Here's the text message you don't want to get from your boyfriend who lives 5,000 miles away: My apartment caught on fire...
It happened last week. The roof is destroyed, one of the roommates lost all his belongings and their clothes smell like a campfire, but everyone is safe.
I feel frustrated and helpless, so far away and unable to do more than send rallying emails and small, video-game-themed gifts.
They have to find a new place to live now, and it will probably not be a place so big and so rent-controlled and so close to everything. (One block from Franklin and Vermont, for those who know LA.) There's a fundraising party this weekend, with drinks and entertainment and a playlist of possibly every fire-themed song ever recorded. I can't go, but maybe you can? Or maybe you'd like to donate goods or services? If so, please contact me or Friggles, the official party organizer and foster mom to the boys (contact info on the flier).
And one more thing: Don't forget to change the batteries in your fire alarm!
(Click the image to see the full party flier. If you're wondering about the name, a few nights before the fire, one of the roommates had his annual "Dress Like You're Rich" birthday party. Nowadays, while sorting through all their stuff, they mostly dress like they're fighting bioterrorism.)
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Comments (8)
I am so sorry to hear this! Did they have insurance? I am glad to hear that they are safe!
Posted by Gigi | April 5, 2007 7:34 PM
daaaamn, that really sucks.
I hope they're being super careful about not breathing in too much of the junk in the air!
Anyways, that sounds like a great party and I would totally go if I lived there - hopefully people will be generous!
Posted by beth | April 5, 2007 11:07 PM
Oh no, that's horrible! At least nobody got hurt, and it sure looks like their sense of humor are intact. That's key! OH, and it appears that pesky lath and plaster has been taken care of as well. Good luck to them! I hope they find a great place to live!
Posted by Mariko | April 6, 2007 4:31 AM
Wow, that really sucks! But I'm glad to hear that everyone's safe. Hope they find a great new place. I'll forward the link for the fundraiser to all my friends in LA.
Posted by sara | April 6, 2007 11:52 PM
Hey, I live in LA, I'll try to get the word out (and try to make it ... do they like candy?).
Posted by cybele | April 7, 2007 4:16 AM
eeek! my worst nitemare! i didn't think things like this actually happened to people-i-kinda-know. i guess they do. i'm totally putting my batteries back into my over-active smoke detector.
Posted by Anonymous | April 7, 2007 4:26 AM
I really thought this was an April Fool's joke. I...guess it wasn't.
Posted by ptm | April 7, 2007 3:09 PM
*wince* I'm just catching up on your entries - are the guys all re-settled? Do they need anything still?
Posted by Corgi | June 10, 2007 10:18 PM