I assume SF incomes are proportional(ish) with rents? Because I read $1295 and actually thought, "For *only* one month?!?"

Mine's not. Between academia and publishing I sure know how to pick 'em. Once I move, about 1/2 my take home will go to rent + utilities and 1/4 goes to school loans.

I console myself with the fact that, were I to buy my current house with 20% down, the interest alone on the mortgage for the first year would be double my rent. So renting, even at these prices, is still way cheaper.

ETA: And, in happier housing news, congrats Suzi!!

What java said, Steph. As someone who is in the less fortunate position. Seeing people who are managing or even doing well provides a little bit of hope. So not only should you not feel guilty, you should also know that you are a little glimmer of light letting us know we will get through it.

I suspect that some job applications are actually psychological studies to see just how far subjects will go in pursuit of a job. Be especially careful if they ask you to deliver near-lethal electric jolts to other applicants....

Discovered by an LJ friend over in Germany -

Car meets church.

Church roof, that is.

Okay, this job application wants me to upload a copy of my diploma.

Dude, I didn't even have to do that for my job. Transcript, sure, but not actual diploma. Which I think is hanging on a wall back in Michigan.

That's insane. And unless you're applying within academia, even the transcript is pretty over the top, especially if you've been out of school for a few years.

Car meets church.

OMG! Talk about your flying cars. And here I was thinking it was going to be just a car driving into the side of a church at street level.

Which is what happened at St. Mary Nativity church in Joliet back when I was in high school, but that church was only the width of the sidewalk away from the street, so having a car drive into it wasn't that unusual. We did make jokes about it since St. Mary's was notorious for having short masses (20-25 minutes, usually) which were nicknamed "drive-in masses"--the driver apparently took the nickname seriously!

Kathy, I added an extra comment to clarify the rather aerial nature of the collision.

Or maybe to make you look craxy, YMMV.

LEGO Inaugural scene. Updated for the First Family fashions. [link]

Why, how adorable of you to make me look craxy!

It is a pretty cool picture--I wonder just how drunk the driver was to get the car that airborne.