Apartment shopping

Saw a few more apartments today. I didn't love any of them. The firs one located right by the stairs. The type of old stairs where the flat pieces are held by metal bars. I have those now right in front of my apartment, and every time someone steps hard my whole room starts to shake. So, no, just because of that, the first place was out. Not to mention the inside was dirty. I checked out one of those bungalows before heading home, also managed by the same company. It looked fine outside, and perhaps inside would be ok too. However, the whole complex sits very close to rail track, and so no, not going to get any peace in the middle of the night if I am to live here. The third place I looked at was, well, not quite right either. The carpet was animal print-like, 3D too. Trippy stuff. Again, next to the stairs, although this one isn't as bad, it's concrete solid. I did like the bathroom, it's got a bath tub and a shower room. I also liked that the heater had vent into the bedroom, not a feature I saw in most apartments. Yes, at this price range, these are the kind of places out there. With all its nice features, I just couldn't get over the stairs and the carpet. So I'm going to have to say no to this one as well. Sigh. On the way home I drove by one that had a tiny little sign on its window. I was excited and called right away. Of course it was pricier and probably not the right one for me. Still I made an appointment tomorrow. It won't hurt to look.

Bittersweet

It's a bittersweet day for CH and me. Really sad to see her leave. Working together has brought us closer. It's an amazing experience to share and laugh and learn on this tumultuous ride. Too bad the drama just never seems to cease. To those who have done you wrong, I say to hell with them. To those who have supported you, I say bravo. You're the best at what you do, and no power starving b*tch can take that away from you. All the naysayers who disrespected you, who were mean to you, who wrote you off, will get their comeuppance, and you shall be the one laughing out loud, starting from now. How can one not know how wonderful and phenomenal you are? How can one not see how brilliant you are at what you do? How can one not know that you used to design classes and teach courses in university, after you've worked in the same organization for years? Who is this lying bastard, winking and telling you that we all agree your work's not good enough? There are a lot of good, decent people who cherish you everyday, then there are ones who simply do not deserve your awesomeness. I will continue to root for you, in wherever your direction leads. I know you will do the same for me. Ciao CH. Perhaps we will again align ourselves one day in the same battlefield. No matter what your and my next step will be, we will always embrace each other's moving onward, upward and forward, ALWAYS! Love You!

Another apartment to see

Tonight while looking at rental listing I saw one of the apartments that I was interested in checking out last week was still available. So I emailed the poster and asked if I could see it. I mean, maybe it is a great apartment and why not go find out in person. Sometimes I make a decision, I think it is the right one and I am happy about this decision. Then something comes along I change my mind. This past weekend I thought that moving wasn't going to happen because I just didn't see any apartment that was good enough in my price range. I also thought about the cost of moving, cleaning, and the whole nine yard. So yea, I decided, I would stay. I was content with this decision. I felt it was right. Then I saw this listing online... Well, just the fact that I was still reading apartment rentals says something, haha. We'll see how this viewing goes. It really doesn't hurt to look.

Doing a little

It's the beginning of another week. Over the weekend I cleaned out my small fridge. I had a lot of untouched yogurt in there, expired. They just sat there, bugging me every time I opened the fridge door. Yes I know, why didn't I just get rid of them months ago? Well, I'm lazy. I don't have a good excuse. This weekend somehow I decided this was it. I dumped, like 9 of them yogurt, into the toilet. Gross! Yep, off they went. Maybe this would be good for the pipes?! This morning I switched the work laptop location with my off-work laptop. These days I've been working and sitting on the couch, not a good position for my back. I figured moving to kitchen chair and table would be a good idea. So far, yea not bad. I also like the brighter windows behind me. This area lights up better during the day than my couch area. Sometimes doing a little can change a lot.

Quiet little week

It's been a quiet little week so far. Work has been alright. Evenings have been fine too. PK came over last night and we watched another new episode of Lost. It was a Ben episode, ah I love Ben. Last week's Sayid episode was weak. When I was watching the recap, I got really mad. What a waste of time! I can't believe there are critics think this season has been great. It really hasn't. It sucks. When we should be getting answers, instead we are getting more unnecessary questions, new characters (thank goodness they got killed last week, the only good thing I have to say about last week's episode). No one was answering the questions, ok, they are wink-wink answering them, and those don't count. I do love this show, but this season really has been lackluster. Last season was so good. I don't really know what happened to these writers. And now they aren't even going to answer all these random questions and "mysteries"! What the...

Home all weekend

It was restful weekend. I didn't really go out, except for having dinner at Dave's last night. We ate a ton, and watched Star Trek. His DVD player was skipping a lot, so we ended up using Jose's MacBook to play the movie. I saw it when it first came out, and I was surprised that Dave and Jose actually wanted to see it now. Today I stayed at home too, except for going to the gym, I didn't leave the apartment. I watched a lot of "Housewives" on Bravo. I missed most of the Oscars. When PK came over we caught the director category then the best film. Both went to The Hurt Locker. I didn't see this movie. Most war movies just don't interest me. This was a pretty unproductive, but quite nice weekend.

Not doing much this weekend

It's been a pretty full week. Every night there was something happening. Not tonight though. Just hanging out by myself at home, easy breezy. I don't have plans for this weekend either. Perhaps I will go check out a couple of apartments. So far shopping for apartments haven't been really working out at all. Maybe I should up my rent limit. I just don't find that many great, places in my price range. Perhaps I should just stay put. Now my loudest and most obnoxious neighbors have moved out, living here is not as bad. Then again, having some nice hardwood flooring would be really nice. I keep going back and forth on moving or staying, well, something to think about when I'm bored.

Enchanting! The Magnetic Fields!

Acoustic Guitar by The Magnetic Fields

I went to a concert last night. The Magnetic Fields was and still is one of my favorite bands. I don't follow their records as much as before, I guess I was a big fan then and now I am just a fan. The venue was great and the theater was almost packed. I was very surprised to see so many people came to this. In my mind I always thought that The Magnetic Fields was a small band, only a selective few knew, only the ones who were cool would love. I was dumbstruck how popular they had become.


It's Only Time by The Magnetic Fields


Born On A Train by The Magnetic Fields

Well, perhaps very popular only in LA? Dave Jose Cam and I had our seats on the upper level in the theater. It was not the most comfortable or spacious seating. We sat through the opening band, which kind of put me to sleep. When Stephin Merritt and his gang finally appeared, the whole theater cheered and applauded. They played 50% newer material and 50% older songs throughout their set. It was amazing, really brought back a lot of memories.


I Am Sorry I Love You by The Magnetic Fields

Monday night out

PK and I went to Target tonight. He said he had a bad day, mine was OK. Work was quite long and tiring, so it was good to get out of the apartment and breath some fresh air. We both got a couple of things and browsed the aisles aimlessly. Sometimes it's just fun to hang out with a friend and talk silly. On the way home PK wanted to visit this comics store in the neighborhood. I didn't really feel like going, but I thought since he came with me on my little shopping trip, it's the least I could do. The store was small and dirty. A couple of kids were playing Magic the Gathering on one of the tables the store provided. There were two bookshelves with random DVD titles. Then some more shelves stocked with various manga. There were a lot of anime character figurines, but under the dim light, looked dusty and unorganized. Overall, the store had zero customer appeal. Still, PK enjoyed the trip and even bought himself two Japanese DVD's that were on sale for $2 each. Before we headed home we stopped by one of the nearby frozen yogurt places to have some small icy treat. This was another sad shop, with 2 of their 4 flavors out of order. The owner was trying so hard to repair the other machine. There were a lot of notepaper and flyers and posters everywhere, on the wall, over the counter space, behind the cash register, again, very poor customer appeal. There wasn't that many flavor options, so I just got the original with blueberry topping. PK got their other flavor, mango, with mandarin topping. Mine was not as good as his, it missed that certain yogurt creaminess and had a sorbet-like consistency. We still had fun. Of course, we felt incredibly cold walking out of the joint. Glad to be home!