From the “My family is sooo removed from Mother Nature” Dept.

For the past 5 days, my father has been convinced that the air conditioner wasn’t running properly.

Hmm…house cooler inside than outside….

Okay.

So I called the a repair-man Friday morning and turned off the AC (if it isn’t working, might as well save some energy, right?).

Turned it back on when my mother returned from work…house was cooler.

The repairman never called back.

My family (well, my mother, really) likes the house cold. Visitors are usually amazed at how cold my house is (at least Jen and Jean always mention it).

<For me, I wouldn’t mind if it were a degree or two cooler…>

To my father’s credit, there IS something wrong with the air conditioner.

It get’s cold, but it doesn’t blow any cold air to the house….rather it prefers to just sit there until it freezes its pipes solid.

So I think that running the Air Conditioner 24-7 has somehow blocked the main air channel (with ice, I presume) into the house.

The solution: Defrost the Air Conditioner—turn it off.

I have to admit, it isn’t humid right now, so it’s pretty comfortable.

I don’t know if the air condition is broken, or if it even needs to be serviced. We’ll find out tonight when we turn it on. [Weather reports say that it will be 12ºC tonight, so turning on the AC is unlikely].

Funny thing: At around 6:00 pm, my mother is in the kitchen and she asks me, what is making that ringing noise.

They were crickets.

Yeesh….

From the “Jen is back” dept.

Spent the weekend with Jen. She was back from Vancouver to pick up more clothing and stuff.

Saturday was really lazy, just her and I driving from place to place.

Get this: I was actually doing the driving. 😀

Jen picked up some gear (Trekking poles, water bladder system, etc.) for the Algonquin trip in two weeks (22 Km over 3 days days). I’ll write more about the Algonquin trip next week.

Rented Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest (starring Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Martin Landau and Cary Grant). It’s an old movie, but a classic.

There were some great lines.

I admit, I’ve become pretty fascinated with Alfred Hitchcock’s works ever since I found this site dedicated to Saul Bass. Saul Bass was the graphic designer who designed most of Hitchcock’s graphics and titles. He did some real cutting edge stuff back in the day, which I admit, seems pedestrian to what we see now. However, I’m sure many designers would admit that he was way ahead of his time — and probably up there with the likes of Paul Rand.

-T