All over the house, like drunken soldiers

[entelein]

I really dislike how the old blinds covering our apartment windows tend to slouch down just on one side when I try to pull them all the way up to let the sun in. It's as if it's too much for them to bear, to hold both sides of gathered slats together. Inexplicably, in the middle of the night, or just now as I sit here typing and checking morning e-mail, the blinds will slide with a soft whoosh and snick, looking for all the world like I put them that way, slouching and askew.

These are old blinds, you see, still dirty from the previous owner, heavy slats (not the really old metal ones, but still heavy), terrible bracketing system that keeps me from taking them down for a good quick wash and dry.

Damn blinds.