Well titled entry for two reasons. 1 – I saw rent on Friday night and loved it2 – one housemate is late with the rent and its making me MAD because she had many warnings from me.lets explore.1. RENTThis was my favourite musical, of ALL time. i saw it when I was in year 11, and it just made everything in my life alright again. Whenever I got a bit sad, i would just listen to the soundtrack and it would remind me that you really only have one life and you cant spend it being sad.So when I heard they were making a movie out of the musical, i was of course a bit dubious. especially when Nicole Kidman was rumoured to be in it. (just after Moulin Rouge) Anyone who has seen it can attest to the fact that the actors are kinda grimy, drug fucked, aids ridden, artists. I for one would have liked to see her TRY but god damn, it would have killed my love of rent. It had Jesse L Martin (you know, black cop from law and order) as Collins, a gay guy with aids who falls in love with Angel – the transexual. that alone had me amused for many hours as he twirled and sang and imitated the butt fucking moves in La Vie Boheme. Apparently the guy started in broadway. but i do have one thing to add about his performance – in the musical Collins never did twirls and he certainly couldnt do four pirouettes. :P It also had Rosario Dawson, playing Mimi – the 19 year old stripper, drug fucked with aids. And i swear, we got a vision of Rosarios actual life. because nobody can play a drug fucked stripper THAT well. the eyes said it all. They changed the timeline of the movie, which i wasnt too happy with because it meant changing the words to some of the songs, and when youre singing along in your head you dont want strange new lyrics sticking out.what i loved most about it is the fact it used original broadway cast members in the movie. People who know the roles so well and can sing brilliantly. but yeah, if youre into musicals, see it! i loooved it! has me singing all day.2. PAY YOUR RENTSo we are onto our SECOND rent cycle now, the first one we paid in cash at the post office because our accounts werent set up properly, but this time everyone was meant to have their rent paid in BY the 10th so that when rent went out on the 15th, there would be no room for error. Basically, theyre fucking with MY rental history so theyd better damn well pay the rent or ill get them kicked out. SO 1 week to go, i send out the warning email so they will all have their cash sorted. 1 day to go – nobody has paid but me. Phil and Nick pay theirs. THEN on Friday night I find out Erin only got her internet banking set up that day, and when she tried to transfer the money, surprise surprise, it doesnt fucking work!! So SHE cracks a hissy fit and slams the door on her room, and we’re like “uhh so how are you going to PAY it”. Next day she is like “Ill go to the bank on tuesday and take the money out, go to the other bank and put the money in and it will be ok” and im like “actually it wont. because your money wont be in there until wednesday, meaning our rent will be late.” and shes like “Well it doesnt matter if its a day late, they wont care” Im like “I think they will care. we have only been in here 6 weeks and already our rent is late? it doesnt bode well. besides, IM not ok with it being late. you had 4 weeks to organise this, it shouldnt have been done on the day your rent was due”So yes. our rent will be late. I seriously dont know WHY she left it until the very last minute, basically ensuring that it would fuck up! then she cracks the shits with us for questioning what she will do. her suggestion was for US to take money out and pay it manually. and im like “NO. we cant take the money out of that account because it is a direct debit account so we dont have a card.” besides, 3 out of 4 managed to get their money in there!Im seriously starting to hate them…on Sunday everyone came over for dinner then we went out. So we get home at 1am, i start emptying the dish washer to put the dirty ones in, they go UPSTAIRS while everyone else is still around so they dotn have to help. Then in the morning i empty the dishwasher again, then go out to get some breakfast stuff. I come back, erin has cleaned her grill that she used last night, and thats it. theres still mixing bowls and crap everywhere. so me and Bee make breakfast, then everyone brings their plates in to the kitchen – ERIN goes upstairs AGAIN to avoid this. Nick disappears. so i start cleaning, Belinda helps. Nick comes back when its almost done and offers to help, and im like “Whats the point nick, our house guests have nearly finished cleaning up” and he goes “ok, bye!” and leaves! seeeeriously. then that night, phil cooks, and the second we are done eating, we leave. i come back down an hour later and they havent touched the dishes!!!!!! i NEARLY lost it. but erin went down half an hour later and cleaned.i seriously cant believe them. tonight there will be discussions. so sick of their shit. i cant beleive they let our houseguests clean while they did nothing! On a lighter note – i now hate Melons. I was chopping up my Cassaba that i managed to find at the market on saturday, looking forward to eating it, and i sliced a big cut into my thumb. it BLED like anything, blood gushing everywhere. So now, i have 3/4 of a melon staring at me, and i hate it. i want to eat the melon cos its yummy, but i know it wants to injure me again. my thumb still hurts!