Oh Man, Moving

[evilhippo]

Argh, why am I looking at apartments this early on? Now I want to move to Pilsen. Even though it's sketchtastic. Gentrifying, but still sketchtastic. BUT it's the only part of the city with adorable, cheap loft-like apartments. (That first one is so cute. I want it.) And yes, "Pilsen's rich Neo-Bohemian Baroque architectural heritage..." is about all it takes for me to go all grabby-hands and Do Want! (Also, Mexican Food. Good Mexican food. And bakeries.) This is also the neighborhood I would've lived in if I'd gotten that dog-sitting job the summer after I graduated from college (and oh, how completely different my situation would be by now if that'd happened. It's amazing how much of a difference two dogs and one car can make in an almost entirely-unrelated person's life.) Anyway, point being, since I like Hyde Park's old-school neighborhoodness, but don't like the University, Pilsen easily is on the short list of acceptable neighborhoods. Even if I never would've moved there until... about now, actually. But hey! As far as I can tell, on my end of the spectrum, it's overrun by artists, not hipsters, so it's cool with me. (Yes, Logan Square and Wicker Park, I am looking at you. And I'm apparently not quite old enough for Lincoln Square yet, so... Pilsen or Ukrainian Village it is!) I think tomorrow, I'll go down and hit up some random shops down there and see if the area is really as scary as I remember.

And then there's this. It looks freaking gorgeous. I'm half-tempted to e-mail them anyway, and just sublet out my room for the rest of the summer if they turn out to be cool people. Even though it's more than $200 more a month than I'm paying now and undoubtedly doesn't include utilities.

Comments

[flutingfrenzy.livejournal.com]

Oooooh. I want to decorate them.

Re: the last one, they do say "all-inclusive," which could mean utilities (and central air, DUDE).

[evilhippo.livejournal.com]

Me too! I've been sitting around tonight imagining all the fun I could have setting up my very own place, and the sorts of get-togethers and dinners I could have. And oh, the old-school wood floors. Exposed brick! They're so cool. Places like that don't exist anymore much of anywhere in the city. In fact, until tonight I thought they were a rare, overpriced phenomenon. I'm hoping my field trip down there tomorrow is good, because it'll significantly narrow my apartment search.

Agh, you're right! Man, that makes it much more reasonable. Ahhh, must. not... e-mail. I can just imagine the trouble I'd get into trying to sublet this place out from July to the end of August.

[look-alive.livejournal.com]

Portland. Not Pilsen.What is that nonsense? PORTLAND.

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[evilhippo.livejournal.com]

Hehe, well, yes, there is that particular problem. But that also involves hauling all my crap across the country, and considering I don't even want to move down the street here, and am considering trying to craisglist a roommate (which is a terrible idea, by the way, please talk me out of it)...

[look-alive.livejournal.com]

Why is the room mate thing a terrible idea? I just need to know why and then I can talk you out of it to your heart's content, I swear.

Dude, all I'm saying is that Amtrak will ship your stuff for dirt cheap and it'll get here in three days. It's friggen awesome. They don't do furniture, but that's what the Bins are for, where you get awesome furniture for less than it'd take to pay someone to haul a couch up a flight of stairs.
And I know, here we go again with me harassing you about moving, but didn't you want to get out of the Midwest and hit the West Coast? All I'm saying is that you have it set up here if you want it. ♥ Any time you like.

(oh, and your icon? ♥ ♥ ♥ the office omg ♥)

[evilhippo.livejournal.com]

Well, roommates in general aren't a terrible idea. But craigslisting them is, since craigslist is full of crazies. And unfortunately I'm kind of burnt out on UofC students/alums as roommates, and those are still pretty much the only people I know in Chicago (despite my efforts to fix that, apparently no one ever wants to make friends at concerts. And I'm too shy to go out of my way).

I think as the summer goes on, if I keep applying to jobs like I have been, with absolutely not response, I'll be a lot more likely to want to pack up and head out there with you guys. However, the longer I go on without even getting nibbles job-wise, the less I feel like I'm going to get another job anyway, and the more afraid I become of getting up and leaving, in case I end up unemployed for longer than my savings will hold out. Stupid economy. And student loans. Stupid, stupid economy and student loans.

[look-alive.livejournal.com]

You just need a change of scene, dude. At least just get out here for a visit and have a different view for a few days, you know?

Er, see that other comment I just left, I guess. I know there are crazy amounts of publishing companies etc in the Portland area, and maybe if you even just got an internship or something at one of those til you get something better? I have a feeling I'm being of absolutely no help, so I'll lay a distraction by telling you about how my cat just tried to catch her jingly stick by doing a backflip that turned into a weird sort of breach and landed on her head.

[evilhippo.livejournal.com]

You know, I really do. I have to ask my boss for my Hillside days off, I may as well see if I can snag some time in August as well. I wish there was a long weekend in August for me to take advantage of, though. It sucks taking two days off and only getting four days of vacation for it. And for some reason, everything I'm finding in August right now is at least $100 more than flights were back in May. Yuck.