poor choice of peek-hole blocker (plus, a disappointed bicycle customer)
 This picture shows something kind of amusing I found over at Jersey Girl's apartment this weekend.
As you can see, some of her living room blinds have snapped at the ends, leaving an open rectangle for potential peekers. (And believe me, there's plenty of potential peekers in Jersey Girl's neighborhood.
To block the peek-hole Jersey Girl (or maybe her sister) put up this DVD case--actually there's one on each side).
The only problem with Jersey Girl's ingenuity is that the DVDs ares pornos which will probably encourage much more peeking.
(Ha!)
*Another funny moment with Jersey Girl occurred when she brought her red bicycle to the local bike shop to see if it could be restored it to its previous grandeur. (You see, her bitter ex attacked it with mallets and screwdrivers, or other similar garage weapons).
A previous bike shop had done a pretty good job of restoring its wheels and its frame, but it still lacked this magical luster that Jersey Girl claimed it had before. Dave at the bike shop informed her (sadly) that it would cost two or three times the bike's original cost to give it a new paint job.
He tried spraying some sort of polish or clear coat on the frame, but the result was disappointing.
(I thought the bike looked perfectly fine, and figured the problem was all in Jersey Girl's head).
"Well, do you have any tassles?" Jersey Girl wanted to know. (Her bitter ex had destroyed even those, pulling them until they stretched out and snapped like a cassette tape in a 1982 Buick Skylark.
Dave, the bike guy actually did have a selection of handlebar tassles, and his female store helper did her best to find a color and style that would bring Jersey Girls bike back to its full pee-wee Herman Glory.
"Pink doesn't go with red" Jersey Girl said, looking truly offended at the suggestion. She was equally indignant about the purple and silver ones.
Finally, Dave the bike guy was able to find some white streamers in his official catalogue. Jersey Girl said those would do, and Dave said he would order them.
Jersey Girl had convinced the bike store helper girl to put an official "to be worked on" tag number on her bike, but Dave saw no point in leaving the bike in the shop.
"It's not like I'm going to ride it before I get these on," Jersey Girl said.
"Well, its not like I'm going to do anything with the bike until the streamers get here," Dave said, taking the tag off. Meanwhile, other customers had pressing needs with major things like sprockets, and frames, and derailers, not to mention purchases of new expensive bikes.
"Come on, honey," I said. "Your tassles will be here in no time." Then we wheeled Jersey Girl's red bicycle back to her pathfinder, loaded it up and took off.
4:52:57 PM 
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