What did I tell you about TRANS FATS??

Boy, did I call this one or what!

NYC to Reduce Trans Fats at Restaurants

I see this as just the beginning, the tip of the iceberg. It's a good idea, of course, and I'm glad they are doing it. However, once this concept catches on, it will just become another gimmick - a marketing device to sell stuff that is full of other kinds of crap and inundate us with more "targeted" advertising!!

Goddammit, why do I always have to be right? >:(

Fire drill

Last night I was woken up at about 3:00 am. The fire alarms in my apartment building were going off, and so was my smoke detector. This happened several weeks ago at about 11:00 pm, just as I was going to bed. Last time, I crabbily wandered out into the parking lot in my pajamas with all the other tenants, waited for the fire department to show up, and then went back in when they told us it was just a faulty detector that caused that alarms to go off.

This time, I was DEAD asleep, and not at all pleased. I live on the ground floor, and my patio door opens right onto the grass, and then I can take a few steps into the lot. I scowled to myself, still half-asleep, and decided to stay in my bed. If there was a real fire, I'd get up and throw on a robe and go out my patio door. But until I smelled smoke or heard people outside yelling about flames, I was going to stay put. Plus, I was sleeping naked and did not particularly feel like putting anything on if I didn't have to.

So I stayed in bed scowling at the noise. I saw the lights of the fire engine flashing through my blinds when it arrived. I heard firemen go stomping up the stairs. I continued to scowl.

Then the alarms stopped honking, and my smoke detector stopped squealing outside my bedroom door. I didn't hear any sounds of panic. I didn't smell smoke. I stayed in my warm bed, waiting for a signal. A few minutes later, through my bedroom window, I heard a fireman go back outside and tell the suckers out in the parking lot that they could go back inside. That was all I needed to hear. It was now after 4:00 am, and I fell back asleep immediately.

This is ridiculous. I swear it has only been about 6 weeks since the last time this happened... Yeah, that's right... last time it happened the night before I started my new position here at work, and that was June 16th. I am SO glad to be moving out of that building soon. Overall, it's been a nice place to live, but now that I know I'm going to be moving into the house on Lydia Avenue, I'm feeling less and less satisfied with my little apartment. It's just like when I got the promotion - in the weeks before I transferred over to the new position, I found myself starting to dislike my old position a lot, even though I had previously liked it. I guess when I know for sure that I won't have to deal with something in the near future, I stop being vigilant about seeing the good in it. Huh. Interesting.