An open note to my neighbors:

To the people who live above me: your furniture layout looks fine, really. In fact, it looks great. It makes so much sense to have the couch there. You don't need to change it around three nights a week at 2 am. And if it doesn't look OK, it can definitely wait until morning. Trust me you can live with it.

To the people who live across the alley from me: Your music sucks. Please stop making me listen to it. I will burn you a CD of some better music if you just ask nicely. Oh, yeah, and asking nicely doesn't include blaring your music bright and early every morning.

To the guy in the basement: Give your dog some attention. Or at least let it out every now and then so it can bark in a new place.

To my roommate: Please don't cook anything that involves banging a pot on the edge of the counter (?) in the kitchen (right outside your roommate's door) at 7:30 in the morning. Eat some Cheerios for breakfast or something.

Use some common sense people.