damn ants!

Heaven help me if I come home again to find another random ant invasion.

It's not like I leave old food laying around or am a particularly messy person. OK, maybe the mail piles up on the kitchen table along with random pieces of clothing (don't ask), but none of that should play a key role in their sudden, frequent appearances.

I'm convinced there are 2 external issues involved which directly leads my apartment to being infested with the little f*ckers. First, since the fire there has been a lot of activity on the foundation area of the building very near where my apartment is located. Their home soil is being disrupted so they are searching for a new place to play and have found some sort of crack to Heaven which leads to various spots in my apartment. Once in the safe haven known as my apartment they meet instant death in the form of a Windex bottle. Honestly, my place has never been as clean as it is now. It's like I'm multi-tasking, and it's exactly what I want to be doing at midnight.

Second, even though the owner and property manager refuse to admit it, this building is slowing being eaten by termites. I know firsthand and will save the specifics. Usually I only have issue with the wood eating f*ckers once or twice a year when the weather changes to dramatically hot, however since the fire they have been making an appearance much more than normal. Thankfully they are already dead once they reach my place. Oops, TMI. Sorry.

So yes, I live with bugs. It's kinda like communing with nature. But before there were houses, apartments and lofts there were mud huts and I'm sure those mud hut dwellers had to deal with similar issues. As long as my Windex bottle is close by I'll be A-OK.

I guess after this post I won't see a lot of people eager to come for a visit. No mind, I ain't hardly ever home no ways.

And feel free to share any tips you have for ridding the little f*ckers, other than Windex. Thanks.

x

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[Ben]

There's a chalk you can buy over in Chinatown, in a store north of the fountain that is east of Hop Louie. The store is on a corner and usually has model cars in the window. Ask for the insect chalk, if they don't have it they will point you to someone who does.

Draw lines around wherever the ants are coming from (places such as baseboards, exterior doorways, windowsills) and they will go away before the chalk disappears. Be sure to wash your hands after using it.