Comments on: Apartment Search Complete http://blog.packingheat.com/2006/05/08/apartment-search-complete/ The PackingHeat.com blog...fear the writing Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:24:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: James Yeh http://blog.packingheat.com/2006/05/08/apartment-search-complete/#comment-552 James Yeh Thu, 11 May 2006 10:31:27 +0000 http://blog.packingheat.com/?p=92#comment-552 Steps are cool. These are the things you can do on steps. At the bottom you can call out to the girl you love to open the door. Granted, there's no door. But whatever. You can sit on the steps and think. A lot of good thinking is done on steps. Err wait, I meant to say... You can sit on the steps and drink. A lot of good drinking is done on steps. And don't get me fucking started on super balls. fuck yeah. super balls. Steps are cool. These are the things you can do on steps.

At the bottom you can call out to the girl you love to open the door.

Granted, there’s no door. But whatever.

You can sit on the steps and think. A lot of good thinking is done on steps. Err wait, I meant to say…

You can sit on the steps and drink. A lot of good drinking is done on steps.

And don’t get me fucking started on super balls.

fuck yeah. super balls.

]]> By: Packingheat http://blog.packingheat.com/2006/05/08/apartment-search-complete/#comment-549 Packingheat Thu, 11 May 2006 03:39:56 +0000 http://blog.packingheat.com/?p=92#comment-549 The odd thing about your comment is that the Backstreet Boys reference reminded me of the Backstreet Boys and N’Sync fake clans from the ol’ Q2 XCTF days. I can honestly say I own no BSB or N’Sync cds, but that hardly excuses some of the other cds lurking around the mix. Examples: -Duran Duran - Decade -Traci Lords - 1,000 Fires (yes, THAT Traci Lords) -Way too many Prince cds -15 Volume set of New Wave hits of the 80’s -Winger It’s ugly amidst all the plastic… I will certainly take some pictures of the place and the stairs that go nowhere. Since it’s an old mill building (built back in the 1800’s), I imagine the renovators simply decided that it was A) too much work to rip out the stairs and/or B) a funky added feature of some units. I’m waiting to find out that the place is haunted by spectral mill workers who wander down the stairs and peek over my shoulder when I’m surfing for por………reading my email (I’m going to put my office in the small space by the stairs). Maybe I can get on Ghost Hunters or something; those guys are one state South (if you count Rhode Island as a state, which I don’t). The odd thing about your comment is that the Backstreet Boys reference reminded me of the Backstreet Boys and N’Sync fake clans from the ol’ Q2 XCTF days.

I can honestly say I own no BSB or N’Sync cds, but that hardly excuses some of the other cds lurking around the mix. Examples:

-Duran Duran - Decade
-Traci Lords - 1,000 Fires (yes, THAT Traci Lords)
-Way too many Prince cds
-15 Volume set of New Wave hits of the 80’s
-Winger

It’s ugly amidst all the plastic…

I will certainly take some pictures of the place and the stairs that go nowhere. Since it’s an old mill building (built back in the 1800’s), I imagine the renovators simply decided that it was A) too much work to rip out the stairs and/or B) a funky added feature of some units. I’m waiting to find out that the place is haunted by spectral mill workers who wander down the stairs and peek over my shoulder when I’m surfing for por………reading my email (I’m going to put my office in the small space by the stairs). Maybe I can get on Ghost Hunters or something; those guys are one state South (if you count Rhode Island as a state, which I don’t).

]]> By: kev http://blog.packingheat.com/2006/05/08/apartment-search-complete/#comment-544 kev Thu, 11 May 2006 00:30:23 +0000 http://blog.packingheat.com/?p=92#comment-544 More CDs are good. It'll make that backstreet CD even harder to pick out from the rest of the silliness. I wanna see a pic of those stairs. I'm betting they were added by a designer who liked cats, or who didn't realise that in apartment buildings there are typically other things directly above the unit you're designing. Maybe there's a sekrit button somewhere that opens up the floor to join all the stairs in one great, big, vomit-and-vertigo inducing, spiral staircase. More CDs are good. It’ll make that backstreet CD even harder to pick out from the rest of the silliness.

I wanna see a pic of those stairs. I’m betting they were added by a designer who liked cats, or who didn’t realise that in apartment buildings there are typically other things directly above the unit you’re designing. Maybe there’s a sekrit button somewhere that opens up the floor to join all the stairs in one great, big, vomit-and-vertigo inducing, spiral staircase.

]]> By: Packingheat http://blog.packingheat.com/2006/05/08/apartment-search-complete/#comment-538 Packingheat Tue, 09 May 2006 23:39:48 +0000 http://blog.packingheat.com/?p=92#comment-538 Yeh! Yeah, you've hit upon the crux of my conundrum; I really want to keep the CD rack because my father made it specially for me and my ridiculous CD collection. I've gotten great use out of it these many years. I've been thinking about it and, knowing that I have more space than I need in my new place, I'm going to bring it with me. I plan to keep some of my CDs, so I'll still need someplace to keep them, even if I no longer fill it to overflowing. My only concern is that I'll be weak and purchase more CDs as the years go by and end up with just as many items that I don't need clogging my space. That's self-discipline, however, and something I should be more than capable of handling. The way I look at my new apartment is that it's only $100 more a month than my last me-only, no-roomie apartment. Since that was 2 years ago, that's not a bad deal, appreciation-wise with the real-estate market the way it is here and in Cali (we're just behind you and Hawaii for retarded real-estate/rental prices, so I feel your pain). I don't even consider buying a house as a viable option. Beers? Boston? I'm in! Yeh! Yeah, you’ve hit upon the crux of my conundrum; I really want to keep the CD rack because my father made it specially for me and my ridiculous CD collection. I’ve gotten great use out of it these many years. I’ve been thinking about it and, knowing that I have more space than I need in my new place, I’m going to bring it with me. I plan to keep some of my CDs, so I’ll still need someplace to keep them, even if I no longer fill it to overflowing.

My only concern is that I’ll be weak and purchase more CDs as the years go by and end up with just as many items that I don’t need clogging my space. That’s self-discipline, however, and something I should be more than capable of handling.

The way I look at my new apartment is that it’s only $100 more a month than my last me-only, no-roomie apartment. Since that was 2 years ago, that’s not a bad deal, appreciation-wise with the real-estate market the way it is here and in Cali (we’re just behind you and Hawaii for retarded real-estate/rental prices, so I feel your pain).

I don’t even consider buying a house as a viable option.

Beers? Boston? I’m in!

]]> By: James Yeh http://blog.packingheat.com/2006/05/08/apartment-search-complete/#comment-537 James Yeh Tue, 09 May 2006 14:42:45 +0000 http://blog.packingheat.com/?p=92#comment-537 Hey buddy, I don't think you should get rid of the CD storage unit. If it was made by your father, then the item has way more meaning than your standard flurgen flargehaven fluhenvenstein you get from IKEA. I'll take the time now to apologize to all those of Scandanavian descent. Want to know one of my big fears? Moving. I've stayed in the same apartment since 1998. I can't move. I love my neighborhood, and the only thing i could tolerate is either moving to a different apartment close by, or gasp, actually purchasing one of them houses or something. www.redoakrealty.com zipcode 94709 The short version: shit is expensive. Good luck with your new apartment man. I mean even though it's a bit away. Perhaps when I visit my brother in Boston, maybe we can get some beers or something. Do what you like and like what you do, yehyeh Hey buddy,

I don’t think you should get rid of the CD storage unit. If it was made by your father, then the item has way more meaning than your standard flurgen flargehaven fluhenvenstein you get from IKEA.

I’ll take the time now to apologize to all those of Scandanavian descent.

Want to know one of my big fears?
Moving. I’ve stayed in the same apartment since 1998. I can’t move. I love my neighborhood, and the only thing i could tolerate is either moving to a different apartment close by, or gasp, actually purchasing one of them houses or something.

http://www.redoakrealty.com

zipcode 94709

The short version: shit is expensive.

Good luck with your new apartment man. I mean even though it’s a bit away. Perhaps when I visit my brother in Boston, maybe we can get some beers or something.

Do what you like and like what you do,

yehyeh

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