Moving to NYC!
by So, I've taken a new job in the city, and the commute is 2 hours each way. Mikayla and I decided to try living in the city for a while.
We signed a lease on a new apartment in Battery Park City, which is in downtown Manhattan. Address: 70 Battery Pl, New York, NY.
Here's a video tour:
It's in a quieter part of the city, with lots of parks and bike paths. Tourists don't really visit the area, and it gets really really quiet at night.
The apartment is on the first floor in a nice nine-floor building with a doorman, elevators, roof access, a gym, bike storage, laundry on every floor, and a private terrace area with grass that is only accessible to tenants. There are 11 train lines within like a 15 minute walk, which is sweet! My commute to work will be a ten minute walk, and a 14 minute train ride on the R or W. There's also a bus to Union Square right there.
These two windows are our apartment:
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Looks like we'll be in the South Manhattan Congregation, which meets at a Kingdom Hall right by the Brooklyn Bridge. We haven't visited yet, but we're planning on it soon! Definitely curious about the congregation and the territory.
So, we're moving on January 23rd. And if you want to come for a visit, please come any time! Just give us a little notice so we can figure out if we're around. There's an ice-skating rink right nearby for the winter. Let's go ice-skating!
BTW, we're selling both of our cars. 2006 Subaru Outback Limited is the first to go. ~$17k, 62k miles, full warranty. If you're interested, let me know!
It's gonna be crazy!
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Page 5 of 7I'm going to the Bamboozle festival with JP on May 3rd to see Jimmy Eat World. I'm sure I'll hate a lot of the other bands. I'll let you know on May 4th.
WOW....good job broman!!
We shall have some interesting debates that month. haha
LOL no. i think you'll start appreciating more so than debating
No, I'm sure my ears will bleed from some of the crap I'll be subjecting myself to.
BTW... Are you sure you are 35 or so? All people that age listen to different stuff. haha
seriuosly, don't go. I would hate to have someone like you at a fun event like that. No one likes a debbie downer.
eh, he'll be fine....just give him a few drinks and he'll love everyone! LOL
I think you are onto something here. haha
Oh whatever... Who asked you... I'm mainly going to hang out with people other than my two children. If I end up not liking the scene, so be it. The point is, I got to go out and do something without listening to two kids bicker back and forth.
LOL well maybe...there are some bands that you'll be like "OMG...lame"
haha i am. i just listen to all kinds of music. there are some new bands that i love and want to see....and i stick to the old ones too that are still touring etc.
besides, im not DEAD yet. sheesh. lol
She has great taste in music.
aw thanks. and YEAH 35 is the new 25! LOL
And 35's young dude. Not too long before I am.
You old fart...
If you wanna be like that.. you're actually a bit older than me. Musically speaking, you're the oldest man (use that term loosely) on Earth.
Do I need to use an animal analogy with you like I did with Alex? hahaha
lol dude, ur ONLY going to see JEW? why not check out some of the other bands playing?
The main reason I am going is because I want to see JEW. I'll be with JP and other people. I can't just see JEW and leave. I'm sure there will be a few other bands I will like.
well thats a good venue for you to experience alot of bands... you dont like a band, walk to another stage...
and dont drink, it gets hot, lol
Oh, they play on multiple stages? I figured they took turns. That's interesting.
Did you pass out once from drinking there? haha
nope usually its 3 stages going... plus smaller bands on the sides.
hahaha never drank at shows...
yeah, there are a few stages and you have some peeps in booths selling t's, glasses etc. *at least the all day concerts here do that
you should try to listen to some of the bands that will be playing on that day. they all pretty much have websites or myspace pages with their music.
here's the list of bands: www.thebamboozle.com
I've heard The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus. In fact I have an album of theirs. I like a few of the songs. The rest of the songs were too over the top for me.
THE BEST BANDS THERE!
other than jew
are
jack's mannequin
saves the day
less than jake
Rancid ..who's seen this
Song of the Day
Eve 6 : Heres to the Night
Here's to the nights we felt alive
Here's to the tears you knew you'd cry
Here's to goodbye tomorrow's gunna come too soon
Anyone need twin bed box springs? I bought the kids bunkbeds and no longer need their old ones. Otherwise I will be cutting them up for the trash. Seems like a waste to do that, so I thought I'd offer them to someone who may need them.
why dont you give them away to the goodwill or somewhere else if no one else needs them?
Where do you go to give stuff like that away?
go to your phone book and look up the number for the good will and let them know what you have and they will either have you drop it off or they will come and pick it up. call tho, it may work different there than here. i dont know.
Ok, I'll check. Thanks.
that also counts a tax deduction for next year, so remember how much its worth
yeah....get a receipt from the place
cool
today is my parents 30 year anniversary!!! how cool is that? :)
kinda semi cool
i lol'd
aw man what a cute lemur
dude that scared me!! LOLOLOLOL
scary.... hey why is the mail picture replaced with the word "envelope"?
i noticed that. it's because there's a problem with the webserver. i'm actually trying to figure it out right now.
hahahaha
Spitzer announced he is resigning. Effective Monday.
at least she was pretty hot
and at least he didn't pull a mcgreevy
hahahaha, i guess long-standing, grossly illegal, but HETERO whore-mongering is better than a closeted NON-HETERO relationship. LOL
yo guys back from CA for a business trip. Nothing like being in Manhattan Beach and never seeing the beach due to being stuck in a hotel the whole time.
At least I got to talk to my boss about a new job ... hmmm
welcome back! Check your yahoo mail please
i saw your email. use IE6 instead of Firefox for Netflix.
You might have to right click the desktop, go to properties, desktop, customize desktop, check "internet explorer" to get it to show up on the desktop
thanks
that's a friendly dolphin :)
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/12/nz.whales.ap/index.html
so my hands are so dry, I'm considering not going to the bookstudy tonight and just curling myself around my humidifier
best excuse for missing a meeting i've heard yet! dry hands!
muffy had a friend who didnt' go to the meeting one time because her hair hurt
is that really a good excuse? (technically my bookstudy is not tonight anyway, i just want to go out in service this weekend)
Oh, Sherrie, our love
Holds on, holds on
bestest song EVER
sooo.. yeah.. real estate is crazy right now. This house that I walk my dog by .. house is for sale for 239K.. CRAZY - two years ago nothing was less than 250 here and now you can have a huge house for 239 so it will probably sell for like 225-230 - SICK
pic
You still can't get anything like that in this area for that.
you can't get that in Bergen County for less than $400, no lie. it's disgusting up here.
LOL though, because the first pic that came up was of a shed. I thought - $240 for a shed?
haha
Or $1100
a month for a small apt. South Jersey is way cheaper than up here.
yep. but you also get paid half of what you would get paid for up north, for most jobs. it's all relative. i guess. still stinks though because if we only waited 2 years we could have had a nicer house, LOL! But who knew back then. Plus we had no choice, the apt we were in was getting sold. But still, it just stinks.
WOW 239K is GOOOOD. here, my friends looking at a 2 bedroom 700 sq ft for like $450k
if anyone ever asks you why you don't celebrate birthdays, dont' talk about the ones in the Bible where people's heads cut off, just show them this video of Tom Cruise celebrating his birthday, that should pretty much put an end to it
it gets real priceless at about 2:09
Ha, wow, today thre's crazy stuff on the Drudge Report. BRING IT ON i say.
The year 2008 may be a year of decision, not because it is a presidential election year, but because the West may be shaken to its foundations.
The dollar fell below parity with the Swiss franc for the first time on Friday as fears about more credit turmoil and a U.S. recession sparked broad selling of the U.S. currency.
Despite the Federal Reserve's efforts Wall Street fears a big US bank is in trouble
In an unprecedented move Friday, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York stepped in with emergency funds to keep beleaguered investment bank Bear Stearns Cos. afloat.
The move, after a week of persistent concerns about whether Bear could continue to meet its obligations, took the credit crisis to a new, more serious stage and was a reminder of how quickly an erosion of confidence can undermine even leading financial institutions.
Yeh, intense stuff. Bear Stearns is like the 5th biggest Investment Bank in the World, and looks like they'll probably be bought out by JP Morgan & Chase. Bear Stearns made their big profits from Mortgage Backed Securities, so the tables turn.
I love this song.
im so annoyed...someone took my sunglasses. and they were TOTALLY new and my fav
awww... poor baby. ;oP Haha...
dude, you dont understand....i LOVE sunglasses, we just got this new style here and they're amazing and i love them. they're $65 and thats with my discount
did anyone here get super smash brothers?
also, does anyone here watch coughcoughfridaynightlightscoughcough
I saw someone play it at Gamestop. Looks cool.
I just bought MLB 08 The Show.
Austin just bought it. i havent played it yet.
send me his number when you have a moment, that'd be sweet
um... hes married... lay off.
ughhhh.....
i had some #1s when i was taking percoset last week
Type 2's hurt coming out.
Bristol is my IDOL
Guess who made a surprise appearance last night with Billy Bragg before The Pogues came on? Kate Nash! So pretty her.
OMG i LOVE the pogues! how was the show?
irish bands are so much fun
hahaha! I never seen that! Thanks for the post! I can hear them still playing 'Streams of Whiskey' live as I play that vid. I enjoyed a couple double Jameson's to go with the show as it happens.
isnt that rad? LOL and you're welcome! seriously, you cant pass up the guinness or the like when you're listening to an irish band. we go and see this band "the american wake" play at the irish pub near my house
They're really good. I wanna hang out with you.
After The Pogues I purposely paced around this block to that block to listen for Irish people talking. And within like a 2 minute time frame I found them and asked them where's the pub. They said oh just down here, we're going to OldCastle, come with us. And they introduced themselves
haha
I did
Then they ordered bottled Heinekin's haha (probably just cuz they know Guinness imported doesn't match the Guinness back home)
I couldn't do that tho... I had a Bass and a Guiness
And a guy from Leeds, England met at the pub... he was a coo guy.
Oh I know you do love... too bad you weren't there, you'd absolutely have a laugh for sure. The show was amazing! I post more about it later on in 'Concerts.' Such a fun time! Wish others would've experienced it.
we had this little thunderstorm yesterday...the sky looked kinda eerie (but i loved it)
Coo, yeh I love when the sky looks different.
yeah. i def have to take pics of it. or of the sunsets....love it.
Why does it look like there's snow on the ground?
haha it does look like snow huh? its stone/gravel. but def not snow. i live in OC...doesnt snow here.
"don't call it that."
ont call what that?
the OC. thats what michael bluth says whenever someone calls it that.
ahhh, arrested development. gotcha!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0901469/
i can only hope...
YAYYYYY
That looks so cool. If I move out there I'll prolly carry a camera around for a year lol at least..and I'll have Jersey written on my forehead :)
nah, they'll just think "paparazzi" :P
gina what hall are you in?
anywhere near newport costa mesa hall? thats the meeting i went to yesterday
ill text you. no where near it. im about 15 mins inland. that hall is rad tho huh? the waterfall behind the speaker....amazing.
yea seriously. I was all " whaat waterfalllll?"
and babes
its a total distraction huh? i used to date a bro that went to that hall, he was SO rich and SO snobby. i said SEEEE YA
You probably dated all the guys from that Hall... LOL JK
dude....so not cool.
Sorry. :o(
the cute nose in your smiley makes it ok
Too bad my real nose is huge
Have a look.. William Elliot Whitmore, Billy Bragg/Kate Nash/Fionn, & The Pogues concert photos posted in 'Concerts.'
I think if you weren't a witness, I could picture you as a stoner, because all you write about is music. Do you like sports or women or food or Mike Schiano? LOL
um who doesnt like me... robbie has had a crush on me for YEARS
i have a crush on his mom.
Women, Jambalaya, Cous Cous, Shepherd's Pie, LaCrosse, Hurling, Punting, Fly Fishing, Lion Training, Mister Schiano. Who has time for music!? You're absolutely right! I gotta reexamine my lifestyle. Excuse me for a moment while I put out this joint.
hey matt here's the trailer for that movie you are in
aww i love robert downey jr
ha, yup that's hawaii... wonder if i'll make it into that scene
haha i just got word my old friend was in this movie...stunt
which stunt? we saw one... it was the double for jack black dancing on a helicopter blade and then falling off
some competition for schiano in the man-boob arena
Geez... That's sad that parents let their kid get that big.
sometimes genetics play a big part, your lucky your kids arent ugly like you...
You're lucky I don't bust you up sucka...
I'm sure his breakfast consists of 6 sausage mcmuffins and 8 hash browns. Genetics don't make you that fat, it's what you put in.
Kid fills out that womens nike shirt well
So... how many women on here wear tennis shoes to bethel? hahahaha
does anyone know an apple programmer who might be interested in working on a side project?
i butchered my thigh SO bad this morning in the shower. i went to lean back to put my razor back and i got too close to my thigh and just sliced it. its SO gnarly!!! it bites cause i had no BIG band-aids only small ones and i had to cover it all along and it makes it look like i have stitched or something LOL
And I open up like the back of a book
I ruin everything with just a quick look
And I settle down like a rocket explodes
Hit the ground while I file every note
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i'm sad my 2 weeks here is almost up.
THAI YOU NERD!!!! hahahahaha
I could so just fall asleep now...
The overnight 30 yr fixed mortgage interest rate is only 5.66%! today
aaaahh!! ears..ringing..not..good :(
the honorary title and mae were great. but mae was way too loud. holy. i think irving plaza is always too loud for the headliner, and they've taken away at least 15% of my hearing over the years.
far away and between the trees were awesome too.
yeah, mae was one of hte openers for Motion City Soundtrack... REALLY loud... i like them, but eh...
awww. ian, hun, i think its called "old age" im sorry. :P
haha, no really, i think the sound engineer had the volume up too loud. it started sounding a little crappy because it was too loud.
Well if it was punk music, it's always too loud.
dude you know you're ears are ringing too after your hannah montana concerts.
Ha...Ha...Ha... Well I do have a daughter. I'm sure I will be dragged to a teeny bopper concert one day.
I agree it was too loud!
Saw Nightmare of You on Friday at Blend, in Ridgewood. I think I forgot to mention this sooner, but the show was great. The sound was really good - when they first started playing, I thought it sounded better than the CD!
Talked to Brandon (the lead singer) at the end for a bit, really nice guy who's kinda ... odd. Good show though, highly recommend it if you ever get the chance to see them.
hope everyone had a nice Nisan 14
check out this video, 19 seconds of pure genius!! annnd my annoying voice
lucky
nah he does it all the time he is just that smart
unless you meant i'm lucky to have the #1 smartest dog eva - this is correct, so, yes
Your name shall be.... K9 Woman
that dog is so going to kill you in your sleep one day...
Cujo style.
that is pretty impressive
Viewing today for the girl that was murdered by her cousin last Tuesday in the house right behind where my family lives. I went to school with her older sister and I remember she always wanted me to play with her hair or do her nails..She was only 15.
just cuz
Can two people on here do me a large and answer some questions for me for a class? One to two sentences per answer is fine. Thanks!
How many miles do you drive each week/year for work?
Does your company reimburse you for your mileage or provide you with a company car?
Do you think it is/would be worth it for your employer to provide you with a company car?
If you were to request a company car, how would you go about justifying the cost to your employer? If you already have one, how do you think they justify the cost?
You still go to school?
1) 50/year
2) Yes
3) No
4) I would probably have to bribe the company in some way. Maybe some compromising pictures of the CEO. Some sort of extortion deal. Then it would probably be justifiable.
You drive 50 miles per year? That is about as believable as Kate Beckinsale being my wife.
well, since Matt is looking for completely retarded data:
1) 10,780/year commuting to work (44 miles per day)
How many miles do you drive each week/year for work? 4 miles each way, 8 miles/day = 40 miles/week = 2,000/year - however, my wife and i work together so we carpool. it's much less
Does your company reimburse you for your mileage or provide you with a company car? My last job was more outside sales, so I got $200.00/month reimbursement, flat rate. This job I get reimbursed by the mile (I think it's .50/mile now)
Do you think it is/would be worth it for your employer to provide you with a company car? Like, as a bonus for being a person who works in an office? Sure, I'd take a Porsche GT2.
If you were to request a company car, how would you go about justifying the cost to your employer? If you already have one, how do you think they justify the cost?
I'd tell them I get paid too little, so paying my car payment would make up the difference. ESPECIALLY if I got a gas card with it.
When we lived overseas for my dad's job, they gave us a family company car with Unlimited gas card. Man, did we abuse that. Greatest. Thing. Ever.
1) 6240 (24 miles a day, 120 a week, 480 month)
2) no and no
3) they should. but im stoked i have a cool job so i'll suck it up and put my own gas in my car.
4) the only thing i would get for free and have it justified is a surfboard. im with ian, i COULD bribe the company...
a surfboard? do you work for a surf company?
yeah. well technically i work for the skate division of the surf company. but yeah, billabong owns element.
thats cool. im looking for a new board - i want to get a channel islands flyer - although i guess you wouldnt work with them. are there any good sites to check out for deals on boards that you in the "industry" know of?
do you guys have a play it again sports over there?
yeah, they definitely dont sell surfboards though.
hmmm, yeah they do...
http://www.playitagainsports.com/watersports.aspx
this is a good place if you're not going out all the time and you just want to learn...good prices.
oh thanks...i meant the one in my area doesnt have boards. i could check some jersey shore area stores though.
LOL oh yeah, i forgot you dont live close to the water. YES!!! check the ones near the beach. they'll have a store that sells them there. sorry bout the confusion.
thanks! im going board shopping soon. i'd like the flyer, it seems like a nice board for my purposes. Probably around a 6'8" or so (I'm 6'3") and currently i ride a 6'2" that is too small for me now and has been for a few years. So if anyone out there is looking for an affordable shortboard, let me know :) i almost bought a new one last summer on sale, i just didnt wanna shell out the dough. This summer i plan to surf more than I have the last two years, so I'm thinking its high time to get a new board...
go anything over a 7'. go long board. if you want to do tricks go shorter than what you have. but to just soul-surf...go 7'+
i've got a longboard already. so ive got that covered. its an amazing board. it feels like im driving a cadillac when i ride that baby. sooooo smooth. i figured it was just the fact that longboards are supposed to be smooth, but after riding other longboards and not enjoying them as much, i realized how nice mine is. ill never give that one up.
my first board was a 7'4", and i loved that board too. Very mobile, easy to catch waves and stay in them. when i was about 15, it blew off the roofracks on our old VW van into the chesapeake bay, and was never seen again. i've always thought i wanted one about that size again, but i figured a 6'8-6'10 would provide a nice merger between ride and maneuverability.
thank you socalgal and superhero... and a big PPPPBBBBBTTTTTT to ian!
You paint your nails... don't you...
quick, can someone post today's text for me??
Tuesday, March 25
Put away . . . all sorts of backbiting.—1 Pet. 2:1.
The Greek word translated "backbiting" means "insulting language." It conveys the idea of 'shooting people with words.' How well that describes the effects of an unruly tongue! Insulting speech may not seem so serious, but consider what happens when a husband or a wife uses such speech. Calling one's mate stupid, lazy, or selfish implies that his or her entire character can be summed up by a label—a demeaning one at that! This is surely cruel. And what about sweeping assertions that highlight a mate's flaws? Are not such statements as "You're always late" or "You never listen to me" really exaggerations? They are bound to elicit a defensive response. That, in turn, may trigger a heated argument. (Jas. 3:5) Over time, cutting words from either mate will erode a relationship, perhaps causing a husband or a wife to feel unloved, even unlovable. Clearly, it is important to restrain the tongue. w06 9/15 1:7-9
thanks!!! That's perfect!
whooops.... i tried sneaking out a little fart but it ended up being pretty loud... i think the new indian guy that started as a workstudy today heard me
at least you didn't poop a little
OR DID YOU????
this is the first thing i thought of. good post. lol
geeeeeezzzz... things are bad...
i heard that flour is up 25% from last year and is expected to keep going up
gas prices as we all know are rediculous
i have an emigrantdirect bank account, last year the interest rate was 5.05%, now its 2.75%
Yeah food is crazy. I buy Capri Sun 10 packs for the kids lunches. They've gone up 40 cents in the last 6 months. That's one item I saw a notable difference with.
im always tempted to buy those when i see them in the store, but then i realize i can just buy a big thing of juice and i do that, but ugg, they are so tempting, and they bring me back to skating at JP's house during the summer and his mom bringing them out for us...
yeah thats what i think of too...i havent had a capri sun in like ten years.
They taste better when you are a kid. I have fond memories of them as a child. Now it's like... whatever.
strangely, my salary has not gone up to match this. i cannot figure out why.
also, i remember driving around for no reason when I was 17 (and gas was .99, or less). Now that it's $3.00, i do not make random trips, nor do i just "go for drives" or anything else. it's really taken away a lot of my fun.
Dude, those were the days. I remember filling my cars with 10 bucks. Now it takes 55 bucks to fill my vehicle.
Oh yeah and my raise was 3% this year. Hardly enough to cover inflation.
maybe i'll request a raise to match inflation. what's the rate of inflation exactly?
Haha... If I knew I would have requested a match during my review.
i always say that im waiting for my wages to go up and they never do, so its time to find a new job.
wow, ING has changed as well. This is very un-nerving. perhaps i just put all my money under my mattress.
this would be a good idea if your mattress yields a better interest rate than ING. i say do it!
yeah supposedly things like pizza and bagles, foods that are ALWYAS like, a dollar or two a serving are going up up up
i'm glad i grow my own veggies in the summer, i definitely recommend it even if you just have room for a couple potted plants - grow some tomatoes and cucumbers you can kinda live off of that at least
i am slightly nervous that people are gonan start cancelling their weddings .. and just eloping to save money or somethin
That's becoming the norm in the world anyway
one of my clients is gonna be on tv tonight on Primetime, she is going to be trying on hideous wedding dresses or something
This could make for one odd family reunion: Barack Obama is a distant cousin of actor Brad Pitt, and Hillary Rodham Clinton is related to Pitt's girlfriend, Angelina Jolie.
Clinton, who is of French-Canadian descent on her mother's side, is also a distant cousin of singers Madonna, Celine Dion and Alanis Morissette. Obama, the son of a white woman from Kansas and a black man from Kenya, can call six U.S. presidents, including George W. Bush, his cousins. McCain is a sixth cousin of first lady Laura Bush.
weird!
you know how annoying a loud teakettle can be? well i bought this cute red one that is kind of mild and quiet.
yeah i almost burned the house down, i forgot about it and didn't hear it whistling for like a half hour??? and suddenly it started to smell like something is burning and .. yeah that's that
tea kettle melted to the stove coil thingie basically lol
This is a weird incident
smoking kills