Brovid Hasselsmof[Growling historic on the fury road]Registered Userregular
Awesome news.
Having looked into things more I've decided stripping wallpaper may be more hectic than I am qualified or willing to deal with, so I think I'll just paint it.
Especially if you don't know 100% what's underneath it... my grandma's kitchen wasn't terrible to strip because the wallpaper wasn't too old and it had a solid base; you're not going to have the same luck with like, lathe and plaster walls or something. My dad cheated on the kitchen by using a steam cleaner on the walls to loosen the paper, though
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Last night in my student house. This is it, playtime is over, tomorrow I move halfway across the country to start my first real job on Monday.
I'm scared. How do you be an adult?
I did this a couple years ago! Moved not across the country, but 7 hours away, to a town where I knew no one, had never met my boss in person, and had all of 2 days to find an apartment! It works out ok! Promise! Just go, remember that your life is going to happen wherever you are, and work hard/make sure you keep advancing yourself. There you go, you are an adult. You can keep your toys.
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Brovid Hasselsmof[Growling historic on the fury road]Registered Userregular
jaziek all you have to know is that nobody who is an adult ever figured out how to be an adult. You are exactly as qualified as everyone else. We're all just former babies.
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Lord DaveGrief CauserBitch Free ZoneRegistered Userregular
Sweet, my landlord made her deductions from my deposit. I had left town like a week before the turn in date, my roommate stayed because he still had finals. So when reading the list of deductions I discovered that this idiot decided to try to clean the carpet in his room with bleach, requiring it to be replaced. Of course the landlord hits me with half the cost even though she's completely familiar with who stays in which room.
I get why she just splits down the middle but common. She's had us both living in this building before, but in different apartments. She knows which one of us is a disgusting idiot and which isn't.
jaziek all you have to know is that nobody who is an adult ever figured out how to be an adult. You are exactly as qualified as everyone else. We're all just former babies.
Are you still faking it? I sure as shit am. Definitely have my sympathies, as I do the 2nd cross country move in 3 years starting tomorrow.
jaziek all you have to know is that nobody who is an adult ever figured out how to be an adult. You are exactly as qualified as everyone else. We're all just former babies.
Are you still faking it? I sure as shit am. Definitely have my sympathies, as I do the 2nd cross country move in 3 years starting tomorrow.
I keep pretending to be a grown up and the people around me keep humouring me.
Just gotta keep this act up for another 40 years or so and I can relax and go back to acting like a child.
Since I'm a hideous man-child I recently purchased a copy of Basil The Great Mouse Detective.
My memory is that this is literally the best moviefilm ever produced...so I'm slightly scared to watch it because the possibility that I could be wrong has occurred to me.
Since I'm a hideous man-child I recently purchased a copy of Basil The Great Mouse Detective.
My memory is that this is literally the best moviefilm ever produced...so I'm slightly scared to watch it because the possibility that I could be wrong has occurred to me.
true story: i've never seen the movie but I know the story by heart because I've read the children's books from the movie.
Since I'm a hideous man-child I recently purchased a copy of Basil The Great Mouse Detective.
My memory is that this is literally the best moviefilm ever produced...so I'm slightly scared to watch it because the possibility that I could be wrong has occurred to me.
Watch it. The Rube Goldberg contraption and the Big Ben scenes are some of my favorite things ever, and as I do not have a copy myself, I need to live vicariously through you.
So speaking of mold problems, I found a nasty patch of mold in the bathroom and need to have the outer wall redone due to faulty isolation.. fucking house was built in 2006.. luckily the homeowners associations insurance will pay for it. Now I'm thinking about remodeling the bathroom as a twofer.
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Brovid Hasselsmof[Growling historic on the fury road]Registered Userregular
edited July 2013
So with sanding down a door for painting what am I actually trying to achieve? Getting rid of all the paint? Making it just a bit less glossy? Cos I have been sanding a door for a while now and it's not made a huge difference and my wrists are already starting to say "fuck that"
So with sanding down a door for painting what am I actually trying to achieve? Getting rid of all the paint? Making it just a bit less glossy? Cos I have been sanding a door for a while now and it's not made a huge difference and my wrists are already starting to say "fuck that"
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Just removing the gloss. Don't worry about getting rid of all the paint. Just want to dull the gloss so your new primer will stick
Also, update on oven trials: Putting a couple bowls of ammonia in it to gas it overnight helped a LOT. It is not perfect, and still ate a few brillo pads, but it is WAY cleaner. I set up another bowl last night to loosen up the remnants. Note: your kitchen will stink of ammonia, so turn on those fans/open a window. But it WORKS damnit.
Fucking estate agents - I've given you the rental deposit and filled in your ten thousand page application form, I want more than a 'maybe' on which day I can move in >:(
As it is I'm going to have to live in a B&Bhostel ditch for the first week of new job because I couldn't find anything at all affordable that was available to move in right away.
Annnnd I turn on the water to the fridge ice machine annnnnnnddd there is now water everywhere. Great. This is going so well leasing people. First your gate is broken, then you cant split my deposit/first rent cause I combined them into one, and then you don't take money orders for rent, JUST the deposit, so now I have to go get my check book too. Now this. Just, eff you guys, you suck at this.
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Brovid Hasselsmof[Growling historic on the fury road]Registered Userregular
I have decided decorating is actually quite tedious. Who wants to come paint my flat for me. I will provide tea and hobnobs.
I am looking for a new place to live, and I have found exactly one place that is in my price range where I don't think the person renting the room will try to kill me.
Craigslist is a fun place.
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Lost Salientblink twiceif you'd like me to mercy kill youRegistered Userregular
I advise not using craigslist as it is the worst for anything but humor, in my experience
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Brovid Hasselsmof[Growling historic on the fury road]Registered Userregular
I have changed my mind. Decorating is actually quite fun and satisfying. It's just the preparation that is tedious.
I have begun painting. Yesterday did one coat of the ceiling in the hallway and when I went back in today I was pleasantly surprised by how much just doing that had improved things. Today did a first coat on the bedroom ceiling and a second in the hallway and yaaaay I don't a have horrible brown stained ceiling in the hall any more! I am so happy you guys.
Tomorrow I have the day off work so going to try and do a second coat in the bedroom, first coat in all the other rooms, and get the doors sanded down. I am making progress.
Already ache in my arms and shoulders from yesterday's work. Imagine that tomorrow I will feel even worse. This is more exercise than I've got in weeks.
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Brovid Hasselsmof[Growling historic on the fury road]Registered Userregular
Also I was struck by a massive case of the I'm-a-saddo's earlier. Was painting and thinking about where I will put my furniture. Thought about how I can hook my PC up to my TV and then sit on my sofa to play games. And then got really excited at the prospect of sitting on my sofa and playing all the games I got in the Steam sale, and not having to turn them off when someone else wants to watch TV or something.
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Having looked into things more I've decided stripping wallpaper may be more hectic than I am qualified or willing to deal with, so I think I'll just paint it.
My aunt has a lot of clout down in Austin and makes (probably) around 7 figures a year and is friends with a real estate team's head boss.
My real estate agent's boss.
She did good by us.
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I did this a couple years ago! Moved not across the country, but 7 hours away, to a town where I knew no one, had never met my boss in person, and had all of 2 days to find an apartment! It works out ok! Promise! Just go, remember that your life is going to happen wherever you are, and work hard/make sure you keep advancing yourself. There you go, you are an adult. You can keep your toys.
It is odd that there are never any kids in the pool
I think this qualifies me to be King of Moving or something.
The seller's realtor was less than great at times, especially at doing things she was supposed to do as the seller's representative
y'know, her job
I get why she just splits down the middle but common. She's had us both living in this building before, but in different apartments. She knows which one of us is a disgusting idiot and which isn't.
Are you still faking it? I sure as shit am. Definitely have my sympathies, as I do the 2nd cross country move in 3 years starting tomorrow.
I keep pretending to be a grown up and the people around me keep humouring me.
Just gotta keep this act up for another 40 years or so and I can relax and go back to acting like a child.
My memory is that this is literally the best moviefilm ever produced...so I'm slightly scared to watch it because the possibility that I could be wrong has occurred to me.
Better than stale bread! Also I pretty much only eat it after toasting it anyway.
true story: i've never seen the movie but I know the story by heart because I've read the children's books from the movie.
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Watch it. The Rube Goldberg contraption and the Big Ben scenes are some of my favorite things ever, and as I do not have a copy myself, I need to live vicariously through you.
@zerzhul @SporkAndrew
Just removing the gloss. Don't worry about getting rid of all the paint. Just want to dull the gloss so your new primer will stick
@Stale
Also, update on oven trials: Putting a couple bowls of ammonia in it to gas it overnight helped a LOT. It is not perfect, and still ate a few brillo pads, but it is WAY cleaner. I set up another bowl last night to loosen up the remnants. Note: your kitchen will stink of ammonia, so turn on those fans/open a window. But it WORKS damnit.
As it is I'm going to have to live in a B&B hostel ditch for the first week of new job because I couldn't find anything at all affordable that was available to move in right away.
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Craigslist is a fun place.
Steam Switch FC: 2799-7909-4852
"Sandra has a good solid anti-murderer vibe. My skin felt very secure and sufficiently attached to my body when I met her. Also my organs." HAIL SATAN
I have begun painting. Yesterday did one coat of the ceiling in the hallway and when I went back in today I was pleasantly surprised by how much just doing that had improved things. Today did a first coat on the bedroom ceiling and a second in the hallway and yaaaay I don't a have horrible brown stained ceiling in the hall any more! I am so happy you guys.
Tomorrow I have the day off work so going to try and do a second coat in the bedroom, first coat in all the other rooms, and get the doors sanded down. I am making progress.
Already ache in my arms and shoulders from yesterday's work. Imagine that tomorrow I will feel even worse. This is more exercise than I've got in weeks.