I'm having Trader Joe's potstickers for lunch. They stuck a little over much, but are still good!
Wash: Were I unwed, I would take you in a manly fashion. Kaylee: 'Cause I'm pretty? Wash: 'Cause you're pretty.
'Heart Of Gold'
Natter 47: My Brilliance Is Wasted On You People
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Oct 21, 2006 7:29:10 am PDT #4683 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Jessica - Oct 21, 2006 8:00:14 am PDT #4684 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Rentometer. Find out if you're paying too much in rent.
Huh. It says my rent is average for this area, but I think the housing projects must be throwing off the curve -- I've never seen another apartment in this neighborhood listed for as low as we're paying now.
I wish I had some Trader Joe's potstickers. Alas, I have no food in the house at all, so I'm having crackers for lunch. Maybe I should get dressed and go shopping.
JenP - Oct 21, 2006 8:00:20 am PDT #4685 of 10001
I should feel more guilty about my MI-5 plans
Sunshine schmunshine. Our team of sometime intrepid spies is way worth it.
I'm up, but not at 'em yet. (I used to think that phrase was "Up and Adam" when I was a kid. Seemed vaguely biblical to me, but I couldn't figure out what the point was, really.)
vw bug - Oct 21, 2006 8:05:15 am PDT #4686 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
Huh. The rentometer is interesting. Says that it "indicates that my rental unit should be in top condition and have more amenities than the average rental unit in your area. If it does not, then your rent may be way too high." I don't pay any utilities, so I'm gonna say it has more amenities that the average unit. And actually, if we took that out (and consider the rent of the unit below me, which does not include utilities), it would be average. So, yay. Or something.
Good luck, Sue!
esse - Oct 21, 2006 8:10:11 am PDT #4687 of 10001
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Mmm, good afternoon. I went and paid my tab at Sin-e, because I accidentally left it and my card there when we left last night. Oh, drunk-vision. And on my way out I discovered a super fancy street fair right outside my building! I didn't know, as they'd been very quiet. Loads of nice stuff, and I picked up the most gorgeous blue brocade bag that will be hanging on my arm at the Zero 7 concert I'm going to tonight. I feel, well, if not cute, then well-accessorized.
sumi - Oct 21, 2006 8:10:46 am PDT #4688 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Good thing I'm taping our intrepid band of spies: I took the "rest" part of R.I.C.E. too seriously and fell asleep in the middle of the last episode. (I woke up when the assassin killed the prince in an MI-5 safehouse!)
I know I missed something important.
Pix - Oct 21, 2006 8:27:37 am PDT #4689 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
Looks like our rent is smack dab in the middle. We're $47 less than the median, so yay. Plus, this place was literally just completely renovated, so I think we're making out even better.
YAY Sue! Good luck!
sarameg - Oct 21, 2006 9:02:50 am PDT #4690 of 10001
My weekends would be so much more productive if I didn't go back to bed at 7:30. But I do and then it is 10:30 or 11 and I sloth. Ah well.
Omelet then errands.
msbelle - Oct 21, 2006 9:40:49 am PDT #4691 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
bon bon's sleeping sickness neck cancer posts made me cry from laughing so hard.
Sue - Oct 21, 2006 10:09:21 am PDT #4692 of 10001
hip deep in pie
Thanks for all the good house hunting wishes. We saw 6-8 houses this afternoon, and there was one that's sticking in my head. The caveats are the neighborhood (and how to get to work from there) and that the siding is asbestos, which is apparently fine if it's in good shape, but would probably be costly to replace if it starts to break down. Here's it's MLS listing (the top floor is a total nerd hole!):