An aside is a dramatic device in which a character speaks to the audience. By convention the audience is to realize that the character's speech is unheard by the other characters on stage.
If you have a lease for more than 30 days (e.g. 1-year lease), your rent cannot be increased during the term of the lease, unless the lease allows rent increases. If you have a periodic rental agreement (month-to-month), your landlord can increase your rent, but must give you proper advance notice in writing. (Civil Code Section 827 (b)).
If the rental term is one year, the landlord can only raise the rent at the end of the term. RCW 59.20.090(2). If the rental term is month-to-month, the landlord may raise the rent at the end of any month, but must still give you three months' written notice.