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Now I Don’t Want to Ask Ever

by Derek on August 21st, 2009
Now I Don’t Want to Ask Ever

There’s this woman in my building who makes me sort of uncomfortable because of her unreasonable expectations of courtesy. The first time I interacted with her consisted of the 4th and 5th panels, she didn’t even give me the necessary time to ask her how she was doing before saying “I’m fine too thanks for asking.” Weird that in her saying something because of perceived rudeness I thought she was being pretty rude. Granted I usually don’t ask people back “how are you?” when they ask me, but do people really want a real answer when they ask that casually?

Anyway, yesterday we were headed out the door, she was standing outside the door so naturally her back was to us when we were leaving. When we were three feet ahead of where she was standing she says “hi neighbors” and we have no choice but to turn around and say “hi” as we were walking. Again, was a “hi” really to be expected if her back was to us? Were we supposed to do it as we were passing?


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Apartment Smell

by Derek on April 28th, 2009
Apartment Smell

When I moved into my new apartment it had the smell of fresh paint. The thing I wondered was not only when the smell would go away, but when the apartment would smell like my place. All apartments have a distinct smell that is the person(s) who lives there. I think we’ve finally reached that point because I can’t smell anything and I don’t remember what the smell was like before.


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Roach Exodus

by Derek on March 19th, 2009
Roach Exodus

Until this past Monday I had only found one roach in our new apartment. It was behind the sofa futon in the living room and dead. The night before last though we killed no less than SEVEN roaches. We were thinking maybe somewhere in the building they had nuked some roaches or something and maybe they were fleeing perhaps? Really, there’s nothing about our apartment that makes us expect roaches except for the fact that we live in New York. The building is well maintained and everything.

I was in the bedroom when I heard my girlfriend saying she had found a roach (she later told me that shortly after she saw it come out, it tipped over onto its back). Then we saw two more on our kitchen floor, also on their backs. Then one was on our kitchen curtain which I swatted and trashed. Another I got underneath a large paper bag we have for paper recycling and then another around our foot stool. When I went back to the bedroom, my girlfriend killed another. Good thing neither of us is squeamish otherwise it would’ve been a bad night. Since then we haven’t had anything at all. Very odd.


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Deposit Received

by Derek on March 12th, 2009
Deposit Received

It’s been just about a month since we moved in, and this entire time I’ve still not felt entirely like I was out yet. I threw away a few big items of trash at my old apartment and left my old microwave in the apartment, and I kept on thinking I was going to get angry phone calls for these things even though my Super seemed so sad to see me go. I called yesterday asking about my deposit which is either sent out or being sent out very soon. NOW it’s starting to sink in. Once I cash it then it’ll be really really over and I will be able to be completely at ease and relax in our new great apartment. Just a little bit more waiting…


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Finally Moved Out

by Derek on March 3rd, 2009
Finally Moved Out

This past weekend I finally turned in my keys and have moved out of my old apartment of approximately six years. I still have to get my deposit back, but for all intents and purposes our new apartment is my new home for the foreseeable future. I ran into my building super when I was getting some of my last items and he told me I was the best tenant because I never had any problems. I can only remember a handful of situations where I asked him to fix anything, but mostly I felt that’s because I was lazy. I did mention that the middle windows probably needed adjusting (they’d slowly close after opening them).

In all honesty I did leave the apartment in good condition aside from the windows and probably grease on the windows in my kitchen. Besides, if the other units in the building are any indicator they’ll be renovating that apartment anyway. I saw a listing for a unit in the building and the rent was $250 higher than what I was paying!!! They’re all studios in a nice area of Park Slope, but even that I don’t think justifies what they’re trying to get. Maybe I’m just out of touch with studio prices since I’d lived there so long.

Anyway, new building, new super and a lot more space!! I type this in our living room which in itself is probably as big as my old apartment, nevermind the nicer kitchen, bathroom and bedroom also similar in size. Now I don’t have to feel like I live in a college dorm transitional apartment, and I couldn’t be happier.

Not to say the apartment isn’t going to be stuffed with plush dolls (no pun intended) but it’ll definitely be a more adult looking apartment.

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There, All Done!

by Derek on February 18th, 2009
There, All Done!

Usually my computer is the first thing to be unpacked. Even in the past when my desk wasn’t set up I still had my computer unpacked and hooked up. This past move my computer was one of the last things to be unpacked. For one, the space it was going in was completely occupied by boxes and also the internet connection wasn’t hooked up yet. I think in this case it was a boon because with no internet I had fewer things to do which made me concentrate on unpacking other stuff first.


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It’s a Dirty Job

by Derek on February 4th, 2009
It’s a Dirty Job

We don’t get our keys until next week, but we already met the building super when we saw the apartment. He didn’t look precisely like my building’s super (possibly because he was in pajamas), but he definitely looked like he could grow into that typical building super look. I did meet the super for my girlfriend’s building and he did look like my super except maybe a bigger belly and his hands were dirtier. I want a picture of all these guys together.


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No Wonder He’s Feeling Nice

by Derek on January 30th, 2009
No Wonder He’s Feeling Nice

Yesterday right after I got the email from my broker I checked my account and sure enough he had cashed my check. It makes sense, but I thought it was kind of funny.

Thought I’d skip to the end since I couldn’t really think of a funny way to show him getting the apartment that he wanted. We did find a great apartment with a nice space (and all utilities included, w00t!). Oh and the other thing making all my nerd friends (silly thing to say since all my friends are nerds) jealous is that the building is going to be FiOS ready in six months or so.

We’re moving in two weekends and I’m super pumped. I have to go through my walk-in closet to find what sort of items I’ve long since forgotten I’ve left in there. Otherwise I know about every bit of stuff in my apartment.

This will be my first adult move-in with movers and everything. Also it’ll be my first real apartment where I decide not to decorate it like a college dorm which I’m sure is what potential tenants will think if/when they see my place. When I saw my apartment oh so long ago is was very well decorated with real furniture. I think the one thing that will be entirely unchanged is the abundance of plush toys in the apartment. Actually, combined with my girlfriend’s there’s going to be a lot more toys in our new apartment.

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It’s Free to See, Why Not?

by Derek on January 19th, 2009
It’s Free to See, Why Not?

Seriously, if an apartment is in a good neighborhood, how bad does it have to be that no one wants to rent it for nearly four months? When I saw the listing I was a bit horrified, but also morbidly curious about what kind of apartment it was.


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Broker Interpreter

by Derek on January 14th, 2009
Broker Interpreter

I don’t think anyone advertising an apartment thinks they’re actually fooling anyone, but it’s still fun to read in between the lines of apartment listings. It’s like that Simpsons episode where Marge becomes a broker

Marge: That’s dilapidated
Broker: Some would call it “rustic”
Marge: That house is on fire!
Broker: “Motivated seller!”


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