last night as I cleaned but a long while ago in a previous room cleaning campaign. I had gotten to the stage where I was cleaning stuff that had been kicked under my desk. I noticed an odd shape back there so I grabbed it. I held it in my hand a moment pondering what this odd object was. It's shape was strangely similar to that of a frog. Then I caught a whiff of it. It was a dead frog. The skeleton was stiff with dry shrunken skin holding it together. I nearly vomited. Somehow a frog had gotten into my basement room through my broken window and made its way under my desk. Once it got there, it decided that its life was over and died.
This did not occur last night as I cleaned but a long while ago in a previous room cleaning campaign. I had gotten to the stage where I was cleaning stuff that had been kicked under my desk. I noticed an odd shape back there so I grabbed it. I held it in my hand a moment pondering what this odd object was. It's shape was strangely similar to that of a frog. Then I caught a whiff of it. It was a dead frog. The skeleton was stiff with dry shrunken skin holding it together. I nearly vomited. Somehow a frog had gotten into my basement room through my broken window and made its way under my desk. Once it got there, it decided that its life was over and died.
Is it alive?
This story also occurred during the Under the Desk stage of cleaning. Last night, as I was removing Dr Pepper cans from under my desk, I noticed a large moldy spot on the carpet. It was the biggest one I had ever seen. Somehow it appeared to be living. I moved the desk out of my room, and began to clean the carpet. I started by removing and large food object it might have been feeding off of with a broom and dust-pan. I then proceeded to vacuum to remove the finer debris from my carpet. Finally came the time to get down and dirty with the mold. I preped a bucket of Oxy-Clean and drowned the mold in it. After a few seconds of scrubbing the new life-form was no longer in existence.
WARNING: After pouring oxy-clean on the floor DO NOT step on it bare-footed. IT BURNS!
This story also occurred during the Under the Desk stage of cleaning. Last night, as I was removing Dr Pepper cans from under my desk, I noticed a large moldy spot on the carpet. It was the biggest one I had ever seen. Somehow it appeared to be living. I moved the desk out of my room, and began to clean the carpet. I started by removing and large food object it might have been feeding off of with a broom and dust-pan. I then proceeded to vacuum to remove the finer debris from my carpet. Finally came the time to get down and dirty with the mold. I preped a bucket of Oxy-Clean and drowned the mold in it. After a few seconds of scrubbing the new life-form was no longer in existence.
WARNING: After pouring oxy-clean on the floor DO NOT step on it bare-footed. IT BURNS!