^that is awesome! Quilts are one of my favorite gifts ever.

6/20/2011 2:34:55 PM

mine too!!!!

6/20/2011 2:35:33 PM

Quote :

"my Russian classmate lived in NYC her and her husband paid $2K a month for a 350 square foot apartment "

yea that is insane. i don't really get that at all. i mean i know rent is $texas but the people i know that live there aren't living that bad. of course they all have roomies and still pay $1000 for their room. which is expensive as shit obviously but they don't live in a closet either. their places are pretty nice. but they are also home a lot less than people are here, which is totally awesome. just always something going on.

6/20/2011 3:02:01 PM

GO TEXAS!

6/20/2011 3:02:34 PM

my cat just tried to clean the bottom of my feet / search for fleas

it tickled

and i need a shower i smell like chlorine

6/20/2011 3:10:42 PM

Quote :

"NYC would eat both of you alive"

I think we could do it.

6/20/2011 3:17:57 PM

I believe my classmate lived in the upper east side... would that make a difference?


When I interviewed at Mt. Sinai I was all over the rent prices. I would have lived in the student dorms fo sho.

[Edited on June 20, 2011 at 3:20 PM. Reason : .]

6/20/2011 3:20:11 PM

If it's $2k a month for 350sq ft your friends are getting ripped off. That's sky high for the UES.

6/20/2011 3:25:33 PM

mighty ducks is on. yes i will watch.

6/20/2011 3:27:22 PM

They aren't getting ripped off now seeing as they don't live there anymore.

When I tried looking for apartments near the school (out of curiosity), all I could find was like $1100 a month for a tiny place

6/20/2011 3:27:58 PM

Sorry...they "got" ripped off then The UES is one of the more affordable areas of Manhattan (below 115th street that is)

[Edited on June 20, 2011 at 3:38 PM. Reason : k]

6/20/2011 3:32:44 PM

I'm also not sure if that's exactly where they lived... I know they moved around while they were there

6/20/2011 3:40:08 PM

sabrina loves to sunbathe

loves it

6/20/2011 3:59:53 PM

i have a friend that lives in the gramercy park area (around 23rd and 2nd or 3rd or something i can't remember) and she pays $1000 for HER ROOM in a 3bdrm apt

i mean yea, that is a lot compared to NC prices for sure

but she lives in an awesome area and her apt is nice and her room is spacious. i don't know. i know it is WAY more expensive there and at first it is a shock but after having like 863 friends move up there and seeing their places i kinda don't flip anymore about the price

i mean most people i know that moved there downsized. a lot (as far as possessions). and now have no car (or car payment). no car insurance. etc. its definitely a lifestyle change but people make it work. and there are certain trade offs (for example money that goes toward gas and car here goes toward rent there).

i want to make it work. GIVE ME A FUCKING JOB

let's move to NYC, Erica!!!

6/20/2011 4:05:43 PM

LOL I've already started hitting up my contacts

The job I have right now could be a catapult to get me there too

6/20/2011 4:10:07 PM

i will never understand the crazy that some people bring into my life

never.

6/20/2011 4:18:31 PM

3^, 2^

if yall get a jerb in NYC, could you let me crash at your place for september long weekend!

6/20/2011 4:19:41 PM

^4 When I lived in SoHo my rent was $1400, for a 10x10 bedroom in a tiny 3 bdrm apt with a 10x14 main room that was also the kitchen, and one tiny bathroom. There were also no closets in the entire apt. My rent, car payment, gasoline and auto insurance in NC is cheaper than that. But if ya don't like driving its great

shit's ridiculous

6/20/2011 4:25:38 PM

well i didn't mean your monthly car payments would = your rent obviously

i meant if you pay $700 in rent here and $300 a month for car shit. then without a car your $300 would probably go into your other living expenses which may or may not include rent!

it is obviously more expensive but if i moved to a city with a reliable and large public transportation system i would sell my car in a heartbeat (that is just me though haha)

and yea it is ridic. but not $2K for 350sq feet ridic. or at least not to my knowledge. no one i know pays that much (for that little).

[Edited on June 20, 2011 at 4:29 PM. Reason : .]

6/20/2011 4:29:26 PM

^I mean the car payment, rent, gasoline, auto insurance combined (per month) is less.

Unlimited 30 day MTA cards (good for subway or bus) are $80 (or maybe slightly more not sure of any recent price increases) so that is nice, especially when you know that price doesn't fluctuate b/c of gasoline prices. Also a lot of businesses let you expense it has a commuting fee so you can usually get them tax free.

[Edited on June 20, 2011 at 4:32 PM. Reason : k]

6/20/2011 4:31:17 PM

ohhhh haha misread. yea i'm sure all of that stuff combined is def less than just your rent up there was. it is crazy expensive.

i'm not saying nyc is my jam or anything. i'd love to live there. i understand why people think it is stupid, though. i know it is mad expensive. so is every other city i'd like to live in, though (compared to here, anyway).

but i definitely would like to live somewhere other than raleigh. and i really do value public transportation. i hate hate HATE commuting in raleigh. but i know raleigh has major commuting issues (so much so it is frequently on the national radar for inefficient traffic). i don't know why i hate it so much, i just do. i'd rather hop on the bus. or subway. i took a really long public opinion phone poll recently about public transportation in raleigh. it was like 45 minutes long. i'm sure most people just hung up on the dude or opted out. but i was like NO I WILL TAKE THIS DAMN SURVEY IF IT KILLS ME.

[Edited on June 20, 2011 at 4:56 PM. Reason : .]

6/20/2011 4:56:34 PM

lord knows i need a reason to downsize all the shit in my apartment...another reason to move to NYC

or a friend can come over and help me go thru it

6/20/2011 4:58:29 PM

i think if i move i might just start from scratch. bring about 1/4 of the clothes i own

my make up

my pets

and maybe my bed

and that is fucking it haha.

6/20/2011 5:04:24 PM

fuck if i'd leave my two big screen tv's

[Edited on June 20, 2011 at 5:05 PM. Reason : e]

6/20/2011 5:05:12 PM

I wonder if anyone told Tim Tebow he couldn't act


because they should have

6/20/2011 5:46:11 PM

w00t google music invite!

Double w00t accessing my home computer from my phone at the airport to start adding my collection

6/20/2011 6:25:15 PM

Josh is right. Nanny 911 should be renamed Parenting 101.

6/20/2011 6:33:24 PM

La Croix is what we've been searching for!

6/20/2011 6:39:49 PM

3^where is my invite, boss?

6/20/2011 6:43:50 PM

must get dressed

feeling too lazy

6/20/2011 7:10:36 PM

Omg, that thread is so full of things that make me go

6/20/2011 7:13:08 PM

I found out that I don't have a can opener today...

got dat can open though.

hoping the puppy stops pewping soon.

at least she's happy.

6/20/2011 7:31:39 PM

what's wrong with your dog?

6/20/2011 7:38:37 PM

I reeeeeaalllly want these earrings for the weddings

Too bad they're $60+

6/20/2011 7:58:18 PM

don't buy another dress from ideeli and you can have your earrings

-------

I think I'm allergic to my sunscreen...time to try a new brand

6/20/2011 8:00:56 PM

Let's see the earrings!

6/20/2011 8:01:44 PM

Quote :

"La Croix is what we've been searching for! "

zomg I love that water!!!

[Edited on June 20, 2011 at 8:02 PM. Reason : a]

6/20/2011 8:02:20 PM

my new request of all my friends...


please do not, under any circumstances that don't involve a $2+ price difference, allow me to drink draft beer...


of any kind

6/20/2011 8:03:27 PM

100.3 temp....why do we keep going up??? I was doing so well earlier today!

6/20/2011 8:04:09 PM

Casey...why?

[Edited on June 20, 2011 at 8:06 PM. Reason : ^I'm sorry you feel bad ]

6/20/2011 8:06:28 PM

because i feel like complete death for at least 24 hours afterwards...


bottled/canned beer does not have this effect on me

6/20/2011 8:09:40 PM

Strange sight at the neighbor playground:

The local BobbyDigital contingent routinely functions as a hivemind, and thus its usual to see 10-15 of the little fuckers on the slides and monkey bars as once. Only today, their only supervision were a pair of 40 something Indian men in business clothes playing Roshambo with the the seesaw, just annihilating each others genitals with huge smiles on their faces. I'll never understand foreign cultures.

6/20/2011 8:14:07 PM

I wish I could seem to keep lemons on hand for when I need them. I have been using them more lately but I feel like whenever I buy a bag or more than one of them they go bad before I use them.

6/20/2011 8:44:02 PM

I wonder how popular Hootie and the Blowfish would be if they were just starting out now

6/20/2011 8:48:01 PM

if they weren't popular hootie could just sing some shitty pop country and make money off idiots who listen to whatever nashville tells them is good


oh, wait...

6/20/2011 8:52:04 PM

Quote :

"don't buy another dress from ideeli and you can have your earrings"

yeeahhh I've had to give up on that site for a while. No $

6/20/2011 8:59:16 PM

chit chat needs to pick up. I'm bored.

6/20/2011 9:13:31 PM

Sometimes I like being the trusting good guy. I like helping people

Especially cute naive girls from the midwest. I'm a sucker for a pretty smile

6/20/2011 9:31:52 PM

wish i hadn't read that...yet i'm glad i did so now i can be aware of it while at the hospital/talk to my doc on thursday

6/20/2011 9:40:56 PM

The Prestige is probably my favorite movie right now. I find something new every time I watch it.

[Edited on June 20, 2011 at 9:45 PM. Reason : i suck at crazycode]

6/20/2011 9:45:22 PM