Random Raves XLVII: Who wants cookies?

[rah]

It's too bad the time off in between jobs is filled with the stress of not having a job.
We don't get enough free time during our lives and should enjoy what we get as much as possible.

 

[Synobun]

It's too bad the time off in between jobs is filled with the stress of not having a job.
We don't get enough free time during our lives and should enjoy what we get as much as possible.

Excuse me, sir, do you have a moment to hear about our Lord and Savior Universal Basic Income?

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I wrotted over 12,000 words on my fanfic.

"Wrotted"? I think I was tired when I posted this.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

It's too bad the time off in between jobs is filled with the stress of not having a job.
We don't get enough free time during our lives and should enjoy what we get as much as possible.

For me right now, the biggest issue has been my personal housing crisis. If that gets resolved in my favor the way I think it will, my stress levels will go waaaaay down.

 

[rah]

Good luck.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Excuse me, sir, do you have a moment to hear about our Lord and Savior Universal Basic Income?

Cue screeching about "my tax dollars."

 

[hobbsyoyo]

My bike has been broken for a few weeks and it's taken a toll on my mood but last night I remembered there are bike rentals in my building that are free for the first four hours which solves that issue for me. Going to go for a long ride today.

It felt amazing to saddle back up on the aluminum horse and hit the road again. I will say the rental bikes are the most uncomfortable ones I've ever ridden, but I don't want to look the gift bike in the bruised nut sack. If anything, this has convinced me I need to at least tinker with my own bike brakes and see if I can fix it rather than hemming and hawing about it and declaring preemptive loss.

 

[Takhisis]

Cue screeching about "my tax dollars."

I've recently picked up a book by an economist that quotes internal documents from the Argentine state that, coupled with statements by and interviews with government officials, essentially prove how the Kirchners' government (2003-2015) deliberately favoured the concentration of land and industry ownership (e.g. subsidising multinational companies while raising taxes on smallholders, tampering with the exchange rate to distort markets, etc.) while all the time claiming to be anti-neoliberal, progressive, etc.
That's because in this time and place you get bonus points and untouchability by billing yourself as progressive. In the US you can do the same by billing yourself as regressive and it works the same way.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

I got approved for an apartment in the same building! It's tiny but we can afford it even if my job search drags on. I can even move back into a bigger place without breaking lease if we want to do that at some point. I am tied to this area for 15 months which will suck if I get more offers from out of state or in NorCal, but I can commute to LA from here (LA's where most of the jobs are at anyways) and I can't really plan around theoretical future jobs out of state at this point. I feel so, so much better than I have in months now that I've got my housing situation solved. It's definitely been a master's course in humility, that's for sure.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

That is a good thing.

 

[dusters]

An acquaintance come over and she was almost 1.5h late. And talked mostly about her problems.

That was Sunday. I realised I miss having real friends. I'm 32, I have my mom and my gf. This person who came over was 1st person in 3 years who visited my house apart from afromentioned mom and gf.

I didn't feel lonely before, but the quality of conversation with her made me feel sad.

I'm a writer basically. I also teach maths. I do work for my university by helping out young students. I heal with Reiki. Yea, maybe being a transsexual has been a huge turn-off for so called normies, but I live in Latvia where anything LGBT related is met with scorn quite often.

Oh, and did I mention I am Japanese? People find it hard to approach me it seems.

A stranger in strange land, I could re-read that novel.

Christmas is coming and I want to make some new friends before that. This so called dark period before Christmas is lonely for a lot of people, but usually I just waste my time studying.

This time studies are easy, only 3 days a week, I have lots of free time. Oh, and I have money too. But money can't get you real friends, I know that. So I keep it secret.

This is in Raves section 'cus I feel like big changes are coming. I could publish more of my stories just to be recognised more. I could advertise myself a bit better. I'm young, healthy and I can do everything. But for some reason I have to do almost everything alone. That's the part where I need to change something to get to a point where I have at least some circle of people instead of two.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

I got approved for an apartment in the same building! It's tiny but we can afford it even if my job search drags on. I can even move back into a bigger place without breaking lease if we want to do that at some point. I am tied to this area for 15 months which will suck if I get more offers from out of state or in NorCal, but I can commute to LA from here (LA's where most of the jobs are at anyways) and I can't really plan around theoretical future jobs out of state at this point. I feel so, so much better than I have in months now that I've got my housing situation solved. It's definitely been a master's course in humility, that's for sure.

So if I understand this, the reason you were moving in the first place is because the building suddenly went to "no dogs allowed" but now you're moving into an apartment in this same building? What happens to your dog?

 

[hobbsyoyo]

So if I understand this, the reason you were moving in the first place is because the building suddenly went to "no dogs allowed" but now you're moving into an apartment in this same building? What happens to your dog?

They removed dogs from specific floors, not the whole building. And I would ditch the landlord entirely but they own most of the property in the city and all of the property in my specific neighborhood. My love for the city/neighborhood outweighs my loathing of Irvine Company.

 

[cardgame]

They removed dogs from specific floors, not the whole building.

that don't make no sense

 

[Valka D'Ur]

They removed dogs from specific floors, not the whole building. And I would ditch the landlord entirely but they own most of the property in the city and all of the property in my specific neighborhood. My love for the city/neighborhood outweighs my loathing of Irvine Company.

So you don't have far to move, and you get to keep the dog?

That said, it's bizarre that dogs wouldn't be allowed on certain floors. If the company that owns the building I live in suddenly decided that cats are only allowed on certain floors, they would find themselves in court, unless the tenants who already owned cats were grandfathered and the policy would only apply to new tenants.

Grandfathering is a handy thing. It's why the rental company still pays for my internet and cable, and I get to decide who is allowed to use my parking space and have my extra key to the building, even though I don't have a vehicle.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

My love for the city/neighborhood outweighs my loathing of Irvine Company.

I misread that as Irving and momentarily thought "wait, I didn't know they expanded."

Irving's is pretty bad, though. They pretty much have a monopoly of most of the media over in New Brunswick.

 

[Ajidica]

Trump was in Minneapolis for a rally, so I ended up going to the protest for three hours after work. The rain largely held off, which was nice. Not so nice was Minneapolis police doing a very good job of keeping the entrance used by the snowflakes Trump supporters away from the protesters so we sort of were protesting thin air. I was worried the crowd would be small due to the weather, but Minnesotans pulled through and channeled our inner Vikings to brave the elements. On my way home I grabbed Popeyes for dinner which is always tasty.

Protest extended for a couple blocks further down and about a block behind me.

 

[Zkribbler]

One of Trump's toadies was on Fox saying Americans are against impeachment. The Fox host jumped on this, pointing out the latest poll is 51% pro-impeachment. He stuttered and then referenced your then-upcoming rally, asserting that it would show how anti-impeachment people are.

"Protest extended for a couple blocks further down and about a block behind me."

 

[Takhisis]

What's happened to Fox, they're daring criticise their former numero uno golden boy?

 

[Birdjaguar]

What's happened to Fox, they're daring criticise their former numero uno golden boy?

The hard news guys who are not part of the AM opinion and evening prime time opinion teams, are in conflict them.