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#2765 ·
God, someone please just tell me the truth so I can finally stop wondering about this nonsense.
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#2766 ·
Just a few facts about how my life unfolded:
A few years back, on the exact day I decided to move to where I am now, I found this charming little studio right in downtown Chicago on Zillow and just told myself, "This is it, girl, this is home." I called the owner, did all my due diligence, worked out the lease, and moved in on September 1st, living off my savings and some unemployment benefits for a while
Fast forward a year, and I had landed a great, high-paying job in my field just five minutes away from the apartment.
Pretty soon, I worked things out with the landlord—who is honestly a wonderful guy—to buy the place from him at a incredibly low price, because let’s be real, I never could have afforded it otherwise given that my parents are just blue-collar workers.
After that, skipping all those parasitic real estate agencies, I went from bank to bank until I secured a mortgage designed for young professionals in their thirties; the banker I dealt with was also a total gem and offered to review the legal fine print of the sales contract for free so I wouldn't have to hire an attorney, so I brought him a nice bottle of wine as a thank you.
And so, in my thirties, I managed to buy myself a place for next to nothing—a place I knew from the very start was meant to be mine. And of course, I still own it today.🙂
What's the moral of the story? There isn't one. ))
santi
A few years back, on the exact day I decided to move to where I am now, I found this charming little studio right in downtown Chicago on Zillow and just told myself, "This is it, girl, this is home." I called the owner, did all my due diligence, worked out the lease, and moved in on September 1st, living off my savings and some unemployment benefits for a while
Fast forward a year, and I had landed a great, high-paying job in my field just five minutes away from the apartment.
Pretty soon, I worked things out with the landlord—who is honestly a wonderful guy—to buy the place from him at a incredibly low price, because let’s be real, I never could have afforded it otherwise given that my parents are just blue-collar workers.
After that, skipping all those parasitic real estate agencies, I went from bank to bank until I secured a mortgage designed for young professionals in their thirties; the banker I dealt with was also a total gem and offered to review the legal fine print of the sales contract for free so I wouldn't have to hire an attorney, so I brought him a nice bottle of wine as a thank you.
And so, in my thirties, I managed to buy myself a place for next to nothing—a place I knew from the very start was meant to be mine. And of course, I still own it today.🙂
What's the moral of the story? There isn't one. ))
santi
#2767 ·
*buying and selling*, I’m clearly making typos here, aren't I? )))
Anyway, Tomica is heading out to New York this Monday, so we’ll be on the move... naturally, so we'll keep you posted!
Anyway, Tomica is heading out to New York this Monday, so we’ll be on the move... naturally, so we'll keep you posted!
#2769 ·
Saw this recommendation on eTrade. Honestly, it’s actually pretty decent; they’re putting money on Mac Miller.
You Get What You Pay For
You Get What You Pay For
#2770 ·
Not necessarily the best, but easily the most radical move from Mr. Morale and The Big Steppers.
Worldwide Steppers
Worldwide Steppers
#2773 ·
#2774 ·
Mark Cruz15 said:
A total badass—real musician, too—not some soft indie-rock type. If he played Ultra, we'd have a baby boom on our hands. You guys seen this masterpiece yet?
Blyatman
#2775 ·
I spent two whole hours stuck in the wrong line because I’m a complete idiot! )))
Anyway, there was a pretty decent write-up over on CNN.
And someone even posted this little clip <3
Anyway, there was a pretty decent write-up over on CNN.
And someone even posted this little clip <3
#2777 ·
Jamie Davis9 said:stuck in the wrong line for two hours because I'm a total klutz! )))
Anyway, pretty solid write-up over at CNN.
and someone even dropped a clip <3
And man, the journalists are just chasing clout—all that "fight for survival," "oxygen deprivation," "burning in hell" stuff. I bet you'd see them right in the middle of a mosh pit at a punk show. If you haven't broken a sweat at a rock concert, you're missing out. 😁
Total BS, but honestly... not far off
#2778 ·
Dennis Hall41 said:And don't even get me started on the media; they’re all just chasing clicks with these melodramatic headlines like "fighting for dear life," "suffocating," or "burning in hell." Honestly, I could see them right in the middle of a mosh pit at a hardcore punk show. If you haven't broken a sweat at a rock concert, you're probably a statue. 😁
Pure nonsense, though it's almost too predictable to be called bullshit.
Exactly. It's just that wave of elitist, out-of-touch New York crowd arriving and acting like they've never actually experienced real life. 🙄 😁
#2779 ·
Read today that there was this whole crowd of (semi) celebrities there. I caught myself staring at basically everyone walking in—it’s obvious they’re such big deals that I don't even recognize half of them. But yeah, there was definitely a group that looked like they were either sculpting PhDs or just... honestly, looking down on the rest of us from some massive high horse. Haters would probably say—they look like the exact type of profile you'd never suspect actually listens to Radiohead. 😁
Some bands are just here for the heat, others are just here to cool things down
Some bands are just here for the heat, others are just here to cool things down
#2780 ·
Exactly that. I had the same experience a few years back when I was out in the mountains near Aspen and caught Sergei Trifunovic in a state of pure ecstasy.
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