welcome to 1755 hauser blvd.

apartment #1

lyndsey & brandon wells.

we are pretty tame tenants. don't throw loud parties, aren't around that much, never cause trouble. i think the biggest complaint anyone could have about us is ... that we complain. only about relevant things, of course. our landlord's name is shwanna but we have never met her in person. she's like the wizard on the wizard of oz -- i've talked to her lots of times on the phone but i'm not really convinced she's an actual person. she sends the on-site manager to check things out when we have a problem.

once our bathroom sink was leaking so we had to turn the water off. no one came to check it for a week and i had to brush my teeth in the kitchen. it was like being at camp.

another time, apartment #5 flooded her bathroom (presumably with an overflowing toilet) and let it sit out all night. then it leaked through her floor, which happens to be our ceiling, and dripped into our bathroom. that was gross.

other than that, it's not too bad here. i can't wait to have decent water pressure, air conditioning and my own washer and dryer, but i'll live.

apartment #2

some woman and her young daughter, although i went in her apartment once when my mom and i came to check out the property and only saw one bed. pretty much the only interaction i've had with this woman was also that day, when i told her i was getting married and she said "oh! me too! in 2009!"

apartment #3

this is julie #1. she's young and a hippie and her boyfriend sleeps over sometimes. they also fight at night. i know this because her bedroom wall is also our bedroom wall.

apartment #4

julie #2. she's nice. middle-aged lady who lives alone and has lots of books. once she let brandon borrow an egg. that's basically all i know.

apartment #5

this is where heather lives, right above us. heather is like a cat lady with no cats. she lives alone and listens to loud music late at night. on sundays it's nice irish instrumental stuff or classical, which i like. on other nights it can be random mixes, oldies, or peter paul & mary (she especially likes "puff the magic dragon.") one night it was "philadelphia" by bruce springsteen. that night she played it six times in a row.

heather likes plants. she is the self-appointed gardener of our building and waters the plants on the balcony above our entrance until they rain water all over the walkway and make coming home with groceries a little bit of a struggle. she also likes plants in another way. brandon has seen/smelled her smoking weed in the backyard a few times.

apartment #6

never seen this person in my life. all i know is that it is a woman, because alicia told me only women live in the building when we moved in.

apartment #7

alicia is the on-site manager who has been there to show me around the apartment, watch us sign the contract, bring workmen by to fix things and takes our trash to the street. she is always talking importantly on her blue tooth and running around like she has a ton to do, but i don't think she has a real job.

apartment #8

some black girl. never really met her either. she drives a car with "certified notary" painted on the sign, which is good to know. i guess you always want to live near a certified notary...just in case.