Spike's Bitches 34: They're All Slime and Antlers
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Would you want to remain in So Cal, Gloomcookie?
Nope. We want to buy a house and it's next to impossible here. We're also tired of everything being such a chore. Like going the grocery store - fight through traffic, find parking, deal with a bazillion people in the store. And we don't even live in LA proper. We want to go check Portland out and see if it's a possibility.
I love living in LA.
There are things we love, too. Like every band we like coming to town, gayness being no big, and of course the orb. But ultimately I think quality of life is becoming an issue for us.
Gronk. I overslept, and now I've been staring at my two remaining clean shirts for the past five minutes, trying to decide which one to wear. I don't do so well with the decisions before actually getting up.
So which do I wear? Plain green, or white with a Brooklyn Law School logo?
Where I live $1250 can get you a house for rent. We have a 1200 square foot apartment for less than that rent.
I'm glad you slept a little, vw.
I'm more tired this morning than when I went to bed, too much back pain to sleep properly. Hopefully a nice dinner out tonight will put me in a better mood.
The apartment we're moving out of -- about 600 square feet, 1.5br/1ba, crappiest floors EVAR (very old and nasty tile that's probably laced with asbestoes) and zero amenities -- will be going for $1800 after we're gone, and it's still a pretty fantastic deal for the neighborhood.
[eta: This is more typical.]
I think quality of life is becoming an issue for us.
Amen sister.
There is a lot to enjoy, but we don't do any of them. And I can't blame having Em on that entirely - we didn't do much of anything before.
7 years ago I had a 2-bedroom house (w/ big eatin kitchen and a back yard) for $500 a month two blocks away from the house I own now. That w
$1200 will get you this, approximately,
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in my neighborhood now.
I miss what I paid in MSP for my HUGE two-bedroom, but I love living in San Francisco. And I do have a cute apartment.
So which do I wear? Plain green, or white with a Brooklyn Law School logo?
Whichever one is warmer.
There is a lot to enjoy, but we don't do any of them. And I can't blame having Em on that entirely - we didn't do much of anything before.
Stephen and I got used to doing stuff for free, or thereabouts, when we were in NY (so very young and so very broke), but you can only go to Central Park so many times. We used to go to the Metropolitan Museum and pay the student rate, or just a dollar sometimes, since admission is "suggested". It's hard to live in a wonderful city with fantastic stuff to do and not be able to afford to do it.
Aimee should move to Philly and leave near me when I move back to PA!
The highest rent I have ever paid was the trailer in Arizona. But that's because I didn't have a roommate. $350/mo. 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, front porch, storage room, wash house, 2 swamp coolers, and all the scorpions you could eat.
