Bong Burned Out. Bungalo Battered by ....whatever

Yes - fire fucked my bedroom a week ago, but I'm back and the laptop isn't too badly damaged. The screen needs cleaning, so if anyone knows how to get smoke off a laptop screen, please give me a heads up. Sucks but...

It could have been worse.

Backstory:
I don't go out most Tuesdays since Wednesday is $1 spirits at Sharky Bar. My Tuesdays usually involve a big ass Lexomil (1200r), a couple, and 10 hours later my alarm goes off. On a whim, I decided to meet some people last Tuesday and it's a damn good thing.

The Fire:
About 1am my landlord's daughters sends a text saying, "There's a fire. Your house. Come now."

FUCK ME....

Jumped on the back of a 250 and in no time flat, I was back at my place - just in time to see 2 motos of smiling cops drive off. I ran over to check the damage - all the while calculating how much this was going to cost me.

The Bill:
No idea what happened - all I could remember was my landlord saying, "Don't worry." Over and over and something about EDC....Dig. He wasn't asking for money. Not even for the clean-up which must have been a major hassle.

I keep my door closed, so the damage was contained to that one room.

The Cause:
No clue. Looks like a power spike shot up the line and melted my a/c into small aluminum/plastic disk. The thing must have burned HOT, but most of the damage was from the thick toxic smoke that just blanketed the room.


Bong would have been smoked.

The Damage:
All of my socks and underwear, some clothes, my vast collection of pornography, some CDs, and my phone charger. I got off easy. I must have done something good in my last life.

The Cops:
Thankfully my landlord knows (and probably outranks) all of the cops that showed to "put out the fire", or they'd have taken the TV and the laptop and probably hassled me about the mountain of XXX dvds, the monster bag on the night stand, and the bamboo bong by the bed. I think they nabbed some small shit - a Swiss army knife, my can opener... Cool.

Displaced Person:
If you aren't staying at the riverside, check out the Yang Chou Thmey Hotel near St. 63 and 252. $10/night scored me a clean room with hot water, cable, A/C, fridge, and a porn channel. Don't forget the 2 bottles of water, and a 4-pack of Number 1's on the bed stand - WIN.

Chinese and Viet FOXES running up and down that street, but they are $$$. Every night's a Land Cruiser convention, but it is a good show - blaze a J and watch the action from the balcony.

What else can I say?

Happy to be here.