We don't really have it all that bad here. We have a pretty nice place right downtown. If we moved to the suburbs our rent would be cheaper but the commute would be really tough without a car. Right now I think we're saving quite a bit of money on not having to buy/maintain a car. I'm just not earning as much as I was in Bermuda and the taxes cutting a bunch out of my pay cheque too. Once my wife is bringing home a source of income we'll be doing pretty well. It's just taking some time getting that sorted out.
I have a friend from England who had to wait eight or nine months for his work visa to come through before he was able to start working here. Apparently, Canadians are pretty protective about keeping jobs for Canadians, which is understandable.
I would go pretty crazy not owning a car. After a few days of not driving I get pretty antsy.
I don't think you understand NibCrom; If you live in or around the city of Toronto, owning a car is more of a hassle then its worth. There are so many cheaper alternatives to get anywhere and everywhere in that province that most people don't own one. It's considered more or less an "extra" then a requirement.
Now living in Texas, for example, without a car would more or less kill you: it is so expansive and spaced out down here that it is absolutely vital for survival. No wheels means you can't live in a sense.
In Toronto most people don't even have their driver's license :P
EDIT: Also living in Downtown Toronto can be crazy expensive, i'm not really sure what Grifter is talking about. Maybe he worked out a good deal or had connections, but usually it costs well over a grand a month at least to get what would equate to a rathole apartment in the metropolitian area.
Yeah, I pay over a grand for my place downtown. I would hardly consider this place a rat hole, though. I live steps away from Osgoode station in a one bedroom. The kitchen has granite counter tops and there's a concierge in my lobby. I've lived in a shitty apartment around the corner from Hooker Harvey's at Jarvis and Gerrard when I was a student here. Quite happy to not be worried about crack addicts on my walk home now. These days I just have to worry about drunk douche bags when I go out at night.
The last place I rented from was by Royal York station. I really lucked into something good there, because I got a place that was felt like a mansion compared to the basement deathtrap I was renting the year before, and it was cheaper too! ($600 a month)
There are some great areas downtown, but the closer to the heart of the city, the more you will have to pay. A respectable place that close to downtown could easily cost around 2-3K.
Yeah, the rents tend to go up as you approach downtown. There are definitely some good deals here, though. I pay $1500 a month for my place, which isn't very cheap. However, I looked at places for the same price or more and they weren't as nice or as spacious as the place that I'm in right now. I don't think I could live out towards the end of the Bloor line right now. That's just too far away from everything for me. I'm debating on whether we should move out to the Ossington and Queen area since that seems to be a cool neighbourhood. I'll have to have a look around closer to the end of my lease.
Queen street is the unofficial fashion district of Toronto, with high-end boutiques lining the pavements like they were going out of style. As such the shopping products are very expensive (as well as most apartments available around that area). My old school is actually located near the corner of Queen and Ossington!
I do remember that area being a little bit shady though, so watch out. There's a mental hospital near that area I think, so anytime I or other students would eat nearby the school on our lunch break we'd usually come across some characters who didn't seem like they were all there in one piece mentally.
Final thing I should say is stay the hell away from any place around the Scarborough or Dundas West subway area. I lived in a shitty basement apartment in the Dundas West area during my first year and almost got knifed on one of my grocery runs there!
Yeah, I've lived here before and I know the city pretty well. I came back to visit friends once or twice a year. I have a few friends that live over in the Oz area that seem to like it quite a bit. I've hung out with them over there a few times and it seems pretty nice for the most part. I feel like it's not too far away from downtown, has a 24 hr street car on Queen and there are lots of things to do in the neighbourhood. Plus, it's a little close to my office right now so the commute would probably be a bit quicker.
When I lived here before I would see people passing a can of paint thinner between themselves while walking down my street. Nothing like a good huff to get you going in the morning. One of my friends had a SWAT team run through his house on my street because a convict was hiding out in our neighbourhood and they chased them into my friend's back yard. Turned out he was from the states and was told if he wanted to lie low that he should come to our neighbourhood. Within a week of moving in there two guys were gunned down with a shotgun at the end of the street. It was a crazy place to live but we had a lot of fun there sitting out on the front porches drinking beer and shooting the shit.
I'm quite happy to be over by Queen & University now, though. Feels much safer and there's always something interesting going on around here.
Naw, the dude is obviously the type who posts only to make himself look smart by pointing out stuff that falls under artistic license, or by going "oh, this looks flawed but on closer inspection it isn't, aren't I clever for not falling into that trap?" and so on.
what dude are you talking about?
The dude Squidbunny mentioned. Guess I missed a bunch of previous posts that made it unclear who I was talking about. Whoops!
Been here 8 years and I still can't get some of you dips to post art.
The continuum of A posting works like this, for me at least:
I have not made any art: do not post I can't show this art: do not post I'm almost embarrassed I still make art this bad: do not post I think this could legitimately be posted and critiqued but I already know what it is I need to do to fix the problem people would be critiquing anyway and I don't think I want the self-esteem dip of having secondary things pointed out: do not post
Hey, I'm actually pretty happy with this: post to doodle thread
I found the above saved as a draft and have no idea why.
@squidbunny look at it this way, your story would make great t.v. You could flip out on other contestants and they couldn't say peep, who is gonna yell at a pregnant? lady. also, how goes the pregnancy? Do you know what you are having or waiting for a surprise?
I'm not sure listing the number of badgers we have collected is intentional. Unless this is the admin's master plan to label point farmers as badger whores.
oh btw flay I am like, one commission away from being able to get back to your ss gift. The one that's so old I actually started redrawing it again completely from scratch. And will probably start over once more now because it's been six months so I expect I'll hate the second iteration too now.
We don't really have it all that bad here. We have a pretty nice place right downtown. If we moved to the suburbs our rent would be cheaper but the commute would be really tough without a car. Right now I think we're saving quite a bit of money on not having to buy/maintain a car. I'm just not earning as much as I was in Bermuda and the taxes cutting a bunch out of my pay cheque too. Once my wife is bringing home a source of income we'll be doing pretty well. It's just taking some time getting that sorted out.
I have a friend from England who had to wait eight or nine months for his work visa to come through before he was able to start working here. Apparently, Canadians are pretty protective about keeping jobs for Canadians, which is understandable.
I would go pretty crazy not owning a car. After a few days of not driving I get pretty antsy.
I don't think you understand NibCrom; If you live in or around the city of Toronto, owning a car is more of a hassle then its worth. There are so many cheaper alternatives to get anywhere and everywhere in that province that most people don't own one. It's considered more or less an "extra" then a requirement.
Now living in Texas, for example, without a car would more or less kill you: it is so expansive and spaced out down here that it is absolutely vital for survival. No wheels means you can't live in a sense.
In Toronto most people don't even have their driver's license :P
EDIT: Also living in Downtown Toronto can be crazy expensive, i'm not really sure what Grifter is talking about. Maybe he worked out a good deal or had connections, but usually it costs well over a grand a month at least to get what would equate to a rathole apartment in the metropolitian area.
I'm not suggesting that people who live in cities and have plenty of access to public transportation and/or can get to their destinations easily need a car, just simply sharing that I like driving and that if I didn't have a car I would miss it.
We don't really have it all that bad here. We have a pretty nice place right downtown. If we moved to the suburbs our rent would be cheaper but the commute would be really tough without a car. Right now I think we're saving quite a bit of money on not having to buy/maintain a car. I'm just not earning as much as I was in Bermuda and the taxes cutting a bunch out of my pay cheque too. Once my wife is bringing home a source of income we'll be doing pretty well. It's just taking some time getting that sorted out.
I have a friend from England who had to wait eight or nine months for his work visa to come through before he was able to start working here. Apparently, Canadians are pretty protective about keeping jobs for Canadians, which is understandable.
I would go pretty crazy not owning a car. After a few days of not driving I get pretty antsy.
I don't think you understand NibCrom; If you live in or around the city of Toronto, owning a car is more of a hassle then its worth. There are so many cheaper alternatives to get anywhere and everywhere in that province that most people don't own one. It's considered more or less an "extra" then a requirement.
Now living in Texas, for example, without a car would more or less kill you: it is so expansive and spaced out down here that it is absolutely vital for survival. No wheels means you can't live in a sense.
In Toronto most people don't even have their driver's license :P
EDIT: Also living in Downtown Toronto can be crazy expensive, i'm not really sure what Grifter is talking about. Maybe he worked out a good deal or had connections, but usually it costs well over a grand a month at least to get what would equate to a rathole apartment in the metropolitian area.
I'm not suggesting that people who live in cities and have plenty of access to public transportation and/or can get to their destinations easily need a car, just simply sharing that I like driving and that if I didn't have a car I would miss it.
Yeah, I can definitely understand that. I wish that I had a car so that I could take my dog over to High Park for a nice trail walk. Or it would be nice to take a drive over to Belleville to show my wife my old high school instead of having to take a bus or train over there. And when I drive out to my friend's cottage for a long weekend in August it would be nice not to need to get a rental. But that's kind of the life that I'm living right now. A car isn't something that we actually need. It would sit in the parking spot 90% of the time.
Oh, and driving in downtown Toronto is fucking terrible. If you get lucky and all of the people on the road are decent drivers, you still have to deal with the taxis who are all assholes. I've decided that taxi drivers are fucking horrible no matter where you are. They're only good when you're in one and they get you somewhere in a hurry.
The rest of my year is entirely booked, but in favour of us convening. My remaining calendar pages are all blocked out in blue squares, which the colour key reveals is "Be available on these days in case Nic wants to hang out"
But maybe Nic stands for Nicholas?! In which case, I'm sorry, but I'm way too busy. Might be meeting with Nicholas.
@squidbunny look at it this way, your story would make great t.v. You could flip out on other contestants and they couldn't say peep, who is gonna yell at a pregnant? lady. also, how goes the pregnancy? Do you know what you are having or waiting for a surprise?
@brokecracker It goes okay! I've basically been grateful for everything past my first trimester wherein I felt continuously like I had food poisoning. We're finding out boy/girl in two weeks, actually. Because we're terrible at everything and coming up with names for both is too hard.
If you want to hang out after the game, send me a message or something. My place is pretty darn close to the Skydome. I really need to take my wife there one day Probably not to a Jays game since that's incredibly boring. Maybe when a monster truck show comes to town.
I always wanted to go to a Blue Jays or Maple Leafs game but they're always sold out
Leafs games are pretty tough to get tickets for and they're bloody expensive. I think Jays games are pretty accessible and you can buy a fairly cheap ticket if you don't mind watching the game from some shitty seats. I could've bought two tickets behind home plate for today's game. I took a look to see what the prices were like after Trip mentioned that he was going.
Do you guys ever vacuume your carpet and then all these maggots come out?
Yeah, yeah I get that all the ti- NO.
Lovecraftian carpet?.. or vacuum cleaner?.. don't vacuum your face. You know, if you should ever feel like it, just don't.
Jays games aren't tough to get into depending on where you like to sit. I've been to 4 MLB games so far this season and the higher seats always have plenty of room. Although maybe something like a Yankees matchup would fill up more impressively. One of the games I sat maybe 12 rows from home plate and the rest in the upper decks. My brother and I decided it's just as fine to watch from a top down view as it is closer to the action, and far more affordable. We also eat the $3 hot dogs from vendors outside the stadium before the game, instead of the bullshit $25 hot dogs once you're in.
The sun will toast you right up though. I'm too pooped after today's game, but Grif we will bump fists at some point.
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Yeah, I've lived here before and I know the city pretty well. I came back to visit friends once or twice a year. I have a few friends that live over in the Oz area that seem to like it quite a bit. I've hung out with them over there a few times and it seems pretty nice for the most part. I feel like it's not too far away from downtown, has a 24 hr street car on Queen and there are lots of things to do in the neighbourhood. Plus, it's a little close to my office right now so the commute would probably be a bit quicker.
When I lived here before I would see people passing a can of paint thinner between themselves while walking down my street. Nothing like a good huff to get you going in the morning. One of my friends had a SWAT team run through his house on my street because a convict was hiding out in our neighbourhood and they chased them into my friend's back yard. Turned out he was from the states and was told if he wanted to lie low that he should come to our neighbourhood. Within a week of moving in there two guys were gunned down with a shotgun at the end of the street. It was a crazy place to live but we had a lot of fun there sitting out on the front porches drinking beer and shooting the shit.
I'm quite happy to be over by Queen & University now, though. Feels much safer and there's always something interesting going on around here.
Ha. Yeah, it would.
The dude Squidbunny mentioned. Guess I missed a bunch of previous posts that made it unclear who I was talking about. Whoops!
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(although I'd also love to see more of your stuff. NDA?)
Also I will probably never make a tutorial for anything ever. I have come to accept this as fact.
Also also, yep I still hate white for the forums. I hope someone gets a Stylish script up soon.
The continuum of A posting works like this, for me at least:
I have not made any art: do not post
I can't show this art: do not post
I'm almost embarrassed I still make art this bad: do not post
I think this could legitimately be posted and critiqued but I already know what it is I need to do to fix the problem people would be critiquing anyway and I don't think I want the self-esteem dip of having secondary things pointed out: do not post
Hey, I'm actually pretty happy with this: post to doodle thread
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I found the above saved as a draft and have no idea why.
@squidbunny look at it this way, your story would make great t.v. You could flip out on other contestants and they couldn't say peep, who is gonna yell at a pregnant? lady. also, how goes the pregnancy? Do you know what you are having or waiting for a surprise?
Anyway I hope they don't change it.
I'm not suggesting that people who live in cities and have plenty of access to public transportation and/or can get to their destinations easily need a car, just simply sharing that I like driving and that if I didn't have a car I would miss it.
Yeah, I can definitely understand that. I wish that I had a car so that I could take my dog over to High Park for a nice trail walk. Or it would be nice to take a drive over to Belleville to show my wife my old high school instead of having to take a bus or train over there. And when I drive out to my friend's cottage for a long weekend in August it would be nice not to need to get a rental. But that's kind of the life that I'm living right now. A car isn't something that we actually need. It would sit in the parking spot 90% of the time.
Oh, and driving in downtown Toronto is fucking terrible. If you get lucky and all of the people on the road are decent drivers, you still have to deal with the taxis who are all assholes. I've decided that taxi drivers are fucking horrible no matter where you are. They're only good when you're in one and they get you somewhere in a hurry.
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True, but at least I don't want to kick their teeth down their throats.
But you already did
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Sounds good, but giving birth to 12 foot tall metal robots is bound to be pretty rough on your vagina.
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But maybe Nic stands for Nicholas?! In which case, I'm sorry, but I'm way too busy. Might be meeting with Nicholas.
@brokecracker It goes okay! I've basically been grateful for everything past my first trimester wherein I felt continuously like I had food poisoning. We're finding out boy/girl in two weeks, actually. Because we're terrible at everything and coming up with names for both is too hard.
but it never takes solid shape
well done motherfucker
well done
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(Actually maybe they're just carpet beetle larvae, which aren't particularly gross or worrisome or indicative of total squalor?)
Wat.
Also, thinking of shaving my head into a floppy hawk before my cross country road trip. Why? Because.
Leafs games are pretty tough to get tickets for and they're bloody expensive. I think Jays games are pretty accessible and you can buy a fairly cheap ticket if you don't mind watching the game from some shitty seats. I could've bought two tickets behind home plate for today's game. I took a look to see what the prices were like after Trip mentioned that he was going.
Lovecraftian carpet?.. or vacuum cleaner?.. don't vacuum your face. You know, if you should ever feel like it, just don't.
The sun will toast you right up though. I'm too pooped after today's game, but Grif we will bump fists at some point.