korea is getting warm. because of this, i opted to keep my laundry rack outside on my little balcony, rather than bring it inside like i normally do when it is cold. my balcony area is small and requires a bit of stomach-suckage-in to get around when my laundry rack is up and covered in clothes. there is this big orange tube that runs from my washing machine through a hole in the ground to the place where dirty laundry water goes.
i accidentally stepped on said tube while i was hanging up clothes. i heard a little crack.
'shit shit shit do i have to go talk to crazy betty and her crazier father?'
crazy father is my landlord and crazy betty is his english-speaking daughter. she is kind of bitchy. i make all efforts to avoid her. crazy father is cute, as he speaks no english, yet he still speaks to me like i speak perfect korean. i smile and wave and nod and give him the benefit of the doubt that i do know what the fuck he is talking about by pretending and feigning interest.
i finished hanging up my clothes. i examined the tube. there was a small crack. this clearly would be a problem without repair, as the dirty laundry water drains to somewhere through this cracked tube.
and then it came to me.
'i bet i can duct-tape this right up!' i said this aloud.
i came inside and dug around in the drawer that has accumulated loads of random types of tape, all left from previous owners. i found a roll of some sort of plastic-y/rubbery tape, as well as some brown packaging tape. i figured that these two combined would, perhaps, save me from crazy betty. i went back to the balcony, crouched down, and began to roll the tape around the tube. it looks like a big orange snake that was wounded in battle and has a big yellowish/brownish bandage.
i will try it out next week when i do laundry.
i quite enjoy macgyver-ing things up. i did a real dandy job on my toilet a couple weeks ago.
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