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edenfallingMy mom came up to visit last night. Today we had breakfast at Friendly's, drove around town looking at apartments, and also stopped by the Ithaca Festival for lunch. Alas, the really good apartment (by far the largest and also the cheapest) was stolen out from under me by someone else -- she had apparently looked at it the day before but not committed, which was why the owner was still showing it, but she came back this afternoon and signed the lease. *pouts*
Of the other two places I saw today, one is no good. It's far too expensive for not nearly enough value -- the owner is a (personable) nickle-and-dime skinflint who makes tenants pay not just gas and electricity, but also the water bills, after already charging over $900 a month! I have never heard of a landlord in this town who didn't include water in the rent. *shakes head*
The third place is a little smaller and more expensive than I like, and I would have to pay full price for my own internet, but if the places I am scheduled to see Monday morning don't work, I will call the owner and see if it's still available. *sigh*
Mom and I boxed up all my nonfiction, comics, and manga, as well as my tiny DVD collection and a bunch of my infrequently worn clothes. I will continue to pack and sort through my stuff, since that needs to be done no matter where I end up moving.
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On a completely different subject, I am three chapters into John M. Ford's How Much for Just the Planet?, and I can't stop laughing. It's brilliant, but thoroughly mad, and I am amazed Ford got away with writing this. I can't believe Paramount let it be published.
This is the sort of divine madness you lose when you insist on forcing all your tie-in novels into a shared continuity instead of essentially sanctioning certain pieces of fanfiction.
Ah well. You win some, you lose some.
Of the other two places I saw today, one is no good. It's far too expensive for not nearly enough value -- the owner is a (personable) nickle-and-dime skinflint who makes tenants pay not just gas and electricity, but also the water bills, after already charging over $900 a month! I have never heard of a landlord in this town who didn't include water in the rent. *shakes head*
The third place is a little smaller and more expensive than I like, and I would have to pay full price for my own internet, but if the places I am scheduled to see Monday morning don't work, I will call the owner and see if it's still available. *sigh*
Mom and I boxed up all my nonfiction, comics, and manga, as well as my tiny DVD collection and a bunch of my infrequently worn clothes. I will continue to pack and sort through my stuff, since that needs to be done no matter where I end up moving.
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On a completely different subject, I am three chapters into John M. Ford's How Much for Just the Planet?, and I can't stop laughing. It's brilliant, but thoroughly mad, and I am amazed Ford got away with writing this. I can't believe Paramount let it be published.
This is the sort of divine madness you lose when you insist on forcing all your tie-in novels into a shared continuity instead of essentially sanctioning certain pieces of fanfiction.
Ah well. You win some, you lose some.
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Date: 2009-05-31 06:14 pm (UTC)My knee jerk reaction is that the skinflint guy is breaking the law and renting to people who don't know better.
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Date: 2009-06-02 04:23 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-06-02 03:49 am (UTC)Hail and well met, enlightened one. ♥
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Date: 2009-06-02 04:23 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-06-02 03:06 pm (UTC)Movin' movin' movin'
Keep the pace improvin'
Got to keep a-doin'
Your best
There's no time to be sleepin'
When you've got to be keepin'
The peer review board suitably impressed