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[AugustWest]

foreclosures and mortgages,

This is a really important issue. I deal with this professionally, especially as it relates to property taxes.  Kentucky essentially privatizes collection of delinquent property tax, and based on conversations with some land bank advocates, this has had a significant effect of city conditions.

[theinevitable]

Yeah, that's true, it is actually interesting. The foreclosure stuff is more interesting than the weeks and weeks in a row where we read about subprime mortgages and credit scores. Which were also interesting... at first.

[theinevitable]

This kid who got accepted to my grad program is visiting and staying on my couch. We are having a lot of coordination issues. For instance, he wants to go to NYC for the first time and asked if he could make the 12:20 train. I said "yes." I guess I should have specified, "yes, if you leave now and go directly there and don't stop for lunch on the way to the station." Now he calls asking if I know when the next train is. Yeesh.

[theinevitable]

Ew.

Cleaning things like that is one of the truest satisfactions in life. The other day I realized that dozens of tiny rocks were stuck in the narrow treads of my sneakers. I savored poking them out with push-pins.

[Victoria Waterfield]

Last week I learned how to take apart the U-bend on a sink drain, get all the hair out, and then put it all back together.

Accomplishment.

[AugustWest]

I would be all about teflon tape.

What do I win?

[AugustWest]

Woo Hoo!

[wombat]

You're gonna send him to the east coast?

[jaydub]

You didn't tell her you expect clean stalls for the hosss when you get home?

[Carlos del Vaca]

This dude is obviously some distant relative of Paul.
http://www.cmuse.org/valentin-guerin-pyro-trombone/

[wombat]

I have nothing to say except that I am glad the board has risen from the dead again.

[theinevitable]

Went to the conference the people I'm working for have every year. They forgot to put me on the list to get in, didn't have a name tag for me, and I didn't get a lunch. This is a job I spend $30 every Friday to get to, and work at for free.

Internships are a scam.

[theinevitable]

Yesterday I was trying to hold back whining about the above to a close friend, and she said she was having a hard day because one of her favorite clients died (she is a social worker for older adults).

Perspective is so good. Even if it fades fast sometimes.

[theinevitable]

Yeah, I have recently belatedly realized that I have an unhealthy emotional thing where I think of anger/frustration as something I should always try to hide, and sadness/disappointment as something it's OK to wallow in. Definitely need to learn to do the "recognize the feeling and then let go" method.

This is also a problem because it makes me react unfairly to other people when they express their anger.

Also need to get a tattoo that reminds me to eat a banana or something when I start getting all upset about something tiny. 3/4 of the time it's hunger or caffeine buzz wearing off. But in the moment I never realize that.

[theinevitable]

Looking at my budget between now and "undetermined date when I get a job" is rough.

On the other hand, I think I could live on the non-perishables in my pantry for at least a month, if I supplement them with eggs and veggies. So many noodles, different types of rice, and condiments. Lately my dinners have been sweet potatoes, rice, broccoli, hot sauce, and an egg on top... and it's pretty damn satisfying.