Damn it.

My realtor has finally come up with a house in Polish Hill for me, and it's the worst possible timing. Well, maybe not the worst timing, but I've got no job, almost no savings, I just signed a new one-year lease on my current (New York) apartment, and I've just signed up for another round of classes at UCB as well ( Read more... )

Thursday was pretty brief in terms of time spent together. aaronbenedict had an early flight back to New York because Shavuot started at Sundown. We mostly just woke up and said goodbye, and then I spent the rest of the day wandering DC alone. Here are the pictures:

( Saying goodbye )

Slowly but surely, I'm getting the last few months' worth of pictures uploaded to LJ. Here, then is September:

( Labor Day )

I just got off the phone with Daryk. Daryk has the incredibly memorable birthday of September 11th. I believe one of his siblings was born on Pearl Harbor day, or maybe it was on the anniversary of the Hindenburg ( Read more... )

My closing's been postponed. Again.

I am not especially happy about this.

Today I went to the dentist for a routine cleaning and checkup. They found a cavity, and I insisted that, if they wanted to fill it, they needed to medicate me first. I have a script and now I need to find someone to drive me to and from the appointment. The Puppy has volunteered, but we need to coordinate schedules first ( Read more... )

My Mother has come up with a new scare tactic: OMG! Your house is going to fall off a cliff! She showed up for dinner complete with clippings and photos and everything.

Now here's the best part of the story: My Mother and I went out for Chinese food tonight. When we got our fortune cookies, I got:
Listen to the wisdom of the old.

But she got:
( Read more... )

How the fuck do people do this? How the fuck do people buy houses on their own?

I have phone call after phone call with people who want me to bring them copies of my pay stubs, and W2s, and everything else under the sun, and all I want to say is "hey guys -- I have a job, you know? I can't actually drop everything and schlep down to who knows ( Read more... )

I've got a million and one pictures to upload, but for now, I want to show you my ( house )

This is the post I've been meaning to write all week, but have repeatedly gotten sidetracked from.

As probably everybody knows, I'm buying a house. I'm currently somewhere in between inspection and closing.

I've talked briefly with n0thingman, lilostitch, telephasic and momacress (along with probably several others), but I wanted to ask the questions here, all at once, for everyone to ( Read more... )