Ugh, Matt. Stood up is the WORST.

Speaking of which, JESSE, if cowgirls hate America, the terrorists have won.

I SAID I don't hate America!

Tom, that's a nice property, too.

I've been thinking a lot about that neighborhood, Tom. It is just over the border into the "bad"section, but the Uni is really trying to gentrify it. I feel bad about that, though, because the people who live there don't want all the college kids and white people moving in. But I sort of like the neighborhood, because it has bustle and actual businesses (although all bodegas and liquor stores). But I am not sure I would feel safe walking to the bodegas or liquor stores and I am not overly concerned with my own safety. But I am a white lady and would definitely stand out.

In whoa news, today I learned that Erza Jack Keats (author of The Snowy Day: [link] was not black.

Sophia, if you got a sufficiently cheap place, would you be able to afford a car? Given how much time you spend on (or waiting for) busses, I'd think that might be a great change, even if you couldn't afford to live close enough to campus to walk.

And it looked nice... Until I got to the kitchen.

I like the knotty pine cabinets on the top, but they do clash terribly with the cheap new cabinets on the bottom.

Sophia's original link does have a great kitchen, but "a little elbow grease" is an understatement. It looks like those floors have been under carpet, and I can't tell from the photos if it's salvageable. Also, I suspect it has a furnace and electric wiring built with stone tools. Those things can often be done gradually, if the structure is sound. It's got some nice details.

It looks like those floors have been under carpet, and I can't tell from the photos if it's salvageable.

Maybe not with refinishing, but definitely with sanding and paint, at least for a while. And possibly with a really dark stain.

ita, Victor posted this on facebook, and one paragraph really made me think of you: [link]

"I don't want them remembering what I had yesterday—I don't want them to remember me at all," 46-year-old Colin Cady said. "Just give me the goddamn half-sandwich-and-cup-of-soup special and don't refer to it as 'the usual.' No good-natured joking around, no asking how my kids are doing, no offering me a complimentary jar of homemade fruit preserves—none of that shit."

It looks like those floors have been under carpet, and I can't tell from the photos if it's salvageable.

Am I weird that I kind of like their crappiness? I was wondering if it would be possible to just sand a little and seal to preserve the look of the stains and wear. I really find a lot of beauty in the idea that many people have used things before I did, and all of their stories being preserved instead of covered.

In whoa news, today I learned that Erza Jack Keats (author of The Snowy Day: [link]) was not black.

I was surprised to find that out also, flea.