It’s really hot in Boston now, and it was really getting impossible for me to sleep in my Allston apartment with no air-conditioner. I was relying on two fans, which were positioned about 6 inches from my head on each side of my bed. Here is a sketch:
Note: this is not my bed, nor are they my fans.
Note 2: The pineapple is not my head.
So, one of the fans died on Thursday night, making it extremely difficult to sleep. Finally yesterday I broke down and bought an air conditioner. Awesome.
My friend Evan called me, asking if I could bring him to Home Depot to get an AC for his apartment. Being carless in Boston isn’t bad, but when you have to get something heavy, it’s no fun. So we met up and went to the Home Depot in Watertown. First, let me set the scene.
Since the big dig tunnels have been shut down (one shut down for sure, the others, I think, are being checked out), traffic is absolutely ridiculous. Add to that a Red Sox home game. Then keep in mind the fact that my car’s AC doesn’t work.
We drive the 1.4 miles to the Home Depot in my mobile sauna, and we each buy an air conditioner and other junk. This is the boring part of the story. We install the one at my temporary apt., and leave to go to Evan’s to do the same at his place. It’s 5:05 pm when we get on Storrow Drive.
As soon as we’re on Storrow, we hear the last out in the Sox game. Wonderful. Immediately there is bumper-to-bumper traffic with everyone trying to merge into different lanes. We are on Storrow Drive for over an hour. It took over an hour to go less than 2 miles.
But, now I have an air conditioner and that’s all that matters right now. It even has a remote control. Seriously.
4 responses so far ↓
1 Kristen // Jul 18, 2006 at 9:42 am
If the pineapple is not your head, what is it doing in the picture? I dont get it…
2 Barry Freed // Jul 18, 2006 at 7:26 pm
I mean, it’s not my head….it’s a graphical illustration that is meant to represent where my head would be. I wouldn’t want people thinking that my head was actually a pineapple, and that it isn’t connected to my body, now would I?
3 Kristen // Jul 19, 2006 at 8:35 am
I guess you are right. It’s definitely not a proper representation of a human head anyway. But still, what if it were? scary…
4 Sarah // Jul 19, 2006 at 10:08 am
I don’t know, I think the way your hair was when I first met you was a bit pineappley. But dude, you want to talk about heat? Come to DC this week. Christ, it’s like 115 in the shade with 384% “hum-diddy” (if I may bust out a Fred Wurreyism).
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