got a concerned c...

got a concerned call this morning from emcicle. turns out the deck contractor showed up this morning and began randomly jackhammering holes in the pavement out back of the house preping to pour the foundations for the new deck. issue is, we don't yet have the permit and don't expect to have the permit till december. normally, i really wouldn't care about this thing, but after waiting planning and freaking since june, i am going to play this thing so by the book and not give them any reason to take away my deck permit. several calls to the zoning department later, it turns out that simply digging the footings would be fine (good to get the holes dug before the ground freezes). however when i got home, i discoverd that the holes were dug along the rough lines that i had sketched out for the presentation to the neighbors, lines that were only estimates and not even known to be square. i have a real feeling our back yard is going to end up looking like some sort of mine field before this whole thing is done. about half the back yard is already going to be dead because it spent the whole summer with lumber sitting on it.urg.watched get smoochy tonight. not bad. not great but somewhat entertaining. it had a few good lines. really was a cotton candy movie. sweet and enjoyable but absolutly no substance underneath, the actors played by cardboard cutouts. as said, not bad but not great.