the plan has been declared effective. blar de blar blar blargh, 129 pages later, looks like the apt might actually close in june. man...now i know why i'm paying an arm and a leg to have brokers and lawyers read all this junk for me. even so, i'm still wary of something sneaking in under my nose.
aln commented the other day that because i'm a learner (strengthfinders) i like to be around people who i can learn from. (duh, sounds obvious). but i thought about it and it's true. why would i be around someone who i can't learn something from? i mean, i even learn from kids. but useless people - i have no patience for useless people.
in a very tight race of people i hate and occupations without scruples...
1. people who work at the dmv and the tow pound. some people should not be given power, and these are them. tow pounds are state sponsored extortion. seriously.
2. real estate brokers (except my broker, who is awesome). sin and greed embodied. on top of uselessness (how many times can i call the seller's broker and ask about progress to get an ambiguous non-response?)
3. health insurance representatives and medical malpractice. seriously, i just want adequate medical care for non ridiculous sums of money. please?
Monday, May 24, 2010
Thursday, May 20, 2010
wonderful - part deux
Part I: Insult
I got food poisoning this weekend. From my favorite restaurant, no less. Anyways, as a post-food-poisoning experiment, we decided to go eat some kfood. Parked the car at the meters...fed meters...actually no, broken meters. Anyways. Eat, come out - car is gone. GONE.
And I'm like "you know al, as romantic as it is to commemorate 6 weeks with a nostalgic trip to the IMPOUND where you convinced me that you're worth considering...this SUCKS"
Yeah, my car got towed again. EFF. (on a side note, i like the fact that he curses tastefully. more pastors ought to be real).
Thus began the 6 hour journey to get my car back. Including the nasty woman who insisted I couldn't take the car even though I had it insured under my name because the title hadn't been transferred yet. And a mad dash against the clock to get to Westchester and back to retreive the title that had been signed over to me.
$300 to get it back and pay for the ticket.
Wonderful.
Part II: Injury
So the next day, I'm driving and it's pouring rain. Fire trucks coming from behind, everyone pulls over. In the aftermath, it's mad crowded and I'm trying to squeeze past this bus when...CRUNCH.
That would be my passenger side mirror, now dangling off my car.
EFF.
And it's pouring. Luckily the wiring was encased in a sleeve so that was fine, but the housing was broken and I'd need to replace it. Thought about glueing it myself, but it didn't QUITE fit. Took it to the dealer to have it serviced, it was $200 to replace the mirror (which was perfectly fine but of course they couldn't just fix the plastic part, they had to order a whole stinking new mirror) - and $150 to install it (are you kidding me?? I could install that thing for cheaper. Rawr).
And while I was there, apparently my car needed some tuneups and other junk (transmission flush and fuel injection) because it'd passed 30k. Add another $400.
Wonderful.
Part III: And then some
I gave adodo a lift home yesterday, and he had some cleaning supplies to get the writing off my windows from when they towed my car. (Damn you impound). I was parked by his car (up in his neighborhood) and using his vacuum to clean the inside of my car (therefore i had the car on) when I realized the rear doors weren't open. Pushed the unlock button on the drivers door, closed it - and realized I had pushed the LOCK button.
So now my car is on, locked, the keys and my phone and everything are locked inside. Fabulous.
adodo doesn't have a data plan anymore, so I couldn't even call Geico. I had to call my cousins, who had to drive down with my spare key and bail me out. The car was fine, but my cousins think I'm the most irresponsible person on the face of the earth. (I got yelled at forever for cleaning my car in Washington Heights at 10.30pm). Though to be fair, that part of the Heights was pretty nice. Anyways.
Wonderful.
Part IV: And them some more
So this morning I spent 4 hours at the DMV trying to get the title transferred and new plates - I almost punched the lady in the face for giving me such attitude and being so difficult. Seriously, my insurance is up to date and the expiration date is in September. Who the eff cares that it was effective March? Did it REALLY do any good to make me go call Geico and have them fax me a new card that said effective today? And make me wait in that line again?
Maybe you don't have anything better to do, but some of us have jobs. Jobs that actually produce benefit to society, as opposed to not being helpful and moving as slow as molasses.
This car has cost me $1800 in the last 3 days.
I reiterate:
WONDERFUL.
I got food poisoning this weekend. From my favorite restaurant, no less. Anyways, as a post-food-poisoning experiment, we decided to go eat some kfood. Parked the car at the meters...fed meters...actually no, broken meters. Anyways. Eat, come out - car is gone. GONE.
And I'm like "you know al, as romantic as it is to commemorate 6 weeks with a nostalgic trip to the IMPOUND where you convinced me that you're worth considering...this SUCKS"
Yeah, my car got towed again. EFF. (on a side note, i like the fact that he curses tastefully. more pastors ought to be real).
Thus began the 6 hour journey to get my car back. Including the nasty woman who insisted I couldn't take the car even though I had it insured under my name because the title hadn't been transferred yet. And a mad dash against the clock to get to Westchester and back to retreive the title that had been signed over to me.
$300 to get it back and pay for the ticket.
Wonderful.
Part II: Injury
So the next day, I'm driving and it's pouring rain. Fire trucks coming from behind, everyone pulls over. In the aftermath, it's mad crowded and I'm trying to squeeze past this bus when...CRUNCH.
That would be my passenger side mirror, now dangling off my car.
EFF.
And it's pouring. Luckily the wiring was encased in a sleeve so that was fine, but the housing was broken and I'd need to replace it. Thought about glueing it myself, but it didn't QUITE fit. Took it to the dealer to have it serviced, it was $200 to replace the mirror (which was perfectly fine but of course they couldn't just fix the plastic part, they had to order a whole stinking new mirror) - and $150 to install it (are you kidding me?? I could install that thing for cheaper. Rawr).
And while I was there, apparently my car needed some tuneups and other junk (transmission flush and fuel injection) because it'd passed 30k. Add another $400.
Wonderful.
Part III: And then some
I gave adodo a lift home yesterday, and he had some cleaning supplies to get the writing off my windows from when they towed my car. (Damn you impound). I was parked by his car (up in his neighborhood) and using his vacuum to clean the inside of my car (therefore i had the car on) when I realized the rear doors weren't open. Pushed the unlock button on the drivers door, closed it - and realized I had pushed the LOCK button.
So now my car is on, locked, the keys and my phone and everything are locked inside. Fabulous.
adodo doesn't have a data plan anymore, so I couldn't even call Geico. I had to call my cousins, who had to drive down with my spare key and bail me out. The car was fine, but my cousins think I'm the most irresponsible person on the face of the earth. (I got yelled at forever for cleaning my car in Washington Heights at 10.30pm). Though to be fair, that part of the Heights was pretty nice. Anyways.
Wonderful.
Part IV: And them some more
So this morning I spent 4 hours at the DMV trying to get the title transferred and new plates - I almost punched the lady in the face for giving me such attitude and being so difficult. Seriously, my insurance is up to date and the expiration date is in September. Who the eff cares that it was effective March? Did it REALLY do any good to make me go call Geico and have them fax me a new card that said effective today? And make me wait in that line again?
Maybe you don't have anything better to do, but some of us have jobs. Jobs that actually produce benefit to society, as opposed to not being helpful and moving as slow as molasses.
This car has cost me $1800 in the last 3 days.
I reiterate:
WONDERFUL.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
four
i think my boy missed me, the door opened this morning and he was grinning at me. there's something so cute about a little kid wanting to cuddle with you...and then tickle your feet. (WHAT is the obsession with tickling my feet??) we were wrestling and either i've gotten weaker or he's gotten stronger...in any event, i said "issac, when did you get so strong?" and he goes "since i turned FOUR!"
too cute.
too cute.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
wonderful
my mom sent me the most ridiculous email this morning
the gist of it was about how someone she knew had moved from nyc and is about my age and told her about churches in the area that i should check out.
so she writes me this long email, complete with bolded enlarged fonts in different colors for emphasis (severely regretting having bought her that new computer and encouraging her to take classes in office) - telling me to go check out this awesome "asian couples" church with a mid-40's pastor that recently planted itself in midtown...
yes, my mother nagged me to go check out the church that I CURRENTLY ATTEND.
wonderful.
the gist of it was about how someone she knew had moved from nyc and is about my age and told her about churches in the area that i should check out.
so she writes me this long email, complete with bolded enlarged fonts in different colors for emphasis (severely regretting having bought her that new computer and encouraging her to take classes in office) - telling me to go check out this awesome "asian couples" church with a mid-40's pastor that recently planted itself in midtown...
yes, my mother nagged me to go check out the church that I CURRENTLY ATTEND.
wonderful.
Wednesday, May 05, 2010
replaced
this morning issac comes into my room...i heard him open the door and creep in...and say "she's still sleeeeeeping". and then...
WAKE UP EEMOH!!!
not quite our normal routine, but then i looked up and aln was peeking in through the door. apparently he wanted to see this routine. hrmph. then syd crawled into his lap and issac jumped into my bed ... way to play married with children.
it's really quite endearing how much syd likes him - she's the hardest nut the crack and definitely picky about who she likes and doesn't like. she sat on his knee this morning and he looked like he was going to melt.
haha i think i've been replaced.
i asked issac this morning "who loves you issac?" (to which he normally says "soyun eemoh!") and he looks around, points at aln, and says "him!" HAHA. i've totally be ousted. but...it's ok. i can live with that.
so it's been one month today. my only request was that celebrations do NOT include getting my car towed. (though the other day we drove by the impound on the highway and he got all nostalgic. maybe bc he didn't have to pay $300 to fish the car out that night.)
though...he IS the king of heavy. some days i just...don't want to have heavy discussions. no mas por favor. and the ever-present elephant in the middle of the room of whether he stays or goes is always there. yesterday we had this discussion about hearing the voice of God, which had him bummed bc he just doesn't hear it. neither do i, i guess. in hindsight i generally go with my gut on things and it turns out to be ok but...who knows what's going to happen here.
but for the time being...maybe we can just enjoy it. ergh. like ted and robin in himym...we may have an expiration date. and then what?
WAKE UP EEMOH!!!
not quite our normal routine, but then i looked up and aln was peeking in through the door. apparently he wanted to see this routine. hrmph. then syd crawled into his lap and issac jumped into my bed ... way to play married with children.
it's really quite endearing how much syd likes him - she's the hardest nut the crack and definitely picky about who she likes and doesn't like. she sat on his knee this morning and he looked like he was going to melt.
haha i think i've been replaced.
i asked issac this morning "who loves you issac?" (to which he normally says "soyun eemoh!") and he looks around, points at aln, and says "him!" HAHA. i've totally be ousted. but...it's ok. i can live with that.
so it's been one month today. my only request was that celebrations do NOT include getting my car towed. (though the other day we drove by the impound on the highway and he got all nostalgic. maybe bc he didn't have to pay $300 to fish the car out that night.)
though...he IS the king of heavy. some days i just...don't want to have heavy discussions. no mas por favor. and the ever-present elephant in the middle of the room of whether he stays or goes is always there. yesterday we had this discussion about hearing the voice of God, which had him bummed bc he just doesn't hear it. neither do i, i guess. in hindsight i generally go with my gut on things and it turns out to be ok but...who knows what's going to happen here.
but for the time being...maybe we can just enjoy it. ergh. like ted and robin in himym...we may have an expiration date. and then what?
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