moulde
12.06.06 • comment (1) • trackback
Two of my dearest friends, Garrett and Anna, are currently studying for advanced degrees. They made the daring decision to study abroad at universities in England, and their experiences across the pond have been less than awesome thus far. Perhaps this is because they are not living in London itself, or perhaps because of a massive conspiracy involving not just the Queen as its orchestrator, but also Judi Dench as M and Ian McKellen as Gandalf. Now that’s a conspiracy.
Most recently, it was discovered that Garrett and Anna’s apartment, or flat, as they are called over there, is infested with a hazardous kind of mold. Or as it is called over there, Moulde. It’s caused massive respiratory problems for Garrett and all kinds of misery for dear Anna, and I couldn’t help but think of a horror movie when I was told of this most unfortunate turn of events. And what’s a movie without a poster?
So, there you go. Garrett, Anna, I hope this brings a smile to your faces. Your hacking, wheezing, heaving faces.
12.08.06 #
To our Dearest JD,
This is the costar of “Moulde,” Garrett Arthur Russell Yursza Warfield. I write to you from the Middlesex University computer lab. Allow me to give a quick rundown of our story:
-Arrive in England at start of September… to live in a lodging.
-Numerous living complications and completely unsafe surroundings in said lodging force us to move into a new flat several miles away….we found this new flat on a Monday morning and had signed the lease inside of 4 hours after we started looking.
-The new flat is amazingly comfortable and in a posh area of Enfield UK. Our landlord, quite literally, owns about 75% of North London (multi-multi-millionaire).
-Previous tenant at new flat never opened her windows because she had a baby (make sense? I don’t think so). Moisture built up in flat over past two years.
-Damp weather in England starting in October caused old mould spores to come to life.
-From October 28th until now….GDeeeeZL is sick
-2 treatments of steroids, 2 treatments of antibiotics, 100GBP worth of new asthma meds….10 pounds of weight lost
-2 trips to hospital
-4 trips to doctor
-Anna is sick with horrible throat thing, needs meds
-finally, we move into a hotel for 2 days
-move out of that flat into a new, nicer flat without mould
-recovery started
-papers for school due soon….must run!
Miss the US
Screw mould
GDeeeeZL