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Personal references?
May. 9th, 2008 06:21 amI'm filling out a Nolo Press rental application, which asks for two personal references. It's already asked for previous and current landlords and employers. Who should I put down as a reference?
Update to the update
Apr. 27th, 2008 07:46 pmWe didn't get the house, but the owner seemed a bit sad that fairness compelled them to give the house to the first interested party. She said that it seemed like we'd be very good renters, and we shouldn't lose her number.
I'm thinking that means "call me again late next month to see if any of my other properties open up".
I'm thinking that means "call me again late next month to see if any of my other properties open up".
Home-hunting update
Apr. 27th, 2008 03:56 pmThis weekend we looked around for a new home. We started by looking at craigslist, but gave up when we found far too many spammy and deceptive postings to bother with. (I'd love to see the owner "literally in a few minutes...bike to...CDC" from there. Hell, I'd love to see Lance Armstrong do it. It's 4.7 miles, and "a few minutes" would be 60+ mph, not counting traffic lights.)
Instead, we followed a few bus lines and drove around a block or two from each bus stop. We found a half of a house that we'd love to get, but we're still waiting to hear if the woman who's first in line wants it enough to actually put down a security deposit. The same owners also have a unit on the bottom floor of a house, but it's really just a finished basement, and Frank Lloyd Wright would approve of the ceiling height. (I'd have to stoop, or bang my head, every time I use the kitchen, or any time I wanted to walk from the bedroom to the bathroom or the other room.)
We also went to Candler Park to see a 1/1 right on the main drag, but the house itself is inaccessible and the 1/1 unit is on the top floor up a spiral staircase anyway.
So we'll hope for the half a house, and also keep looking at other places. A weekend festival blocked our access to most of Inman Park and Little 5 Points, as well as some of Candler Park. We'll be able to follow bus lines in those neighborhoods after today.
We're also considering houses that we'd share with others (it would be cheaper by several hundred dollars per month) but are hoping to have a home for just the three of us for the first time in our married lives.
Instead, we followed a few bus lines and drove around a block or two from each bus stop. We found a half of a house that we'd love to get, but we're still waiting to hear if the woman who's first in line wants it enough to actually put down a security deposit. The same owners also have a unit on the bottom floor of a house, but it's really just a finished basement, and Frank Lloyd Wright would approve of the ceiling height. (I'd have to stoop, or bang my head, every time I use the kitchen, or any time I wanted to walk from the bedroom to the bathroom or the other room.)
We also went to Candler Park to see a 1/1 right on the main drag, but the house itself is inaccessible and the 1/1 unit is on the top floor up a spiral staircase anyway.
So we'll hope for the half a house, and also keep looking at other places. A weekend festival blocked our access to most of Inman Park and Little 5 Points, as well as some of Candler Park. We'll be able to follow bus lines in those neighborhoods after today.
We're also considering houses that we'd share with others (it would be cheaper by several hundred dollars per month) but are hoping to have a home for just the three of us for the first time in our married lives.
I'm Swiss and I'm spending the night
Jan. 30th, 2007 10:31 amOr, in other words, j'y suis et j'y reste. The three of us agreed to sign a 7-month lease. Guildenstern will soon be living in Gainesville with a friend of ours, and we're treating Pied's 'rodent ulcer' so that she's adoptable.
I've recently listened to You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (1999 Broadway Revival Cast)
. After listening to it, I looked through the booklet and said to myself, "Gee, Charlie Brown looks familiar..." Sure enough, it was Anthony Rapp! And who's that playing Sally? Why, it's Kristin Chenoweth! Good stuff.
Jodi and I were watching Gay, Straight or Taken? last night, and I was intrigued by the tagline, which said that it's a game we all play anyway. That seems pretty accurate; people like to pigeonhole each other as soon as possible. I certainly loved the look of horror on the contestant's face when the man she'd identified as straight-and-single said that she was a bit of a diva. Oh shit, her expression seemed to say, straight men don't use the word 'diva'. And sure enough, he won a tropical vacation with his boyfriend.
But the title of the show is wrong to begin with. The choices presented are gay-and-taken, straight-and-single, and straight-and-taken. And there's so much more outside that Venn diagram. Oh well, too many fish in that barrel.
And if you don't recognize my new userpic, you need to watch the Windows 386 promo video.
I've recently listened to You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (1999 Broadway Revival Cast)
. After listening to it, I looked through the booklet and said to myself, "Gee, Charlie Brown looks familiar..." Sure enough, it was Anthony Rapp! And who's that playing Sally? Why, it's Kristin Chenoweth! Good stuff.Jodi and I were watching Gay, Straight or Taken? last night, and I was intrigued by the tagline, which said that it's a game we all play anyway. That seems pretty accurate; people like to pigeonhole each other as soon as possible. I certainly loved the look of horror on the contestant's face when the man she'd identified as straight-and-single said that she was a bit of a diva. Oh shit, her expression seemed to say, straight men don't use the word 'diva'. And sure enough, he won a tropical vacation with his boyfriend.
But the title of the show is wrong to begin with. The choices presented are gay-and-taken, straight-and-single, and straight-and-taken. And there's so much more outside that Venn diagram. Oh well, too many fish in that barrel.
And if you don't recognize my new userpic, you need to watch the Windows 386 promo video.
