Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
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11:05 pm - WE LOVE YOU, PHILLIES
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Sunday, October 18th, 2009
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4:43 pm - On the phone
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Spoke with Jina on the phone, for once. Going to have lunch together on Saturday. What's something decent but not too fancy between OC and Glendale?
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Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
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10:42 pm - Have just bought a bed
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Friday, October 9th, 2009
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3:43 pm - In regards to Peace Prizes and their issuance
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You all know I don't like to talk about politics very much, but I will, with some trepidation, make an exception today. This is, of course, about President Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize.
( Too soon, Execu...Nobel Committee, you have awarded this too soon! )
tl;dr version: I have plenty of hopes for Obama but he hasn’t done anything yet; they just cheapened the prize by giving it to him and he shouldn’t have accepted it.
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Monday, October 5th, 2009
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8:46 pm - Dear Rage Against the Machine,
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Whenever one of your "songs" come on the radio, I take an inordinate amount of pleasure switching to my CD collection and queueing up the floofiest bit of J-pop I have available to me. That's right, I would rather listen to the East Asian equivalent of Britney Spears than your incoherent, unmusical, poseriffic and just plain bad political rap.
<3
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Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
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7:34 pm - Yeah, I've grown up
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So I'm going through an estimate for the work that needs to be done on my condo, I'm soon going to write my toast for my sister's wedding, also working on picking out furniture for the new place...when did this all happen?
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Friday, September 25th, 2009
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9:45 pm - I can't stop grinning like an idiot
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3:56 pm - Just arrived at the inbox
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Hi!
Escrow has said that this will record today :-)
Congratulations!
Time to pick up some keys. +_+
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Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009
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1:51 pm - My bank account feels naked and emaciated
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Just wired out the funds for closing. There goes my filthy lucre ;_;
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Monday, September 21st, 2009
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12:27 pm - Um, oops
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I may close as soon as tomorrow (wire in the funds, get the keys on Friday). I just didn't figure on it happening quite so soon, so I am going to have to rush like crazy to get quotes from contractors to do all the fixing up. Egad.
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Thursday, September 10th, 2009
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2:44 pm - Another step
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Homeowner's insurance getto da ze.
Upside, it knocks off another 15% off my car insurance since I'm packaging it all together. So yeah, more expense, but hey, it's cheaper than it could be. So with this, I should have all but one form done, and my mortgage will be good to go.
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Tuesday, September 1st, 2009
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11:53 am - In the process
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So sadly, the other condo appears to have evaporated again; my agent and I suspect we were just being used as leverage against the current prospective buyer. Which I can understand, as that is the nature of business, but that doesn't mean I particularly like being jerked around even a little bit. ETA, 3:20pm Just got forwarded an email from my agent confirming that they were using our bid as a negotiating tactic, and the original buyer put up and shut up after all. Bah! Good thing I went ahead and opened escrow.
Instead, I had the inspection done last Saturday (no major problems), got a number of pieces of paperwork filed, and am now just waiting for the loan approval and appraisal to happen on my bank's end. Should be largely in the seller's court after this week, I believe. Escrow's estimated to finish October 9th, but I wonder if maybe it might be accelerated with everything getting taken care of more quickly....
Then again, with my sister's wedding being the weekend of October 3rd, I don't mind having things finish up afterward. I'll still need to have the place recarpeted/tiled/painted/etc. before I can move in anyway, so....
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Friday, August 21st, 2009
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1:53 pm - It's feast or famine around these parts
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And now, the one condo that I was bidding on last month and didn't happen suddenly is apparently available and they're going with my bid. It's over $1k cheaper, already renovated (with wood and tile floor, not just carpet), and ready to move in as I can recall it.
Yes, I think I'll take that! hahahahaha \C_C/
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Thursday, August 20th, 2009
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10:38 am - House-hunting update
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Offer accepted on one of my top two condo choices--the one that was previously closed due to an offer apparently all in cash, but then that deal fell through. Opening escrow immediately, and unless there's something very badly wrong with it, I CAN HAZ HOEMS NAO?!
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Monday, August 17th, 2009
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10:42 am - Proceeding apace
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Had a quiet chat with Julie at church yesterday, and withdrew my request to have coffee with her. Stings a bit, but that is life.
Going to inquire about the prospective setup a little more, I suppose. I am a bit intrigued, since my friend says that we seem similar to her, which is why I came to mind. She's due to come down here from Norcal around Thanksgiving, which is a little while away, so I should perhaps take a little more initiative and try to get to know her sooner.
Then, of course, there are also many other wonderful single women at my church.
Honestly, though, with the whole house situation still taking a large part of my time and energy right now, I'm probably going to try to take it easy here. All in God's time. He doesn't do things for my convenience, but for my good.
Now, back to work.
Edit: a moment of el oh el at church yesterday, when talking to my friend Cathy a little bit about her friend--how they know each other, what she does, a little bit about what she's like. Suddenly--
"Oh, I hope you two work out!!"
A pause.
"...that's a little too much pressure, isn't it? Sorry..."
Ahahaha.
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Monday, August 10th, 2009
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11:31 pm - And then, out of the blue
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Another girl at church asks me if I mind being set up with one of her friends.
WELL, WHY NOT \o_o/ (I trust her judgment)
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Sunday, August 9th, 2009
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11:05 pm - How do I manage this absolutely wonderful timing?
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Then I find out a few hours later that she's just started to see a guy back in Korea.
My one hope right now really is that Korea is really far away.
Still. Wow. Just...wow.
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5:16 pm - Well, step 1 taken
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Asked her if she'd like to have coffee with me sometime this week or next after work. She'll have to get back to me because her schedule is packed. Now to see what happens next.
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Saturday, August 1st, 2009
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6:40 pm - Back from the rugged wilderness of Kern County
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That place is beautiful, really. And the towns are tiny.
The rafting was a lot of fun--I haven't done it since high school, a good decade and a half ago. Glad I took the weekend to do it; I needed a break after everything that's been going on. The cabin that we rented was really nice, too. Much fun with my friends there on top of the rafting itself.
In the meantime, I've come home to find out that my bid is the best one on that condo, and all that's left really is for the bank to come back with a response. Let's see what happens, haw haw.
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Thursday, July 30th, 2009
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9:54 am - Off to the Kern River!
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