open the pod bay door, HAL.

so my apartment here is fully furnished. i even have a super washing machine/drier thing. it happens to be outside on the balcony, where it is freezing cold. the other day, i decided it was time to do laundry. i started fairly early, figuring i could let the machine do its business while i watched buffy. the washing process took about an hour, and then i hit dry. i wasn't sure if it was a heated dry, but i couldn't figure out how to do anything but select "dry", so i did so, and left to watch buffy.

about an hour later, i was ready to go to bed. i figured the clothes were probably dry enough, but i didn't want to leave them outside on the balcony. but i couldn't open the door. it just wouldn't open. i turned the machine off. no luck. started it, stopped it. no luck. i killed power to it. no luck. i felt around for some switch i was supposed to release. no luck. so, i decided to give up, make sure they'd be dry when the cycle stopped, and go to sleep. i started it on another hour long dry cycle.

i woke up around 12 when my iPhone beeped because it lost power. turns out the fuse blew. no big deal.

the next morning, i needed my clothes. but the door wouldn't open, because the dry cycle never completed (because the fuse blew). so i started the cycle, again, and made it only take 15 minutes (minimum). at last, i could open the door!

anyway, the situation reminded me of space odyssey, 2001, so i drew this:

open the opd bay doors, HAL

January 29, 2008 @ 5:27am . 116 views . 6 comments

comments:

When did you get those sweet slippers? Also, that is a disturbingly accurate picture.

Will | January 29 @ 6:03am

I am very impressed by that drawing!

Benji! | January 29 @ 10:46am

haha very nice. you been boozing it up in china or what? that's some beer gut you've acquired

holly | January 30 @ 11:24am

i love the slippers

The Invincible Blab | January 30 @ 7:07pm

i know it's really not that funny, but i get such a kick out of this

THE Lowly Peon | January 31 @ 10:32pm

not funny at all

Saulemander | January 31 @ 10:38pm