I know that feeling (dog died a couple years ago). Best wishes to you.
randomuser and I finally found a place to live. It's an epic, 7th floor downtown LA loft. It has a dogrun on the roof... and a pool and an epic library. 22ft ceilings with 20ft windows covering the entire wall. Southeast facing with external views. And it's $20 cheaper than my current place! Dog run:
Here's some photos pulled from yelp. The photos are pretty accurate. Our unit actually has NO building outside the window though. 7 floors down is a big parking lot so we can see FOREVER. These are the windows (blinds included): We have 4 of these that cover the entire wall of the loft. I cannot wait to have natural light again! The other nice this is we can upgrade to any of the prop. management company's properties (as long as the rent is > the rent of this unit...which isn't hard...we got this on a steal.) They have quite a few buildings around so if shit changes in the next year (it might) we aren't totally fucked. I'm excited!
Um, dude... That's amazing. Im visiting, I don't care if I have to sleep on the dog run. -looks nice enough. Great looking pool.
My friend's house has been abandoned by his parents, getting foreclosed in two months. It's a massive house, grill and patio out back, A/C still works somehow, ton of furniture around and just books on top of books and old clothes everywhere.. looks like the most contained typhoon of all time had a field day indoors and left the shell of the mansion intact. He put a drum kit in the den by the fireplace. Three couches, four amps and another four-speaker sound system across from the drums. Three kids living life, blasting Aphex Twin trying to match the beat on the kit, basking in the pure beauty of what finally feels like freedom. That was last night, and I just got back in the office. I don't know what the fuck my life is at the moment, but minus having to come home to my mom, it's incredible. I don't know how I'm going to back to school after all this. What the hell is school?! Damn. All of you guys who are feeling bleak and shitty and bored, it's in your head. There's a ludicrous amount of awesome to be found in every single day; I hope you guys all take a moment to cut yourself a slice of freedom pie.
Man, I love those days where you just spend the day with a couple of friends doing nothing. There's no worrying about anything. There's no problems to deal with. It's just an extended period of time where you're broing out without a care in the world - and feeling great about it. It always messes with my head when I get home. There's this, like, rush of responsibility that comes to you, where you realize that you're back in the real world now. It's like getting back from vacation and realizing that the fun's over. It kind of sucks, but is enough to make you work to do it again.
Third interview with a company in 5 minutes. Wish me luck!
How'd it go? Is this a job you're excited about?
It's a good job. It went well. Next step is to meet the VP. Hopefully next week.
Not out of the woods yet, but I can see a clearing. Once I'm through this process I'll make a long post about it. It's amazing what I've put in to this search/process.
Have another interview with a recruiter tomorrow. Need to get some sleep. Thanks tho. When you get to a certain point in a business development career, there are only so many opportunities that make sense. Early on, there are many. I'll report back soon. Hopefully by next pubski I will have good news.
I'm all moved in. I have my own room again. My own room. I haven't had my own room in almost three years. The place is nice and clean and my roommate is a friend of mine for the past 7ish years so it's pretty awesome. We might get a cat. It's also only a 10 minute walk to the campus and work - even if five of those minutes are spent walking up a steep hill, haha. Also back at work and eating healthier. I've lost 10 pounds. I replaced waffles with Greek Yogurt, blueberries and milk, and now I don't feel as sleepy and low on energy throughout the day. Going to learn new recipes starting next week. All that's left to worry about is school, but at least even if that situation is shitty, now the situation surrounding it is nice enough that it'll feel more bearable. Edit: Oh yeah, went to the orthopedics. My doctor walked in, saw my feet, gasped, and went "we operate on people with feet like yours." Luckily it won't have to come to that. This week they're dipping my feet and making casts based on that so that I'll finally have arch supports.
Slow cookers are amazing. Toss whatever you want in there and walk away. Food is magically done by supper time. Technology!
Pressure cookers are great as well. I just haven't used mine as much for whatever reason. Been looking at a sous-vide but haven't taken the leap yet.
Someone else mentioned slow cookers, and I also highly recommend investing in one if you don't have one. Benefits include: - delicious oatmeal in the morning in winter - pot roasts, chili, soups, warm meals waiting for you when you get home from a long day at school, which require little effort. You can also use "cheaper" (i.e. tougher, but more flavourful) cuts of meat because they'll break down over the course of the day. --- Also, congrats on proper arch support. I think you'll find it makes your whole life easier.
Nice! It's always good to have your own room even when you roommate is a close friend. I shared a room in college with one of my best friends and it was so terrible...some people just don't live together well. Hope everything is awesome :D Pro tip: get a slow cooker. You can make pretty healthy food and it is so easy!! Just throw some shit in there in the morning and when you come back from campus the whole apartment smells like delicious food and it's all ready to go.
I was offered a job today. Was absolutely terrified applying for it... I had convinced myself that I was never going to get back into hospitality. Can't stand the hours, can't deal with the terrible pay etc... But desperate times... Turns out that it's the most amazing hospitality gig ever. Mon-Fri 8-4.30 (I get to keep my weekends?!?!) and remuneration decent enough to let me afford an apartment. I can finally move out of my parents house! :D Boss is a great guy and I like all of the employees... I don't know what I've done to deserve such a sweet gig!
That's awesome man. I'm glad to hear it! Hopefully you weren't job hunting for too long. Can I offer one bit of unsolicited advice? Talk with your parents to see if you can't hang around for just a bit longer, even offer to pay a little rent or utilities. That way, you can build yourself a little safety net and at the same time make sure that the job you got is secure. In times like these, those extra few months of security could make all the difference in the world.I can finally move out of my parents house!
Thanks! Honestly it was amazing. Dropped in for a chat with the owner and he offered the job almost immediately... Haven't been searching for too long, but I've been relying on my tax return to get by :P I don't have any immediate plans to move out. At the moment, my savings is basically non-existent. I'm paying a small amount of board already and I know that it's going to be a whole other ball game when I eventually take the plunge! But it's always good to have the advice reiterated!
So much going on, life is awesome! 1. Work every day 9-5 is going good. my powerpointing skilzz have increased dramatically 2. Hijacked an apartment from my dad and spent about a month painting and furnishing to rent it out on airBNB. I now feel like a part time cleaning lady doing laundry and stuff before each guest but the money's good. I really need some monies if I want to fuck off to Asia for 6 month in the winter. 3. Ordered 200 wooden combs (beard combs but they comb hair too) in China and put it up on Amazon. The experiment is going okay at about 1 sale per day but when my boyfriend comes back from camp we'll do a little flash sale to boost the numbers and mess up the ranking algorithm. PM me if you want a super cheap wooden comb and you live in the US. 4. I've been seing friends almost every day. Today we go rock climbing and to the weekly fireworks. 5. Finally got into a comitee at school: the electronic marketing comitee! Gotta organise a BBQ in september so there's that too. .... I think that's it. It's crazy how much time you have when you don't waste it in the internet, but I do miss Hubski. I'm also lucky to live at home and so no grocery shopping and cooking for the most part. I'm just out and about from 8am until 10pm and having a blast. I hope your summer's going well too! Anyone going to Osheaga in Montreal this weekend?
I have a new kitten. Her name is Ruth. (You can call her Ruthie.) She is going to help Ezekiel (the orange one) be less lonely. They are already adorable if slightly flea-bitten. Zeke is orange and white and she is black and orange so to me, they make a perfect compliment. Imgur won't let me rotate the photo. Bah, imgur! I have written every day but 1 out of the last 13. That's pretty awesome. I feel the bug and the passion coming back. I needed that. I have two new poetry books waiting for me at home (but I am NOT ALLOWED to start them until I finish my Edna St. Vincent Millay) and I'm terribly excited for both - Dorothy Parker and Marina Tsvetaeva. The guy I have been dating has been sick these last few days. While I feel sorry for him, I've definitely capitalized on the free time and caught up with a number of friends. Enough to feel satisfied. Many people have come over to meet the kitten. I might or might not be having my mid year review today. I have a meeting with my manager but it's a regularly scheduled catch up. On the other hand, like, it's about time to do the mid-year. Still hoping I'll get surprise promoted but kind of feel like they would have told me about that by now if it was happening. I have this theory that they let the promoted people know about their advancements before they do mid-years with the rest of the peons. But that theory seriously doesn't come from anywhere except something a former coworker said a few years ago. I guess I can still be hopeful! ;) I want to be great.
I too am getting a kitten, next week possibly - my roommate has been going to the adoption center looking at the same one for like 5 days now, so I think he's going to get it whether he asks me about it or not, haha Kitten tips would be quite nice, please and thank
Always use the same litter, preferably the same litter the adoption center used. You can change it up once the kitten gets used to living with you, but in the mean time you want it to recognize the litter box.
Give it somewhere to hide.
Cats really like to eat plants. If you have plants, ensure they aren't poisonous.
Speaking from the past year with my first cat since I was a kid: Adding to the others points, never leave kitten alone with something that can fit inside kitty mouth. Keep shoelaces tucked and stash string toys somewhere after playtime. Get rid of anything that kitty breaks or you might end up needing a vet to get pieces out of kitty. If kitty can reach your counters, pretend you have a toddler and keep things away from the edge. Try train kitty to not go on counters. We use timeout in the cat carrier (10-15minutes) for punishment. This usually calms our kitty down. Sometimes he goes right back to being naughty and earns another stint. Be persistent. If you have to peel an aggro kitty off you, peel kitty straight off into timeout. Expect that kitty will absolutely pwn furnishings of all kinds, including curtains and blinds. Budget for moving out accordingly. Cardboard scratchers help but kitty will learn that wrecking other shit gets attention whether you like it or not. Kittiens teethe between about 5 and 8 months. Ours teethed late. Finding kitty teeth on the ground or in the food bowl is normal. It's been a terrible few years regarding fleas. You may never be 100% flea free if there are other cats around. Fleas also give kitties worms, so if there are fleas around, worm regularly. Use the brand name flea treatments, not the cheap shit. Ask the vet or shelter what they recommend for your area. Blue cheese is the best way to disguise a pill. Vacuum regularly, and get a real vacuum, not one of those silly handheld ones disguised as a big one. Rescue kitties can come with all kinds of hangups. Abandoned kitties might have food issues and need discipline from the two-legs regarding feeding and treats. You might have to ration for them rather than freefeeding. We have to for ours. Small kittens under about 6 months should be given small portions of food regularly if they're asking, up to like 5 times. Make sure kittens are fed kitten or "all life stages" food. Fast growing kittens can have up to like 400 calories per day. Cats are supposed to get their water from their food, so try give at least one wet food a day for kidney health (and always have water available). For dry food slimcat ball feeders are fantastic for keeping kitty busy and entertained. Don't listen to the feeding recommendations on the food packaging, they're trying to sell food. If we listened, we'd be feeding our 15lb big boy 8 (3oz) cans a day. Just, no. He needs like 270/day calories so we give ours 2 wet 3oz feeds and 1 dry 1/4cup feed.
another good feeder is one like this where they can use their "natural scooping instinct" (which is a thing apparently) and it keeps them from wolfing food down too fast and barfing it back up. this is good for cats with food issues (like rescue cats) who will binge until they get sick because they're worried about when the next meal will appear
babyproof your house. kittens have the remarkable ability to get into EVERYTHING. anything that could be a choke hazard (small items and loose strings like pull cords for blinds), fall hazard (keep your toilet lids closed), or poison hazard (plants as mentioned)
that said, bengals are a high energy breed. like... need to be walked on leashes high energy. but they are beautiful and talkative and social so
You paint it in a pretty light, he's a brat haha. Hell just wine at the door till we let him out then come in later for 5 minutes and demand to be let back out in the streets to roam. It's like living with a teenager. It's not bad though he loves people and is an endless source of entertainment when you watch him skulk around the street chasing birds or climbing in people's houses.
that sounds like most cats and most teenagers tbh :)
I LOVE HERRRRR. she has such crazy tortie eyes. ugh i need a kitty cat :c
Dating is awesome. I missed it so much. I get to meet new people. I get to make sure that I'm the best I can be (which you don't do when married because no one can be 'on' all the time). I get to experience sexual conquest. It's fantastic and a huge part of me that was smothered for so long by loyalty. My date on Monday went really well and though I didn't realize it she's a local celebrity. So when I showed my friend a picture the next day he said, "Fuck you, you didn't go out with blank blank from blank." But I did! So that was fun. More importantly she is a person that I would like to see again regardless of what she does. My main problem right now is that my ex-wife still stops by to 'pick up a few things' while she's transitioning from one place to the next and I don't want to have a woman over if she stops by. Especially since she's been way more into sex since we split. Putain la vie est belle.
It's dead middle of summer but I went to an outlet store to buy cold weather gear for my upcoming move to Colorado. Made out like gangbusters, I heartily recommend shopping for winter gear in July. The deals! In the same vein of my upcoming move, every week my future changes quite a bit but it invariably takes on more and more form. It's an exciting process. Early September will see me driving from upstate Michigan through the Rocky Mountains... I can't wait.
oh hells yes! eightbitsamurai, beezneez, rob05c - I vote for a "Welcome to Colorado" meet up with blackbootz. What say you?
Ha, when then? It would have to be in Denver, right? I am planning on making a trip there in the middle of September sometime to visit a friend and stay there for a few nights.
Dude... we'll work around your blackbooted ninja schedule. It could be Denver, Boulder, whatever. I live six miles due west of downtown. I can pick up beezneez and come to Boulder (nearer eightbitsamurai) or vice versa. I'm game for whatever. I forget where rob05c lives - but we'll make it a party.
I think picking a date and place would work out best after I make it to the state and get my bearings. But this'll be awesome, who knew I'd get to meet you guys. Or that this'll have been my third hubski meetup. Ha, unreal.
I'm a man in the middle then. No, literally, in that picture there's a man way in the back, kind of jumping out of the sewer or something, deciding where his allegiances lie. I'm literally figuratively that guy.
I did pretty much the opposite move three years ago. The winters up here are much worse temperature wise than most of Colorado. If you're along the Front Range (Colorado Springs to Cheyenne), you'll get less snow too. Colorado is one of the heavens on Earth, so don't forget to enjoy it while you live there. Eventually, you sort of start to forget the mountains are there, and you shouldn't forget to take advantage of them.
Up where? Noted! And I welcome any other advice. I'll be moving to Walden, CO, for a month or two where I have a job and a place to stay, thus a little runway to get my bearings. After that, no idea. Maybe Denver, maybe Steamboat Springs, maybe baby.The winters up here are much worse...
don't forget to enjoy it while you live there. Eventually, you sort of start to forget the mountains are there, and you shouldn't forget to take advantage of them.
Wisconsin. We've had windchills below -40, and probabaly get seven feet of snow over the course of a winter, or more. You'll see snow like that up in the mountains, but not temperatures, and in my experience it tends to be lighter snow, way easier to shovel. Walden is a good place. Personally, I don't like Denver all that much, a little big for my tastes, makes it feel a bit less like Colorado. Steamboat is okay. I'd push hard for Fort Collins, but that is just nativist pride. Colorado Springs is great too, more like a mountain town even though it's just in the foothills. Check out the SouthWest portion a bit too, Mesa Verde and the Great Sand dunes are really neat. Rocky Mountain National Park isn't huge, but there is plenty to explore there. I'd suggest getting into mountain biking, I didn't start till I moved out here, and that was a big mistake. There's something for everyone really, as long as you enjoy being outdoors. Oh, and watch for bears, they'll wander into town from time to time. Go see one if you get a chance, they're cool fellas.
the weed is a big part of it... but we are just genuinely in the middle of a friggin boom right now. It will bust eventually. I read a report a week ago that Denver is at 0% vacancy. It's so ridiculous. Sure, there will be an apartment here or there, but we are effectively full. Construction hasn't caught up, and won't until it's too late. Being poor in the Denver area right now is basically being homeless. You can't touch an apartment for under $1000 near town. I know someone staying in a dive motel on Colfax Ave and it's costing them $1280/ month. Crazy times...
This prices make me glad we left when we did. I'm finishing up high school now, and looking at college and moving out and stuff. In Colorado (Ft. Collins specifically), CSU would have been my back up school, but looks like I couldn't afford to live there now. Do you know anything about affordability in places other than Denver? I can't imagine what Aspen, Breckenridge, or Steamboat Springs are up to.
All of the mountain towns (especially the resort towns) are only for the stupid rich. We peasants are allowed to visit. There was a SERIOUS lull in the market in the 08-10 years, but they never got affordable. The stupid rich just slowed on buying/building there. A friend of mine is (was) an architect for the high-end crown up there. He basically lost his life savings trying to stay afloat when the bottom dropped out. He ended up moving away. Building is picking up again there, and it's as expensive as ever.
You think that they are similarly getting more and more expensive? It's a crappy feeling of joining a party at it's most expensive and most crowded.I can't imagine what Aspen, Breckenridge, or Steamboat Springs are up to.
They've always been outrageous, even during the summer, when they aren't full of tourist skiers. They tend to have higher paying service industry jobs and good tipping though, if that's what you do. I can only imagine that they're getting worse like Denver.
South around the lake. It's a long ass drive, I don't think I'd allow myself to enjoy a scenic route, as pretty as it is.
My route has me going not far from Ann Arbor. I could swing by for an early lunch the day I leave, sometime around Labor Day. How's that sound?
1 test and 1 more day of driving and I'll have a level 1 licence. EDIT: I passed the test.
As opposed to a level 2? Where are the licenses leveled?
I think it's the same sort of thing as a learner's permit in that I can drive with an adult now, but not by myself.
Similar to eightbitsamurai I'm all moved in. It's a satisfying feeling when you walk into a place you've put a lot of work into as far as finding furniture and stereo stuff and setting it all up yourself. It's starting to feel like home and living out here is starting to feel like home too as I make new friends doing some of the same stuff I did prior to moving. It's kind of funny though, there's very much certain types of people I've fallen into befriending. Life is currently surprisingly good and hopefully only getting better.
It's the the first time I've felt like my place in boulder is my place in boulder, as opposed to a space that needs to be shared. I have posters up everywhere, drawers I can put my models on, and utilities is a flat charge so I can just run the A/C with no trouble, it's actually heaven, man.
Spent my evening at the local Bernie Sanders Organizing Kickoff! I'll of course be leaving in just a couple weeks for college (!!!) but it was great to meet the local (closet) liberals and get my start in the world of campaign work. I look forward to organizing in Hamilton! Pics/video forthcoming.
I started learning Irish this week! Because I grew up abroad, I was exempt from learning it in school when I moved back here. It's a pity; it's a beautiful language and generations of Irish people struggled to keep the it alive, but it's slowly dying out anyway. It mightn't be the most practical language to learn, but I'm giving it a go all the same. In other news, I twisted my ankle pretty badly while running yesterday morning. Looks like my day will be mostly spent trying to keep my weight off of it.
My fiance is off on a diving trip and just today she made me insanely jealous by getting to see a sea turtle in the wild. I wish I could have gone with her but due to the circumstances I'm stuck here. With the fiance away I've started getting back into music production. I managed to find a deal on FL Studio and decided to pick it up. I just started working on a piece this morning and I feel like I haven't lost too much ability. I guess we'll see when I move from the percussion to the synth crafting. I've never been very good at creating the sounds I hear in my head with synths. I think I'll need to specifically work on that and spend some time really getting to know one inside and out. I think today during my lunch break I'll dig around the net and find some free VSTs and give them a test run until I find some I like. If anyone has any synths or effects they think are really good I'm open to suggestions.
In less than a month I am going to be on top of a mountain with 400+ other amateur astronomers in pitch black dark skies. Until then I have FOUR major server moves, a hardware migration, a systems upgrade and I am trying to get in my last few outreach events before I leave. The only reason I am on Hubski and not sleeping right now is that I am too amped up to slow down.
Two weeks is too short, give it two months. It will carbonate in two weeks but a little extra time is worth it. Save at least a little so you can see for yourself.
War I actually went to the gym yesterday and now my quads are crying
my squat form is so janked because I've always had terrible hips and knees and I have serious squat-morning tendencies ugh
One of my cats is at the vet for bladder stone removal, and I have a routine physical today. That means I haven't eaten since last night and haven't had any coffee today. Also my knees ache a bit, probably from Sunday's hike. So I'm a bit grumpy overall. It will be better later.
I've been put in charge of getting testimonials for the language school I work for. So far, it has been a nice ego boost, since the students have universally written really great things about the services we provide and the teachers. Also, a promotion is basically mine for the taking, but I don't know that I want to be taking on more responsibility at the moment as I'm heading back to school in the fall and part of my financial aid package includes a research assistantship. Plus, I really want to be as involved as possible in school this time around (unlike undergrad). Lastly, I am taking a group of students out to an island this Friday. The details are hazy at this point and unlikely to get any clearer, so if you never hear from me again, assume that I have been lost at sea.
It's after 2PM, still waiting for for a plumbing inspector for a scheduled AM inspection. It's a five minute inspection, the three tiny things they dinged me for are all set and they were supposed to file me as OK for occupation anyway but they didn't and no one can seem to allow a variance. Inspection was supposed to be yesterday but they said that I hadn't turned in some paperwork that I had already filed. By the time I got my copy of the paperwork in their hans the guy who had to file it was out of the office for the day... Pretty much standard operating procedure for "The City That Works" you over. I'd be opening tomorrow if they did their job. Ah well, I know they are short staffed and trying to hire another 70 people but now I have a stomachache and a canker sore from all the worry.
Update Waited 7 hours for an inspector who never showed. Called the city to reschedule on their automated system and got an invalidated code message, the same message I got over the lost paperwork... Called a real person who told me that my plumbing final was approved, which was odd because no one ever looked at the stuff I fixed, they only saw that they had my money when they thought that they didn't. Calling in final building inspection for tomorrow, should be a breeze, maybe I'll open Monday?
The band released our first single. Also gonna take the cat to get his teeth cleaned, which is pricey and annoying. Doesn't he know to floss? And we're planning a vacation for early September which I'm pretty excited about. Gonna stay in a yurt. Yeaaah.
Hot weather is not kind to me. Pushed myself a little too hard on Sunday in the heat, had to take off work on Monday to try and rehydrate appropriately. Felt moderately better Tuesday morning and tried to go into work. I was sitting at my desk for about 15 minutes before the headache, nausea and fatigue that I associate with acute dehydration came back with a vengeance. Luckily I work in the hospital that is best suited to getting me back up to snuff, so I just walked over to the emergency department and had a bag of saline and KCl dripping into my arm pretty quickly. 2 liters of IV gatorade, a bunch of blood tests and a visit from my mother later, I was released to sleep in my own bed.
What were you doing in the heat? I went for a run Saturday and felt clobbered by the heat. I run at lunch at work pretty regularly, but Saturday I ran about twice as long and later in the afternoon (when it was hotter). I recovered quickly, but it was tough. Heat is hard and hydration important.
I'm in the second day of a cross country trip moving from California to New York! We spent the night in Vegas. I'm not big on gambling, and everything feels way over the top extravagant here, but overall it was still pretty fun. Next stop, Salt Lake City!!!
stop in Provo and buy a gallon of Chocolate Milk from the BYU creamery. You'll thank me later. If you're near Spanish Fork (just south of Provo) at a meal time, eat a cheeseburger special at Stone Drug. Say Hi to Joyce for me. It's too bad you're taking the SLC route and not the Denver route... You're missing out on one of the most beautiful drives in the country... I-70 is not to be missed... perhaps it's not too late?
Cool thanks for the tips! That ice cream sounds amazing :). I've been to another creamery at a university before (Cal Poly) and it was heavenly. Sadly no I-70 for us. This is a family road trip and my mom is deathly afraid of heights. Any slight incline and she has a full panic attack. I'm hoping to take Amtrak through the Rockies at some point when I'm visiting for a holiday though!
the ice cream is good at the creamery... but seriously - the chocolate milk is OUT OF THIS WORLD. They have mint brownies if you're into that kind of thing. The heights aren't too bad on I-70... ok... yes they are. But I hate to break it to you - the heights on I-80 are pretty gnarly as well. Good luck! I'll wave as you pass by just north of us.