Uhhhhh hell XD

[railenthe]

So I wake up this morning to a knock on the door.  Apparently there is a leak somewhere around the apartment.  A check reveals nothing.  I go back to bed.

 

—KNOCKKNOCKKNOCK!—

They're back again, asking if I've run water in the last 20 minutes.  The answer is “Nope.” 

 

—KNOCKKNOCKKNOCK—

 

Again.  My sink and facebowl (aka bathroom sink) are examined.  With nothing found, they're off again.

 

—KNOCKKNOCKKNOCK!—

 

This time I have time to get dressed.  Another check…

 

—KNOCKKNOCKKNOCK!—

 

This time they’re POSITIVE it’s in my apartment.  I let them back in and—

 

—KNOCKKNOCKKNOCK!!!—

 

This time it’s not the door: they’re knocking a hole in my wall, under my sink, which reveals…

 

that the leak is somewhere ABOVE me.

 

…and also that there does seem to be a hole in my hot-water intake.  But the alleged flood is coming from somewhere above me.

 

…Least I got onigiri.  =D

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HOLY---

[toffeethesnob.livejournal.com]

WHA!?

Onigiri solves everything?

(Also I dare you to look at these chibis and not guess which one is voiced by Norio Wakamoto! (Ishida and Koyasu's characters might be a bit harder to pick out but I gotta say I love the look of Koyasu's!))

CUTEST PIGEONS EVER

[railenthe.livejournal.com]

Well, onigiri has been described as Japanese soul food/comfort food, so...YEAH XD

There's been grief with the pipes for a long time in this building. I think the sudden day the area remembered "Hey, this is winter—it's supposed to be 26 degrees out, not 62" put a shock on the pipes and caused a few breaks. Currently I'm waiting on epoxy to dry on my hot water pipes.

…it better hurry up. Cold baths are the hell.

[toffeethesnob.livejournal.com]

I thought that was nabe? *has watched way too many episodes of Gintama and as such cannot think of nabe without thinking of the nabe shogun*

That's no good. At least it's not your wallet that's affected.

[railenthe.livejournal.com]

Well, that's how I heard it. What is nabe? I figure a bit o' trivia before I grab a pillow and Tiger Balm.

(Is it salty? If it is I probably already would like it.)

[toffeethesnob.livejournal.com]

Nabe is often translated as "Japanese hotpot" which is pretty much accurate but it's the actual cooking dish (a pot that cooks in the middle of the table (usually it's a cast iron or clay pot) so that everyone can eat from it) and can range from soups to stews depending on what you throw in it. Nabe is generally considered a sociable dish and is supposed to be the sort of meal that brings everyone together because they eat from the same pot. In most media nabe is featured as a stew cooked in broth with noodles, vegetables and sometimes crab, tofu or meat.

The nabe shogun (nabe general) bit comes from Gintama (though I do not know if the phrase existed before that) where the diners strategically fight over who will conquer the best spoils of the nabe (in Gintama's case the meat) since part of eating it involves picking out the bits you want with your chopsticks. This being Gintama it got as crazy and convoluted as possible.

It can be salty depending on the broth used. (There are two particular types of nabe: lightly flavored stock variety and strongly flavored stock variety.