January 23, 200817 yr What about cell phone belt-clips? Golf shirts? Successories? HEY! Cell phone belt clips are practical! And so are pleated khakis, for that matter. So roomy.... And I never wear golf shirts... unless they have lots of patterns on them, like stripes, or paisley!! I don't know what these successories are that you speak of...but I desperately crave them now. That, and a bone colored business card. Look at that subtle off-white coloring. The tasteful thickness of it. Oh my God, it even has a watermark.... Those belt clips are totally a marketing thing. They say having it in your pocket creates a lot of moisture and corrodes the battery (which is why they have that dot-sticker on cell phone batteries to indicate whether or not that was the cause, for insurance purposes) but I've never had a problem. Saving 20 bucks by not buying a belt clip offsets the risk of potentially ruining the battery in my opinion. Besides, I think it looks pretentious if you have a really nice phone you're trying to show off.
January 23, 200817 yr Those belt clips are totally a marketing thing. They say having it in your pocket creates a lot of moisture and corrodes the battery (which is why they have that dot-sticker on cell phone batteries to indicate whether or not that was the cause, for insurance purposes) but I've never had a problem. Saving 20 bucks by not buying a belt clip offsets the risk of potentially ruining the battery in my opinion. Besides, I think it looks pretentious if you have a really nice phone you're trying to show off. To be honest I just really hate having things in my pockets period. I don't have one of these belt clips, but I try to unload as much stuff out of my pockets as possible whenever I have a chance.
February 3, 200817 yr Well, get this. Pete hasn't paid his car insurance in months, yet he drives. His car already had a bent axel, as well as cosmetic damage all around because he left his car in DRIVE when he got out to deliver a pizza like a year ago and it ran into a fence. However, a few weeks ago, he parked his car on a Friday night on the street and some girl ran into it, only denting his car but doing a lot of damage to hers. They towed his car and the woman who hit him is paying for the damage. State Farm cut him a check which he just recieved in the mail for five grand because the car is "totaled". So he paid his rent and bought some new ear rings. I'm just going to stick it out because my rent is ridiculously cheap. As for Petes snacking, we have this in our dining room now so it's a non-issue:
February 3, 200817 yr I'm thinking about putting fruity pebbles in there. I can get about 2 bucks in quarters for one bowl's worth of pebbles.
February 3, 200817 yr The places you end up whilst googling for UO: http://en.wtaa.or.kr/site/reference/legal.htm
February 3, 200817 yr LOL I want to see your place. It's so totally random! I'm going to hate myself for saying this, but I too and intrigued about your home.
February 3, 200817 yr I have a great story and I'm pissed off with my housemate. So it's time to look for housing next year and I figured I'd go back to getting my own place, but this time in a brand new building. No more 1920's or 1880's homes for now. So they are building this new privately owned student housing complex on campus. It hasn't gotten much attention, but that's alright. Only 1 of the 3 buildings will be ready for next fall, and I'd like to get in before it fills up. I didn't keep it quiet from my housemates because they are all undergraduate seniors, and I figured they'd go off to other colleges or start working in another state that has jobs. I did mention to them that if I became a "senior advisor" I guess another term for RA, I'd get the housing free. I really don't want to pay to live there because the rent is $1000/month, and it doesn't even have parking. I mentioned that I was really hoping to get selected since I'm paying for grad school all by myself. My housemates slammed the project and tried to convince me it was an overrated / bad place to live. I ignored them, but guess what? They go off to the sales center and pick up contracts and information without telling me! I found out when one of them carelessly left one of them out. I also found out that one of my housemates has applied for the RA position! Or not just applied, but is one step closer to taking the position. Here's the thing, he lied to them. He isn't going to college or even working here in Ann Arbor. The loophole is he doesn't have to sign a lease yet to get selected. He said he would then drop out at the last minute if he went somewhere else, which is a 99% chance of happening. How does this affect me? By then I will have to have signed a lease to get a spot, but I'd be paying the outrageous rent. So he basically took my chances of getting the position of away from me. Even if I applied, and he dropped out, I wouldn't get selected until it was too late. It appears it's just him who asked for this position considering they are very close to giving him the job, and he's only met with them once. I hate it when people try to steal my shine!
February 3, 200817 yr Hearing stories about this kind of drama makes me SO glad I'm out of my 20s. clevelandskyscrapers.com Cleveland Skyscrapers on Instagram
February 3, 200817 yr Hearing stories about this kind of drama makes me SO glad I'm out of my 20s. I was a late bloomer. That crap continued into my thirties. It's a wonder I didn't kill a couple of those SOBs, although I only fell a little bit short of it with one. He hit me first.
February 3, 200817 yr Hearing stories about this kind of drama makes me SO glad I'm out of my 20s. I was a late bloomer. That crap continued into my thirties. It's a wonder I didn't kill a couple of those SOBs, although I only fell a little bit short of it with one. He hit me first. let me guess....no witnesses? LOL I the only person I've lived with, not including the summer my best friend and I rented an apartment, was my Ex. Let me tell you if you're from a big family, there is no deterrent like 20+ family members, ready to give a beat down on command. :whip: When my Ex and I broke up, my cousins, had the locks changed, packed what they felt were his necessities, all his pictures taken down and personal items boxed up, all within in 2.5 hours of telling my cousin what happened. Then my crazy, misogynistic and homophobic cousin had a long "talk" with my ex , and told him that it would be a shame to have an accident at Shaker Lakes. I'm sure that the fact that my ex is a cop and that one of my cousin's spoke up on his behalf...he is alive today. You don't f*ck with familia!
February 3, 200817 yr I love reading this every day. Seems like a pretty good soap opera, more fun to watch than to be part of. I guess roommateacide isn't an option. Over the years I've had my share of goofy roommates, but yours is certainly a handful. I had one that told me he had tried to commit suicide while I was away on vacation. My response must not have been the correct one, because he immediately packed up and moved out. Instead of sympathy, I flew off the handle and yelled at him, telling him how thoughtless he was that I could have come back to find a dead body and I'd never get the smell out the the apartment, and who would notify his family, etc. So I suggested that the next time he should use either the Bay Bridge or the Golden Gate, as they were specifically designed for suicides. Having the apartment to myself was expensive but sure worth the extra cost. We are great friends now, so no premanent harm done. And he got help for his self destructiveness. Anyhow, the candy machine is the icing on the cake for me. I know I'll walk around chuckling about it all day, and look like one of the thousands of insane people here. Too bad you can't put a pay dispense on the ice cubes, kind of like a hotel minibar. Well, good luck. At least you know for the next move. Of course, you could always hire MyTwoSense's cousin to have a "chat" with him. Might be worth the money!
February 3, 200817 yr Hearing stories about this kind of drama makes me SO glad I'm out of my 20s. Aren't you one of the Lost Boys!?! I saw your vampire pic! Impossible to be out of your 20s. that I could have come back to find a dead body and I'd never get the smell out the the apartment, LMAO
February 3, 200817 yr MyTwoSense's cousin to have a "chat" with him. Might be worth the money! That's no longer an option as he's "relocated" out of the states.
February 3, 200817 yr I had one that told me he had tried to commit suicide while I was away on vacation. My response must not have been the correct one, because he immediately packed up and moved out. Instead of sympathy, I flew off the handle and yelled at him, telling him how thoughtless he was that I could have come back to find a dead body and I'd never get the smell out the the apartment, and who would notify his family, etc. So I suggested that the next time he should use either the Bay Bridge or the Golden Gate, as they were specifically designed for suicides. Wow, as a person who thought about committing suicide almost everyday for 7 years, that was definitely the wrong thing to say. Thank goodness, things didn't turn out for the worse and your friend got help. Him telling you was signal that he was going to do it.
February 3, 200817 yr Oh, I thought he meant his friend did it as a prank. I shouldn't have laughed at that.
February 3, 200817 yr Oh, I thought he meant his friend did it as a prank. I shouldn't have laughed at that. A lot of people think those that want to commit suicide "are just joking" or "can't be serious". Then the worst happens. OK. Back on topic.
February 3, 200817 yr Seven years? Sorry, but the only problem I can see there is a fear of commitment. :laugh: ;-) clevelandskyscrapers.com Cleveland Skyscrapers on Instagram
February 3, 200817 yr Seven years? Sorry, but the only problem I can see there is a fear of commitment. :laugh: ;-) I'm going to beat you! Trust me, I had it all planned out. I planned on taking a swan dive into horseshoe lake. This would give all my parents snooty neighbors & those evil whores at Beaumont something to talk about when I washed up on the shore of South Park Blvd.! My father wouldn't be embarrased about having a gay son and and my brother would get his wish of being an only child! I set out to purposely do it while my mom was at the Beauty shop, my dad was at work and my brother was at whatever practice he was at.
February 3, 200817 yr Good for you for either getting the help you needed, or your ability to work it out yourself. I'm sure that's the last thing your family would have wanted no matter what they thought.
February 4, 200817 yr Had I thought that my old roomie would actually have done it, I certainly wouldn't have suggested jumping off a bridge. He had a drug problem, which, surprisingly, made him get depressed. He got help, changed his doctor (one who actually paid attention to how many prescriptions he handed out). We talk very often and laugh about that incident now.
February 4, 200817 yr Good for you for either getting the help you needed, or your ability to work it out yourself. I'm sure that's the last thing your family would have wanted no matter what they thought. Thanks, That was 20+ years ago, its all good now, I really haven't thought about much since my Junior year in college. The only thing that kept me alive, was school - I felt, school and "fixing" things was the only thing I was good at. We had some family counseling and both sets of my grand parents going off my royaly on my parents & brother. Boy do I wish that was YouTube'd! Had I thought that my old roomie would actually have done it, I certainly wouldn't have suggested jumping off a bridge. He had a drug problem, which, surprisingly, made him get depressed. He got help, changed his doctor (one who actually paid attention to how many prescriptions he handed out). We talk very often and laugh about that incident now. Thats good to know. Suicide/Depression is a pet peeve of mine. My cousins would joke that I was too much of a neat freak to committ suicide since it has the potential to be messy, but if I did go thru with it, I would be dressed appropriately.
February 4, 200817 yr BTW, here's the building my housemates and I are feuding over. Front of Building 1, which will be the only one available this fall. Meaning only 1 senior RA position available. Buildings 2 & 3 which won't be finished Back of building 1
April 24, 200817 yr So I'm moving out of my rental house now. I shared it with 4 other people. We are cool, the school year was alright, we had a couple arguments, but overall it worked out well except..... ....having too many housemates actually cost me more. Over the year, I've been adding up my losses, and they reached a total of $1400.00! In other words, if I hadn't moved in with 4 other people, I actually would have saved! - Rent would have been the same, even if I lived alone. In pricey cities, houses costs substantially more than apartments. In most college towns, this isn't the case, but we moved into a neighborhood where not a lot of students live. We had many rental options, but we chose to pay at the end of the year exactly $42,000 to our landlord. Our house offered amenities hardly any student off campus would ever experience. So every penny was worth it. But it doesn't take much to impress me, I could have definitely settled for less. - You can't split the cost of food evenly over 5 people. Impossible, especially when you are on different schedules. I worked until 9:00. I ate out. I only ate breakfast and lunch and we all know that eating exclusively PBJ, a banana, a bowl of oatmeal and a glass of milk every day of the week does not cost $50. Beer is expensive, and I never drank it because I worked on homework late. Preach this mealplan all you want, it never works. - Air conditioning, gas, electric, water. I take short showers, I can keep the air conditioning off, and I shut off the lights when I'm gone. They can't. - TV 44" energy hog, extended cable package with DVR and HD-TV. During the school year, I watch hardly any tv except for ESPN for about 15 minutes (I can catch in on a TV before I get on the bus after work though). I watch a few channels that don't require cable also. In other words, I never really needed at TV at all. - Borrowed and never returned. I'm not going through my roomates' stuff, but I've boxed everything up in my room and I'm missing an incredible amount of stuff, most of it adapter cables and DVDs. We own some of the same stuff. They didn't steal anything, but mistakingly thought it was their own, unaware that others owned the same devices/DVD's as well. $1400 down the drain is huge. I could have bought a new computer. It also doesn't account for the fact that we can't sublet the house. Had this been an individual apartment, it would have been subleased long ago. So technically the grand total is $4000 in losses. I'm not angry or pissed. It was mine own decision, and I did get a lot of financial help from my university so these extra costs were absorbed pretty well, but still. Next year, I will pay the same rent for a single 1 bedroom apartment. My heat, water, and electric is included. Internet is shared across the building, and $7 is to be paid every month for internet to my landlord. Because of this, I can trim off about $100/month I'm shelling out in utilities currently. I guess all I can say is, while it may look like you are saving money by living with a bunch of other people, in certain circumstances, that's not always the case. Goodbye 543 Elizabeth, you were a comfortable house Hello Kingsley Apartments (not mine) -
April 24, 200817 yr That's a nice building you're moving into. I wouldn't sweat it; you might look back on this year and realize how much you liked the house and your room mates. It sucks you're not saving money by living with room mates but imagine if the apt you were moving into costed 200 more a month though. You would actually be HAPPIER than you are now. Humans are the only mammals that conciously think about the future and compare it to the present and it causes a lot of problems. I would try to look at it like you got a good deal. Btw, I'm not an architecture major like you but the placement of the windows on your house seems really odd to me lol.
April 24, 200817 yr - TV 44" energy hog, extended cable package with DVR and HD-TV. During the school year, I watch hardly any tv except for ESPN for about 15 minutes (I can catch in on a TV before I get on the bus after work though). I watch a few channels that don't require cable also. In other words, I never really needed at TV at all. - I've determined that TV is the reason I plan on never having roommates again. The damn thing is always on. I can't say that I don't use my TV, simply because I watch a lot of music-related videos and auto racing footage on DVD and VHS, but I'm sure not letting the constant stream of propaganda, "Buy this!" and celebrated mediocrity that is regular TV into my home again.
April 25, 200817 yr I have lived in the smallest studio hovel rather than have roomates. Back when I was of that age, I often worked 2 jobs in addition to going to school, just so I could have my own space and down time. it is worth it.
April 25, 200817 yr We had many rental options, but we chose to pay at the end of the year exactly $42,000 to our landlord. Our house offered amenities hardly any student off campus would ever experience. What kind of amenities cost 3,500 a month...
April 26, 200817 yr I don't know but it's amazing what college students get when they know they're covered by loans. Brand new cars, large LCD screens. Makes me sick.
April 26, 200817 yr good point we don't have any of this things. and we have jobs. We did just get a $40 DVD player but only have 2 dvd sets. One was a gift and the other was a few $ 's used. I guess this is why we have no debt.
April 26, 200817 yr As far ammentities: Expensive fridges that distribute 4 different types of ice Air conditioning (central air) Free laundry machines 44" flat screen tv (this came with the house! We do not own this!!!) Surround sound Cable and data hookups in all rooms Brand new furniture Garbage disposal and washing machine (rare in Ann Arbor student housing since these get broken easily) Most landlords would call our landlords foolish since students can be lazy and dirty and most likely to break these appliances. In fact, they shouldn't have spent so much on putting all this brand new stuff in. They went into debt and the house got foreclosed upon. Remember that thread? Our rent is average for the city. On a higher end, my last apartment was $900/month in a subdivided, ill maintained house. I'm not concerned about spending a $1000/month by myself on an apartment. I just don't want to waste money on food I don't eat.
April 26, 200817 yr "I have lived in the smallest studio hovel rather than have roomates." Amen, sister! clevelandskyscrapers.com Cleveland Skyscrapers on Instagram
April 30, 200817 yr ^Well this one time at Case we dared a guy to stay up until midnight and he TOTALLY DID! Man was he tired for Physics the next morning!
April 30, 200817 yr I gotta to say that looks and sounds hellish. I am suprised there was no Darwinian follow up story to that roof party.
April 30, 200817 yr That's pretty bad C-Dawg. I spent a winter semester in a fraternity house and I was thankful alcohol was banned on the premises. It's amazing what it could do, insurance plummets, the house stays perfectly clean. I seriously can't recall any problems that got me upset. If we drank, we'd take our parties to a designated house where other brothers lived.
April 30, 200817 yr how can you people live in filth like that? I can't imagine leaving a dish in the sink for a few hours let alone DAYS on end.
April 30, 200817 yr Well, I can remember a house that we had in school where no one (and there were 5 of us) cleaned the bathroom. Ever. I believe we had some type of plant life living in the toilet, attached to the bowl. Long, wavy tentacly things that would get pulled down towards the hole when you flushed, but never actually detached.
April 30, 200817 yr Well, I can remember a house that we had in school where no one (and there were 5 of us) cleaned the bathroom. Ever. I believe we had some type of plant life living in the toilet, attached to the bowl. Long, wavy tentacly things that would get pulled down towards the hole when you flushed, but never actually detached. Oh geez, I'm about to barf!
April 30, 200817 yr Well, I can remember a house that we had in school where no one (and there were 5 of us) cleaned the bathroom. Ever. I believe we had some type of plant life living in the toilet, attached to the bowl. Long, wavy tentacly things that would get pulled down towards the hole when you flushed, but never actually detached. Oh geez, I'm about to barf! Oh, it wasn't that bad. After a couple months the vegetation got so dense it hardly moved at all. Plus it would occassionally tickle the fanny ;-)
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