ok :D i webmailed it to you!
― tehresa, Friday, 18 April 2008 22:40 (sixteen years ago) link
cool also i am bringing all-dressed chips! and maybe ketchup chips? do you guys have ketchup chips, i don't remember
― rrrobyn, Friday, 18 April 2008 22:56 (sixteen years ago) link
woah awesome! they are a mystery to me! no, we don't has ketchup chips (afaik)
― tehresa, Friday, 18 April 2008 22:58 (sixteen years ago) link
discovery: 25 american dollars in my passport holder thing awesome
― rrrobyn, Friday, 18 April 2008 23:01 (sixteen years ago) link
that will buy you about half a slice of pizza at this point
― tehresa, Friday, 18 April 2008 23:04 (sixteen years ago) link
haha new york the thing is that the cdn dollar is pretty much at par with the US right now! so it's kind of exciting to me
― rrrobyn, Friday, 18 April 2008 23:12 (sixteen years ago) link
i remember the days of going to canada and everything being such a bargain :(
― tehresa, Friday, 18 April 2008 23:25 (sixteen years ago) link
july 26th, yo
― gbx, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 01:42 (sixteen years ago) link
this is happening may 29-june 1
― John Justen, Wednesday, 7 May 2008 19:06 (fifteen years ago) link
should i come to new york early june
― s1ocki, Wednesday, 7 May 2008 19:17 (fifteen years ago) link
you mean in time to see Crystal Skull with me?
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 7 May 2008 19:26 (fifteen years ago) link
ooh!
well... i'm seeing it in advance but if it's good i'll want to see it again... is the ziegfield still rockin?
― s1ocki, Wednesday, 7 May 2008 19:34 (fifteen years ago) link
yes... and Indy is playing there!
You know they use an Italian projector that chops 3-4 minutes off the running time?
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 7 May 2008 19:49 (fifteen years ago) link
Isn't the Ziegfeld all digitial now/
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Wednesday, 7 May 2008 19:50 (fifteen years ago) link
yes everyone should come early june bc i will be out of school and probably unemployed and have lots of time for entertaining?
― tehresa, Wednesday, 7 May 2008 19:51 (fifteen years ago) link
i went to new york.
those of you i met were A+++
― John Justen, Wednesday, 4 June 2008 15:52 (fifteen years ago) link
t-minus a few hours
― gbx, Saturday, 26 July 2008 18:51 (fifteen years ago) link
playing a show at the trash bar, btw, if anyone's around. w/fake fictions (n/a's band).
killer!
― gbx, Saturday, 26 July 2008 19:00 (fifteen years ago) link
we play at 11pm, they play at 12am, btw
― gbx, Sunday, 27 July 2008 00:26 (fifteen years ago) link
i have another engagement to attend :(
― tehresa, Sunday, 27 July 2008 00:31 (fifteen years ago) link
wish i had been in new york tonight i wouldve worn my cowboy boots and been there with evryone
― rrrobyn, Sunday, 27 July 2008 06:26 (fifteen years ago) link
sorry I couldn't make it man, had cards-mets tix and the game wuz epic (pujols home run in the 14th)
― dmr, Sunday, 27 July 2008 06:31 (fifteen years ago) link
hope it was fun
I also was doing the 14th-inning stretch
― Dr Morbius, Monday, 28 July 2008 15:57 (fifteen years ago) link
Hey guys, is $47,000 p.a. a comfortable amount to live on in NYC? My standards are low but I would rather not continue to live like a grad student.
― caek, Sunday, 28 September 2008 22:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Doable.
― Kramkoob (Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃), Sunday, 28 September 2008 22:24 (fifteen years ago) link
i'm a grad student living on less. it's more than i've ever made here. you'll be totally fine.
― highly theoretical, of course. (tehresa), Monday, 29 September 2008 00:25 (fifteen years ago) link
excellent, thanks. can I afford to get a 1 bedroom place or will I need a room-mate?
(I'm a grad student now but won't be if I get the job, which is a postdoc at Columbia)
― caek, Monday, 29 September 2008 00:29 (fifteen years ago) link
you could probably get a 1br if you don't insist on living in manhattan.
― highly theoretical, of course. (tehresa), Monday, 29 September 2008 00:32 (fifteen years ago) link
cool. i hate other people so that is good news.
― caek, Monday, 29 September 2008 00:34 (fifteen years ago) link
right on.
― highly theoretical, of course. (tehresa), Monday, 29 September 2008 00:37 (fifteen years ago) link
ya thats like $1300/mo in rent right? you can def get a bk apt for that much if u start looking early/hire a broker
― Barack HUSSEIN Obama (max), Monday, 29 September 2008 00:39 (fifteen years ago) link
even cheaper in astoria
― highly theoretical, of course. (tehresa), Monday, 29 September 2008 00:41 (fifteen years ago) link
and do not hire a broker.
lol
― Barack HUSSEIN Obama (max), Monday, 29 September 2008 00:53 (fifteen years ago) link
actually i bet columbia has some kind of housing service assistance bullshit
― Barack HUSSEIN Obama (max), Monday, 29 September 2008 00:54 (fifteen years ago) link
they do - ask nabisco!
― highly theoretical, of course. (tehresa), Monday, 29 September 2008 00:56 (fifteen years ago) link
Thanks guys. I was slightly concerned because 47 is like 10 grand less than most of the other jobs I'm applying for, and they're in buttfuck, not manhattan.
― caek, Monday, 29 September 2008 01:02 (fifteen years ago) link
real estate prices should be dropping any minute now, right?
― Barack HUSSEIN Obama (max), Monday, 29 September 2008 01:08 (fifteen years ago) link
note I will be renting not buying if that makes any difference. i have zero us credit history and, if they did due diligence they would discover a student loan in british pounds which is probably about $700 billion dollars and which I have paid of £0 in five years.
― caek, Monday, 29 September 2008 01:11 (fifteen years ago) link
Other than in the most desirable areas, I've found that landlords aren't usually as strict about credit history as they claim to be. If you're renting somewhere that a person with your salary can afford, you're not competing with a lot of people with perfect credit scores.
― Everything is Highlighted (Hurting 2), Monday, 29 September 2008 01:18 (fifteen years ago) link
When we looked a couple of years ago a lot of landlords/agents were just like "Wow you both have real jobs please sign here."
― Everything is Highlighted (Hurting 2), Monday, 29 September 2008 01:20 (fifteen years ago) link
the credit history was more "banks will laugh at me if I try to get a mortgage" than landlords will hate me.
― caek, Monday, 29 September 2008 01:22 (fifteen years ago) link
landlords love me!
i think anyone would be laughed at if they tried to get a mortgage at this point! although you may be well within your rights to laugh at the bank, too!!
― highly theoretical, of course. (tehresa), Monday, 29 September 2008 01:25 (fifteen years ago) link
haha thanking u. i will doubtless be back with more questions when I am in town for interviews in the new year if this works out.
― caek, Monday, 29 September 2008 01:39 (fifteen years ago) link
excellent, thanks. can I afford to get a 1 bedroom place
not that you wouldn't be able to find much cheaper, but the average rent for 1-bd apts in manhattan is $2700/mo. is columbia gonna provide you with housing? i vaguely remember them not having too much to go around for grad students, tho i'm sure they've expanded at least a little.
― gabbneb, Monday, 29 September 2008 03:32 (fifteen years ago) link
If I get the job then I won't be a grad student, so I'd be pretty much on my own looking for accommodation. This is fine with me because, having lived in university accommodation for more years than not in the last decade, I am through with that. I am happy to commute (reading time) so I'm not too bothered about being in Manhattan. My supervisor lived in Harlem when he was a postdoc there and says that is the place to go, but this was six years ago and I'm not sure I entirely trust him (he is French Canadian, you see).
― caek, Monday, 29 September 2008 12:19 (fifteen years ago) link
I was slightly concerned because 47 is like 10 grand less than most of the other jobs I'm applying for
― caek, Monday, September 29, 2008 1:02 AM (12 hours ago)
1/3 of that 47 goes to uncle sam :(
― eman, Monday, 29 September 2008 13:04 (fifteen years ago) link
I will tell him, "no taxation without representation". That should go over well.
― caek, Monday, 29 September 2008 13:09 (fifteen years ago) link