Diary Entry #157

Happy Halloween.

I love the little old lady I live with, but sometimes, she scares the hell out of me. She attempted to light the very tiny fireplace with nothing but a whole-ass starter log, and it naturally got way bigger than it should've in such a small fireplace.

To try and put out the fire, she beat it with the poker, which increased the surface area and made it bigger, and when that didn't work, she shut the door on the fireplace, which would've smothered it if she didn't re-open it after it shrank, causing it to backdraft aggressively and get even bigger.

She panicked and grabbed me, finally, while I was drawing Chuck killing me with a hacksaw. I put the fire out, but we only had a dry extinguisher, so I had to ladle water over it until it lost heat to keep it from re-flashing afterwards.

Very crazy afternoon.