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The Fan(s)

Thursday Jan 12, 2006

When Cari and I moved into our new place in Santa Monica (Cari is my sister, I do not live with my girlfriend) we loved so much about good old unit 4. It is spaceous, the location is unbeatable in a quiet area near the ocean and a ton of restaurants, and its very affordable for all that it offers.

We however didn't love one thing at all. Above the dining room table hung a brown chandelier adorned with yellowish/orange light holders. While the light omitted was warm and welcoming the thing remained an ancient eye sore.

Since places near the ocean are not equipped with air conditioning especially when they have windows on both sides of the unit (like ours), I decided I'd purchase a ceiling fan/lighting unit to replace the decaying piece. So I did and it sat semi-assembled for about 2 months . . . That is until this past Sunday.

On Sunday I found myself feeling ambitious in the wake of a horrible poker losing streak. I found myself standing on a step stool with a screwdriver attempting to wire and hang a freshly assembled fan from the ceiling.

4 hours, 3 band-aids, 2 gallons of water, and a large pepperoni pizza later, a correctly wired fan spun silently from the ceiling shedding its beautiful clean light over the dining room table and into the kitchen.

So no matter what you consider yourself, I know that my biggest fan remains attached, securely i might add, to the ceiling in my apartment.