Forever Fool

you should also never ever unplug the air conditioner and stick a flashlight in the vent that blows air to see if we're in there. it's very bad, that place should not be checked

and whatever you do, if you've already made the mistake of unplugging it, don't remove it from the window for cleaning if possible. and whether it's possible to remove the unit or not, don't carefully disassemble the front panel, document where the screws go and plastic bits go, and open up the vent more to be able to get into it easily

as black mold, i'm an expert on this. you should heed my warnings: now, if you've somehow made the mistake of doing all of the above, you should not use warm water and dish soap to CLEAN the inside of the vent thoroughly. DON'T ever use a bottle brush to get into the hard to reach places. and certainly don't rinse and dry the cleaned area before carefully putting it back together

there's nothing wrong with us, black mold. we don't cause or exacerbate breathing conditions like asthma or other illnesses. it's cool, we're cool

furthermore, if you're capable of removing the window unit, DONT take a hose with the same soapy water and wash the portion of the window unit that sits outside the window and is therefore weatherproofed.

whatever you do, don't allow the air conditioner to dry before plugging it back in and turning it on again

and if you have a central air conditioner, you will definitely never ever consult a manual or sources online to perform a similar cleaning procedure on the cooling unit outside.

It is a lot of elbow grease and definitely not just spraying a can and waiting. Especially do not use the ones that are self rinsing via the natural condensation of water around the coils where all you have to do is let the foam settle a couple hours before turning the unit back on. These foaming cleaners are also terrible to use on the removable air intake vent covers. You definitely do not just have to spray the opposite side of all the trapped shit on the plastic mesh and let the foam push it off. Also that stuff on the cover is great for you and your air conditioner.

The family is loving in the way that the wire mother is loving, providing all that is wanted and needed except warmth and love.

The brother dies and the parents disappear suddenly afterwards, absent even when they are there, with far away looks and words that aren’t quite them, carried by the sharp stench of alchohol in each breath. The boy is left alone with himself in the house where every footstep echoes.

There is quiet, covert abuse lurking beneath the surface. Love that is unpleasant and unwanted given and taken without consent. Love that is craved but constantly held out of reach, dangled with the often false promise that if one simply falls in line and does what is expected, they will finally experience the warmth that isn’t there.

The house is filled with ghosts, living and dead.

The boy spends his first couple decades in a bleak and pitiful story about grief and ghosts and being haunted even by the living—

… And then very abruptly gets dumped into a 90’s medical drama soap opera about people who exist on a mundane plane of reality where ghosts aren’t real and everyone else is worried about making rent that month.