Tower Of Flame...
Jan. 12th, 2002 01:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elfgrove-_-;;
There is no longer any room for arguement. Ever. Never Ever Ever.
Stephen is a pyro.
Of course, I mean that in the nicest possible way. But he's not ever getting ahold of flames in my apartment.
Stephen, Beau and I were hanging out at Beau's apt, (my next door neighbor) after going out to dinner at Chili's. We had rented Time Bandits to watch.
Now, Beau has a good sized white candle that sits on a plate on his coffee table. And Stephen has messed with it before, but not quite like this. He lit the candle, then lit peices of thin cardboard and set them against the sides of the candle. As the paper burned, it melted the candle wax, which got absorbed by the burning paper, causing it to burn hotter, higher, and longer. Eventually, the entire candle burned to just melted wax, with the wax-absorbed cardboard still burning in it. This had since overflowed the plate, causing it to be stuck to the table. And it couldn't be blown out, unless you wanted flame everywhere. The flames moved to burn the entire surface of wax within the plate. And the flames were over a foot high. Kinda scary.
Anyway, about this point there's a knock on the door. One of the nieghbors has come to see if everything's okay, apparently they were about to call the fire department because the candle/bonfire was situated just right in the window so that with the blinds closed it looked, from outside like the entire apartment was engulfed in flames. -_-;; Oops doesn't cover it. Chris was out there too, he had been driving past in the parking lot and gotten concerned. So we told him it was just a candle, don't worry, and chris came on in. Stephen got a larger plate and dropped over the candle/bonfire to put it out. A minute or so later, we hear sirens. Now, siirens are pretty normalfor the area, so the guys weren't particularly concerned. I was. I was very concerned. I said that someone in the complex had probably called the fire dept who was probably arriving about now. I stepped outside to look, as Stephen cleaned up any evidence of it being more than a completely melted candle. About the time I was standing in front of my door, the fire dept pulled up. -_-;; Gods.
All of us assured the firemen and our gathering neighbors that everything was fine, it was just a candle, he went in Beau's apt and agreed it was just a candle and some paper. He took Beau's name and address, and they left. Chris, poor guy, commented on how he had arrived just in time to be associated with this mess.
I guess that's about it.
There is no longer any room for arguement. Ever. Never Ever Ever.
Stephen is a pyro.
Of course, I mean that in the nicest possible way. But he's not ever getting ahold of flames in my apartment.
Stephen, Beau and I were hanging out at Beau's apt, (my next door neighbor) after going out to dinner at Chili's. We had rented Time Bandits to watch.
Now, Beau has a good sized white candle that sits on a plate on his coffee table. And Stephen has messed with it before, but not quite like this. He lit the candle, then lit peices of thin cardboard and set them against the sides of the candle. As the paper burned, it melted the candle wax, which got absorbed by the burning paper, causing it to burn hotter, higher, and longer. Eventually, the entire candle burned to just melted wax, with the wax-absorbed cardboard still burning in it. This had since overflowed the plate, causing it to be stuck to the table. And it couldn't be blown out, unless you wanted flame everywhere. The flames moved to burn the entire surface of wax within the plate. And the flames were over a foot high. Kinda scary.
Anyway, about this point there's a knock on the door. One of the nieghbors has come to see if everything's okay, apparently they were about to call the fire department because the candle/bonfire was situated just right in the window so that with the blinds closed it looked, from outside like the entire apartment was engulfed in flames. -_-;; Oops doesn't cover it. Chris was out there too, he had been driving past in the parking lot and gotten concerned. So we told him it was just a candle, don't worry, and chris came on in. Stephen got a larger plate and dropped over the candle/bonfire to put it out. A minute or so later, we hear sirens. Now, siirens are pretty normalfor the area, so the guys weren't particularly concerned. I was. I was very concerned. I said that someone in the complex had probably called the fire dept who was probably arriving about now. I stepped outside to look, as Stephen cleaned up any evidence of it being more than a completely melted candle. About the time I was standing in front of my door, the fire dept pulled up. -_-;; Gods.
All of us assured the firemen and our gathering neighbors that everything was fine, it was just a candle, he went in Beau's apt and agreed it was just a candle and some paper. He took Beau's name and address, and they left. Chris, poor guy, commented on how he had arrived just in time to be associated with this mess.
I guess that's about it.
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lol.
Date: 2002-01-12 01:23 pm (UTC)That rocks.
Re: lol.
Date: 2002-01-12 01:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-01-12 01:42 pm (UTC)It wouldn't have rocked if something super-bad had happened, but since all is apparently well, I'd say it rocked.
*hugs* Glad you're okay, and that this is just a silly anecdote to look back on now. :)
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Date: 2002-01-12 02:07 pm (UTC)I must smile more. ^_^
*hugs*
Just a bit frustrated and edgy lately I think.
Thanks.
Smilin' or Frownin'
Date: 2002-01-12 02:59 pm (UTC)Yer loved just the same, babe.
Missed you while you were gone. Hope things go better for you. :)
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Date: 2002-01-13 08:35 am (UTC)*hugs*
They proably will get better.
It seems as though your world is going pretty well, if your LJ entries are anything to judge by. I'm glad if that's the case, you deserve it.
Hehe
Date: 2002-01-12 04:00 pm (UTC)Chris
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Date: 2002-01-13 08:36 am (UTC)^_~
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Date: 2002-02-12 11:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-02-13 08:31 am (UTC)