isn't it Meara's birthday??
Well, it is in Australia...
t looks around
Huh. Look at that. Happy birthday, meara!
Inara: We thought we lost you. Mal: Well, I've been right here.
'Out Of Gas'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
billytea - Aug 28, 2009 5:58:10 pm PDT #21250 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Cass - Aug 28, 2009 6:06:46 pm PDT #21251 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Whatever, money, rent, meh.
Owning? You might make some equity but you are not saving money. The new stove you want? The strange sounds you want to chase down? Those cost not insignificant monies. There are places that renting saves you just by never changing by much. I know that you make equity and everything else by owning but you are also responsible for every little twitch the building makes. So, in renting, you are also containing costs. Your rent paid isn't pure profit. It's the mortgage and repairs and everything that randomly, or regularly comes up.
Atropa - Aug 28, 2009 6:09:37 pm PDT #21252 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Owning? You might make some equity but you are not saving money. The new stove you want? The strange sounds you want to chase down? Those cost not insignificant monies.
Yes. Oh my god, yes. There are times when I really wish that Pete and I had understood that a bit better before we had decided to buy a house.
Polter-Cow - Aug 28, 2009 6:10:05 pm PDT #21253 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Yeah, I was just having the same thought. Why would I want to buy a condo and have to fix every little thing myself?
Zenkitty - Aug 28, 2009 6:45:09 pm PDT #21254 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I love having my own house. I was always afraid I would hate having to take care of everything, but I don't. If I had bought an older place that needed a lot of fixing up, I'm sure I'd feel differently about it, but this place is only 11 years old and well-maintained, so it's not likely to break my wallet anytime soon.
In retrospect, I'm really glad I didn't glad buy a condo in New Jersey when I had a chance to. I wouldn't have been as happy with basically owning an apartment.
JZ - Aug 28, 2009 6:45:26 pm PDT #21255 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I'm too lazy (and drifty with martinis) to Google it up, but I'm pretty sure that some economist did an in-depth analysis a short while back that suggested that the Bay Area is one of the few weird spots in the US where renting makes much better financial sense than owning.
Dinner tonight: martini, ibuprofen, dark green salad loaded with dense lush tomatoes and kalamata olives, and for dessert a waffle with Captain Kirk's face, slathered in butter.
Jilli, OMG those pictures are gorgeous. Pure fun slathered in gorgeous. Can't wait to see the rest of them.
tommyrot - Aug 28, 2009 6:51:12 pm PDT #21256 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The Star Trek waffles are so much cooler than the Star Trek pasties (eta: [link] ) I saw earlier today.
ION, space shuttle Discovery is launching soon....
link is more or less worksafe....
Cass - Aug 28, 2009 6:52:15 pm PDT #21257 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Dinner tonight: martini, ibuprofen
I aspire to be you. Mine was ibuprofen and wine. I can improve just a little, I think.
sj - Aug 28, 2009 11:51:35 pm PDT #21258 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I don't want to be awake. I was having a really nice dream in which I was headed to London and buying myself a kindle.
Anne W. - Aug 29, 2009 2:43:36 am PDT #21259 of 30000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I love having my own house. I was always afraid I would hate having to take care of everything, but I don't.
Yes. This. That said, I've found that with a house vs. an apartment, you can end up putting not just a lot more money into the place, but a lot more time. I can easily spend a third to half of my weekend doing basic upkeep chores around the place. I love it, and get a lot of satisfaction from it, but still...