the drought has almost ended

I'm supposed to get internet at the apartment tomorrow. We'll see how it goes.

Garbage bags and duct tape have indeed done (most of) the trick. Thanks, Josh. I shall be applying your other hints at first opportunity, but for now my apartment, although decidedly stuffier, no longer smells like a casino. It's an old house, with transom (sp?) windows that I think I can reopen, if I can get the paint off the hooks and bars that would hold them up, which would increase air circulation.

I think I have a new friend, the girl from the couple downstairs which is no longer the couple downstairs. She is residing alone now, and so we hung out the other night and had a good time and have set up a time to go to the local fresh produce market on Saturday morning. She's frank and nice and down-to-earth and funny and sensible -- all good qualities in an acquaintance, and very good qualities in a friend. She'll probably be staying here through the summer till she can find something smaller, so it's nice to know there's a nearby door I can knock on when I feel like a chat.

Here's hoping that when I start my computer tomorrow, the DSL network light will be on.