'The Message'
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.
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.
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.)
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!
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.
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.
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!
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.
bon bon's sleeping sickness neck cancer posts made me cry from laughing so hard.
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!):
bon bon's sleeping sickness neck cancer posts made me cry from laughing so hard.
All for you, babe!