new surface wtf?

Our apartment office put notes on our doors on Monday, between 4 and 5pm. They notified us to vacate the entire stretch of parking area on this side of the complex or "the contractors will tow your car at your own expense." Very little notice to move dozens and dozens of cars. They are supposedly resurfacing the parking lot, which is riddled with cracks and potholes. Yesterday I watched at least four cars be towed away and there were probably more I didn't see. I wonder if there are any people on vacation who will come home to find their car missing.

Yesterday and today they laid down new coverings of tarry, sticky asphalt. What they did not do was fill any of the potholes or cracks, smooth the surface or actually fix any of the problems. I can already see the new surface cracking and warping in the exact same spaces. What exactly this is meant to accomplish, I don't know. I just came home from lunch with Mike and the smell made my head hurt.

just another moment in America

SCENE: Living room, 9:27pm. The television is showing the Project Runway Renunion special and has cut to commercial for dolls. Amanda stares out of the corner of her eye at the television and then at her husband.

Amanda: Something about this commercial strikes me as wrong. I mean, 'You never forget your first Disney Princess?' Is it just me or does that sound dirty?

Mike: I don't know, my mind went there.