24.12.05
18.12.05
Long post coming up:
So I have decided that I need to move out of my aunt's house. Problems include: I live in a very expensive town where housing is concerned (this is where all the people live who work in Bellevue, Redmond, i.e. homes of Microsoft and a million other IT companies), I don't particularly want a roommate, I'm kind of enjoying being able to save 80% of my paycheck.
I found an apartment downtown over some shops (hint: I desperately want to live over a shop), but it's a two-bedroom and would cost all of a two-week paycheck. But I'm thinking about it anyway. I can't imagine making any less money than I'm making now, so maybe I can just assume that I'll be making more soon. And I guess I can just go on having my dad pay for my car. When I got it, I didn't think about how I wouldn't be able to afford a car payment. Anyway, that is my current dilemma.
Item two: Along with being expensive, this town is the least multicultural town EVER! I had to go to the airport yesterday, so we stopped off at a mall that we wouldn't otherwise go to. I didn't realize that where I am now, there are no B/black (wait would black be capitalized? It seems weird to, but then Asian is capitalized...) people and very few Asian people. ...That's it. I realized that the only non-white person I see on a regular basis is Korina's best friend, who was adopted by a white lady. There's another non-religious reason to rejoin the SGI. Too bad there are no religious reasons.
Item three: When I take over the world, I'm going to have to do something about Christmas. I hate having to get something that I know a person won't like, or will only feel luke-warm about, just because it's Christmas. It's not really the thought that counts, except for the survival of our consumerist society. That just saddles people with things they don't want so that they don't ruin their friendships.
Item four: If the workweek was even one day longer, I would die. As it is, Friday is difficult. I haven't yet figured out how people go out for Friday night partying. But I have hope that soon I will be able to jumpstart some sort of sociality. Not the know-how, just the hope.
So I have decided that I need to move out of my aunt's house. Problems include: I live in a very expensive town where housing is concerned (this is where all the people live who work in Bellevue, Redmond, i.e. homes of Microsoft and a million other IT companies), I don't particularly want a roommate, I'm kind of enjoying being able to save 80% of my paycheck.
I found an apartment downtown over some shops (hint: I desperately want to live over a shop), but it's a two-bedroom and would cost all of a two-week paycheck. But I'm thinking about it anyway. I can't imagine making any less money than I'm making now, so maybe I can just assume that I'll be making more soon. And I guess I can just go on having my dad pay for my car. When I got it, I didn't think about how I wouldn't be able to afford a car payment. Anyway, that is my current dilemma.
Item two: Along with being expensive, this town is the least multicultural town EVER! I had to go to the airport yesterday, so we stopped off at a mall that we wouldn't otherwise go to. I didn't realize that where I am now, there are no B/black (wait would black be capitalized? It seems weird to, but then Asian is capitalized...) people and very few Asian people. ...That's it. I realized that the only non-white person I see on a regular basis is Korina's best friend, who was adopted by a white lady. There's another non-religious reason to rejoin the SGI. Too bad there are no religious reasons.
Item three: When I take over the world, I'm going to have to do something about Christmas. I hate having to get something that I know a person won't like, or will only feel luke-warm about, just because it's Christmas. It's not really the thought that counts, except for the survival of our consumerist society. That just saddles people with things they don't want so that they don't ruin their friendships.
Item four: If the workweek was even one day longer, I would die. As it is, Friday is difficult. I haven't yet figured out how people go out for Friday night partying. But I have hope that soon I will be able to jumpstart some sort of sociality. Not the know-how, just the hope.
