DIATRIBE

I am generally irritated because:

1. I feel like Chris Farley in Tommy Boy
   
2. Randall Stinson sent me to look at a studio loft today that has a 35 lb. weight limit for dogs. CLEARLY, this residence is NOT an option for me. Thus, Randall wasted my time. I do NOT like having my time wasted. My time is valuable. My time is precious. I could have been enjoying lunch with a friend, or letting my dogs play in our tiny backyard, or on a conference call. Instead, I sat in an office seeming like an idiot because my locator doesn't have the sense that God gave a wooden block. DON'T WASTE MY TIME. Randall has lost my business.
3. SXSW is going on this week in Austin, mainly downtown, which means there is a ginormous influx of out-of-towners. Out-of-towners who don't understand crosswalks, right of ways, and pedestrian laws in general. Out-of-towners who flail their arms, don't look where they are going, and who wear badges everywhere they go because they think it looks cool, even though it doesn't look cool, it just helps me recognize them as bumbling punk-rock-but-not-really-they-look-exactly-like-every-other-"unique individual"-parading-around-downtown-Austin-for-a-week out-of-towner. Out-of-towners who block traffic, which cause back-ups, which cause me to be late for work. DON'T MAKE ME LATE FOR WORK. I just might run over the next south-by-southwester I encounter.
4. After thoroughly combing craigslist.org for a place to live, I am left empty-handed and nearly homeless. How is it that the landlords of Austin are so insensitive to the needs of their potential tenants?? W/D hookups, at the very least, is not an absurd request. How about putting a fence around that backyard you brag about in your ad? People like privacy! Here is my favorite "No amenities to speak of, but who needs amenities when you can walk to Zilker Park!" And do what exactly at Zilker? Is that where I'm supposed to wash my clothes? Call me high maintenance (a lot of people do), but last time I checked, an on-site laundry facility wasn't luxury living. Throw me a bone here! Also, unless I am living in a corner loft apartment with a wraparound balcony that looks over all of downtown, I shouldn't have to pay more than $800 for a 1 bed-1 bath apt/ townhouse/ duplex/ etc. House hunting is like punishment.
5. Time zones are just confusing. I had a conference call. I found out I missed said call because the meeting schedules are on Eastern time. Icing on today's shit-cake.

I guess that I've been horrible lately because, I'm telling you, my karma is bad today.