The Times online has a great article http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1663424,00.html?cnn=yes
on the blasphemous headline that everyone is talking about: "General Petraeus, or General Betray Us?". The article makes a good point that Republicans would rather discuss etiquette than the war. They are even demanding that politicians publicly denounce and condemn the article. Why would anyone demand that a person condemn something which they have nothing to do with?
I am getting more an more disillusioned with politics each day. If it weren't so damned inconvenient, I'd move.
Friday, September 21, 2007
Friday, September 14, 2007
should we stay or should we go...
...now.
So Erin and I were all set to move out of our house because it became evident that we could not afford the rent. We were all set to sign the lease on a new apartment in Providence when.... our current landlady came to us with an offer. She decreased the rent of our house from $1500 to $1000 per month because she wanted us to finish the lease. Her claim is that she wants someone in the house in the winter to keep it from going into disrepair. This is a little funny, because if anything ever needs repair we call her anyway... but we'll take it.
The thing is, we were excited to move. The prospect of saving so much money on our bills that we could actually afford to enjoy life with our meager earnings had grown on us. So, we will stay in the house, the drastic decrease in rent has meant that we can in fact afford to enjoy life a little... and then in the spring when our lease is up we'll move to Providence near Brown where I will get rid of my car (thereby saving more money) and Erin will get a job locally, and then the plan is to live happily ever after.
As long as our future landlord doesn't kick us out because our birds occasionally like to sing...
and scream.
Good news for now though: I get to have cable in a couple months, and eventually I can buy beer again. TV and beer. I'm becoming Al Bundy.
So Erin and I were all set to move out of our house because it became evident that we could not afford the rent. We were all set to sign the lease on a new apartment in Providence when.... our current landlady came to us with an offer. She decreased the rent of our house from $1500 to $1000 per month because she wanted us to finish the lease. Her claim is that she wants someone in the house in the winter to keep it from going into disrepair. This is a little funny, because if anything ever needs repair we call her anyway... but we'll take it.
The thing is, we were excited to move. The prospect of saving so much money on our bills that we could actually afford to enjoy life with our meager earnings had grown on us. So, we will stay in the house, the drastic decrease in rent has meant that we can in fact afford to enjoy life a little... and then in the spring when our lease is up we'll move to Providence near Brown where I will get rid of my car (thereby saving more money) and Erin will get a job locally, and then the plan is to live happily ever after.
As long as our future landlord doesn't kick us out because our birds occasionally like to sing...
and scream.
Good news for now though: I get to have cable in a couple months, and eventually I can buy beer again. TV and beer. I'm becoming Al Bundy.
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