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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Hey guys, we're going rock climbing this saturday 3/29. We're either going to www.govertical.com
in Philadelphia or to http://www.readingrocks.com/ in Reading, PA. If anyone's interested, msg me & i'll let you know the info.
Doesn't this fall under the same category as skydiving and bungee jumping? As in, you're nuts if you do it? A guy I work with almost died doing it.
no.
lol what?! your comparing rocking climbing at a rock climbing gym to skydiving or bungee jumping? cmon dude, i mean i understand ur bored and all, but you gotta try a little harder at stirring up drama...
lol
haha, fer real. A rollercoaster would be a greater risk.
I didn't click the link. I thought they were going to a cliff face out in PA. I'm just saying, it's a dangerous sport. Even experienced climbers get killed. The guy I work with fell 50 feet before he regained control.
didnt you mention on here that you were going rock climbing at one point?
That same guy was trying to convince me to go. Then he told me he fell and told me a story about a guy he knew who fell onto a rock ledge and broke his legs and some other people who repelled off the end of their lines... Became less appealing after that.
dude... its a rock climbing GYM.... GYM. it has all the safety equipment and the floors are padded... i fell in one landed square on my back, other then getting the wind knocked outta me, thats all that happened.
thats like comparing paddling around a wave pool to big wave surfing in Hawaii...
Did you read what I wrote? I said I thought they were going out to a cliff to do it, not a gym. Go eat some tacos.
still... i win, you lose.
You win at being the gayest.
well why comment negatively if you didn't click the link, LOL, come on
hes got tourettes...
It's the Irish blood in me. Makes me feisty.
What I said was not all that negative. Not like I said you suck at taking pictures or something. haha...
i climb mountains every night
Is that what your marriage feels like? oooooooohhhhhhh.....
yeah like underneath, like a middle of a sandwich. i get my shoes on for it, the mountains are frosty
so.. i'm enjoying the crap out of the new Madonna song 4 minutes
it's a hott beat
it just makes me think of summer ha
OMG is that the one with justin timberlake?
yeah and timbaland
it's ..... my new jam, yo
i always forget the name is 4 minutes and whenever they say it on the radio i get really confused and go four minutes to what????
is this game any good?
So, does a burnt tea kettle smell foul?
Nope. i created. then deleted.
i'm too lazy to post this in the appropriate music forum, but I got the new Counting Crows and it's VERY good. Highly recommended.
Came across a program for iTunes that allows you to share your music (and get music) from friends using only iTunes. Anyone interested in setting up a music-sharing group? (NOTE: You are not allowed to criticize anyone's musical tastes.)
i am
it's not free? It's saying i have to purchase a license
i think that's only for the pro version. i haven't gotten a chance to set it up on my home PC yet
lucky charms and life cereal....the best combo ever!!!!
my mom never bought us the good sugary cereal as kids, so we'd make our own. I loved rice krispies w/ a sprinkle of nestle's quick powder (so the milk gets chocolatey) and a bunch of mini marshmallows and you microwave the whole thing for 20 seconds. yum.
I'm hungry for rice krispies and horseradish cheese.
lol
weird thing - i was 11 when i came from poland and i really never had cereal before, we didn't have that
and i didn't like it
i didn't like any snack foods/candy/cookies
I HATED oreos and cheetos in particular that I can remember
but now of course i LOVE that stuff but can't ever eat it lol
same with my little cousins from Poland when they were visiting, they didn't like any of the junk food, but after being here like a month or so, they started to get used to it and they got chubtastic real quick, it was weird, they came here stick thin and left... chubbsters
i'm always amused when you talk about Poland, because i there were these polish girls that i've met several times who seem like they just left poland 10 minutes before you met them ...
yet you seem normal, and nothing like them, with no trace of accent.
hey does anyone know anything about Horsham, Pennsyltucky.. i mean Pennsylvania?
Sounds like a place where they make Horseradish.
yeah and that is way too dangerous!! i would never let myself be in such danger. Ever.
Oh you mean horseradish, nevermind, i didn't look it up.
I think some brand of ice cream is made there too.
mmm, i love horseradish in mashed potatos. and there is horseradhish cheeeeeeese, it's soooo good.
if you have a Wii, I highly recommend component cables for it. Found a deal today for only $4 for the cable.
http://dealspl.us/6FT-Nintendo-Wii-Audio-Video-HD-Component-Cable-White_81204
My sister can't leave work for her lunch break 'cause Pres. Bush is giving a speech. The Secret Service came to her workplace yesterday to request that they stay in during lunch. They're ordering pizza.
where does she work?
I think it's classified as top secret now.
oh right
you can't tell anyone where she works when the president is there?
I'm partly kidding. Her office is in Freehold. He's speaking in the area like across the street or something or a building next door not inside her office. But they really did give them those instructions not to leave their building for lunch during his speech. He was on CSPAN about Noon time... I just turned back to CSPAN and it looks like the speech or press conference or whatever it was, is over now.
Mike Piazza is a wimp...
Fan Sent to Jail for Assaulting Mike Piazza
Posted Mar 27th 2008 3:08PM by Tom Fornelli
Filed under: Los Angeles, Angels, AL West, MLB Fans, MLB Police Blotter, Anaheim
Last summer Eamonn (then still known to the world only as PostmanE) shared with us the story of Mike Piazza getting hit in the head by a water bottle that a fan threw at him in a game against the Angels. This did not amuse Mike at all. In fact, after the game he made it clear to the media that he was going to press charges against the "gutless" fan. "That's a complete lower level of stupidity," Piazza told reporters after the incident.
Mike wasn't lying because he did in fact press charges against the fan, and now that fan is going to spend a month in jail for what he did.
Roland Flores, 23, was sentenced to 30 days in jail and has been ordered to stay away from the stadium for three years for the assault on Oakland Athletics designated hitter Mike Piazza on July 25.
Flores pleaded guilty last week to misdemeanor counts of using force and violence while assaulting Piazza and for intentionally throwing a substance while in Angel Stadium, Anaheim police said.
Maybe it's just me, but doesn't that seem a bit extreme? I completely understand where Piazza is coming from here, because after being hit in the head by a flying water bottle at a concert once, I know that it hurts like hell. Still, jail time? Really? Did Piazza die from the resulting head wound?
actually, that doesn't seem extreme at all. imagine if an angry Rush fan threw a water bottle at ... well whoever is in Rush. Completely unexpected and unnecessary. why not just go be angry elsewhere? why be violent?
If he threw a battery or an object that could cause damage, I'd see the point in giving him a month in jail. That could kill someone. What's a water bottle going to do? I think they just made an example out of him.
Anyone know of or use and free PowerPoint to DVD tools... basically
making a powerpoint presentation play on a dvd
i know i have a tool for htis at home, drawing a blank on the name though
who was aux. this month?
Lauren and I finished our time late Saturday night, but by then we were already on a mega "every gas station in NJ" trip, and it was too late to turn back around (we were on 46 in Wayne) and so we just stayed.
Last night was a congregation gathering for all the pioneers in our hall, it was good times and i am very tired now.
wasn't able to aux, but i increased my time.
yeah it's hard when you work full time. it's a lot of long w/ends and what i call a "lunar" day. You start on saturday when it's dark, and you don't go home until it's dark. if someone says "Are we done yet?" you say "hold up your hand. if you can see your hand, it's light enough to still be out in service."
i def admire the ones that can work full time and reg pioneer!
I was! Got my time in yesterday!!
I will be aux this month, and I need support! Help me!
dude it's a little late now, hopefully you went out at some point before the 31st
oops, NEXT month. April. This coming month.
my bad. Wasn't very specific
why is it when you're having a sad weekend it tends to last forever and all the good amazing weekends end in an hour?
Aww, you ok?
yeah. i will be. i was at the hospital w/my father on friday (he was having a minor procedure...he's ok tho) and one of my good friends called balling saying that her father only had 24 hours to live. so by the time i get to the hospital, was there only 5 mins. he passed. i am SO close to that family. he was like a father to me. so it was a VERY tough day and just a sad weekend.
oh gosh, that's so sad. i'm sorry. :-(
thanks! i really appreciate it.
Hugs from us all.
thanks so much! im just trying to do as much as i can for the family. i jsut hate this system.
A guy I work with lost his father, aunt, and uncle in a 3 week span.
UGH! that is SO horrible! were they all from the same family? siblings?
The aunt and uncle were married on his mother's side.
his poor mom :(
ok time for www.happynews.com
His mom died 10 years ago.
i'm really, really sorry, gina.
Sorry Gina. My love to you.
sorry, gg
I need to find tix to CA for this month. Go go.
Try www.kayak.com
Anybody know what to do when your printer thinks its jammed, but it isn't, and you tried turning it off and on again, and unplugging it and it still wont work? I cant find where to troubleshoot
call the company's support in some foreign land
is that the best you can do??
thank you anyway, but i figured it out. I was actually unplugging the Christmas lights that arent't up anymore anyway.... (i guess that's a sign they shouldnt be at my desk)
haha that's funny
yeah, except that i wasted half an hour
well it wasn't your time was it?
no not really.... but you know as true Christians, we are supposed to be diligent and hardworking, and not wasting time.... (so why am I on Redsweater all day? oops... never mind.
do true christians have Christmas lights up by their desks?
lol this sounds so incredible pompous i have to mark myself as stupid...
you'll wear the mark on your forehead?
no... thats just a pimple
You ARE a pimple, that needs popping.
england, open the lid and blow on in.
gina, my condolences
flomo, check virgin america. new planes!
oh yeah! and i have a 25% off coupon code for Virgin. you can have it todd
bump for todd
bumpity bump bump
hmm
sweet!
Hey, are you going to England or summit? 'Cause I got an email from BA. Only $185 each way Newark/London. There's an expiration on that offer, and a deadline on travel dates. Let me know if you want me to forward you the email with the details.
Johan Santana pitched 7 innings of solid baseball for the Mets. Good way to start the season. They're up 6-2 in the 8th.
And the Mets win!!! The Mets win!!!
An article in the Press today about Regional New Jersey
http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080331/NEWS/803310378/-1/FEEDBACK
this goes right in the "WHO CARES!?" bin
How many Walmart managers does it take to turn on the power?
6!
I went to the Ledgewood Walmart today to buy a hunting license and turkey permit and watched 6 managers fumble around to find the power switch to turn the register on. LOL!
ok, Davey Crockett, im still shocked you get a hunters permit and turkey permit at walmart. LOL are you in Kentucky? :P
*nbl*
Yes they have a hunting department, surfer girl. For a minute I thought I was in Kentucky. Some of the people who work there look like back woods hicks. hahahaha....
mike. you are a turd.
lol... dude... dont blame me! mr i take a vacation for like a day...
a week, geek, a week!
i sent you a message...i want to hear about your SoCal trip.
does anyone have any experience with audio mixing software? i've used Audacity for simple cutting/pasting of mp3s, fixing things, whatever, but I've been asked to mix a couple of tracks for a project and am looking for recommendations.
i came across a program called "ultramixer" that looks good ... open to suggestions though.
Gina check out my playlist --- http://www.playlist.com/user/12734233 I'm sure you'll find some music on there you'll love :)
OMG so awesome! def some good bands on there! I love blur!
Yehp, thanks. It's also got Depeche Mode and Damien Rice :) Knew you'd like it.
YES!!! i love it! def good selection and depeche, so awesome, the latest cd (name escapes me) i think is their best...true old depeche! you like pulp?
Playing the Angel... I saw them live that year (2005) on the Touring the Angel tour. Fantastic! Actually I saw them on the Singles tour in 1999 my first time.
Do I know any other songs by Pulp than "Common People?" I don't know. What's some other stuff I theirs I might know?
WOOT. :)
Awesomeness
WOW kam, thats so rad!!!
O_O good for you!
Too bad you only got 3 stars!
haha ... it was actually 1, 2, or 3 stars, or a checkmark for "editor's pick" soooo i'm like second from the best? haha
alright! 2nd best is pretty good! :P
WHOA WHOA 185$'s each way ? newark to london.. WHERE WHERE
uhhh i am getting a bunch of really weird ads on the home page
"faith building books for jw's" and "bethel vacation tours"
sigh... my new crush
yeah, he must work out..jk.
the roll the drummer does 1:47 is sweet. what band is that.
paramore
sigh, so close to not being cheesey. i'll keep listening though, see if i can get past it
yeah, i really like this band, despite getting made fun of for it
there is no other band with a girl singer that I even remotely like right now, Avril sucks, No Doubt is obsessed with being pregnant, Avril is the most annoying human alive, oh did i say Avril already? And actualy I kind of hate most bands that are out right now, but Paramore speaks to me. LOL. Too bad they are like on the verge of breaking up.
Oh yeah Flyleaf is kinda cool too.
i never really liked paramore...totally cute lil pop punk girl but kinda whiney. saw her at bamboozle and yeah...realized why i didnt like her. her voice...good. her band WAY too loud for her so it made it unbearable. all of their songs were 3 hours too long. like their set was NEVER ENDING.
flyleaf is pretty sick
not a good choice to make this song acoustic. sounds like she's losing a lung.
eh, i kinda lost my crush at bamboozle... shes too tiny...
FACE TO FACE WAS AWESOME THO!!! WOOHOOO story incoming.
these two crazy kids got married today
and it was fun :)
grats you two!
congrats lindsay and ben!
awwww congrats to lyndz!! she looks so pretty!!
yay! congrats!! such a beautiful wedding. and every time we did something awkward or crazy i didn't realize you were taking pictures.
muahahahhaa yesssss i wasssss lolol
also i saw the picture of ketchup mahoney and vanessa mahoney and it is beautiful. probably best picture of them ever. nice job.
aw thank you :) they are the cutest couple
i gotta represent for fellow mahoneys
super-grats! sweet!
congrats guys, i've already got a crib on order for you, just need your address!
A little late here. So not funny! Say no to babies!
awww, so cute!!
how is this news ... oh wait, i get it, things are reset
i hurt
i miss
of all the many bad religion shows ive been to, i've never seen an accoustic set from them (this is only about 13 seconds)
of the one i've been to, neither have i
did you guys see there's a recall on Guitar Hero 3? Send all your stuff in, and they send you $132. Which I think is perfect, cause I could buy Guitar Hero over again for $79 and get another game too.
I went to Austin, TX for 4 days, got back last night. Very nice area. Makes me hate NJ even more. haha...
i want to go to Austin
It's a very clean city. Not like our cities up here which are filthy.
i don't want to go to Chelsea
So I need some advice. I am in the job market (AGAIN) and I got an email from someone I had sent my resume to and its basically for what I do right now (I think). I do like what I do right now, except that I am overqualified for my job and make $3.00 less an hour than I would need (which is why I am looking for a new job). So do I respond and ask how much they are willing to pay or do I schedule the interview with the possiblity of wasting both my time and theirs because I can not continue to make what I make currently. It goes against the grain to start talking about money but I know what I need.
the only stupid question is one not asked. Ask. (or Axe. Depending...)
do I need to give him the whole story or just say how much does it pay?
why not just walk in and say... hi, im looking for a job doing *this*, i need *this* salary... remember, they need you... not the other way around.
yeah, technically thats true, i am currently working, so while my situation is not ideal, i have at least some money coming in
I wouldn't give them 'the wholllle story.' An employer won't look keenly on a sob story. Just state your minimum salary requirement... what kind of offer it would take you to leave your current job for the new job. That way it'll actually look more professional than if you hadn't put down a salary requirement. If you don't get... remember it as being their loss... and there must be another opportunity out there giving you what you need.
hey anyone remember what that site is that shows the prices houses are going for in an area, and it shows it in like a google map format? I think ian posted it a while ago.
ah think i found it, zillow.com
yeah zillow is good.
here are its competitors, they all have unique advantages:
http://www.trulia.com
http://www.roost.com
http://www.redfin.com is another but doesn't have NJ/PA coverage yet
thanks buddy
If you play music to happy little trees in a forest and no one is there can it really be heard(or something like that)?
bruce sprinsteen w/tom morello
you lost me at bruce springsteen
hahaha SO TRUE
talk about someone LAMEEEEEEEE. Bruce wins.
yeah i DESPISE bruce springsteen. he's always so gross and sweaty...but i LOVE tom and i thought it was interesting and weird that they were together.
He's a nice guy tho..I made him a latte the other day..he still wears beat up denim jackets and a red bandana that is ineffective at holding his crazy hair in place. He's very quiet and calm.
he was probably all sweaty tho...huh? lol
scruffy..possibly sweaty...definitely could use a shower lol
Badly Drawn Boy ( my favourite singer/songwriter ) puts Bruce on his guestlist for every show... he said that once when I saw him play... he said, just in case he shows up.. cuz he's a fan
that's a weird combo... tom morello is so awesome
Hey...I downloaded The Suits from the ftp...nice job guys. I can't hear the lyrics, but it sounds good musically. That first song, I swear, is a Jimi Hendrix song. Well, it could be. From what I listened to so far, you guys have a real nice classic rock sound going on there.
i forgot... that's us! thanks jp, we'll try to get some more recordings soon
I didn't uploaded all our recordings, including the "work in progress" song, or any of the messed up versions of our songs. And I don't care.
Glad you like it, though!!!
im so stoked....i just met thunder bolton (guitarist) from supersuckers!!
i saw the supersuckers once with social d. all i can say is that they certainly did suck...jk. they were actually really awesome, i was surprised.
haha yeah, they def are awesome.
weren't they that really dirty band?(by dirty i mean they looked as though they hadn't showered in a year). I know i saw the supersuckers, but i can't remember for sure. wikipedia says they're american but i think the band im thinking of was from sweden or something
i think you're thinking of the street dogs though...
no, i went and saw social d. at irving plaza with dad, and the supersuckers opened. you are thinkin of that time we saw them at the starland ballroom or whatever it's called.
the dirty swedish band ur thinkin of were called the backyard babies or something.
nice try
lol
Voted! Speaking of votes, (now this isnt for me, so i'm not too concerned) but if anyone has seen MTV's show Rock the Cradle, vote for Jesse Snider, he's a friend from HS. He's def the best on the show in my opinion and was always a super nice guy. So vote for jesse! haha
i heard rage against the machine is headlining lollapalooza. i looked online and all i saw were tour dates for Chicago.
yeah, let's go to Chicago!!
lol, OMG I NEED MAH CANDYYYY
http://www.local12.com/mostpopular/story.aspx?content_id=13dbcee5-7cb1-4063-b7e0-1b9a59a60dc6
"...Officers followed a trail of candy wrappers to Fourth and Race Streets, where they arrested..."
Are you kidding?! and that girl has guilt written all over her face... guilt and chocolate...
just finished studying for the bookstudy this week. there's a section about the Italian Banco Ambrosiano ... essentially a bank in Italy owned by the Vatican Bank (which manages the Vatican's money), and it LOST $1.3 billion (it was making loans to dummy corporations, mostly). Just lost. It was apparently quite a scandal (back in 1982) and makes for some interesting googling.
i was only 2 at the time so I kind of missed out on this one ..
I VOTED FOR YOU KAM!!!!!
thank youuuuuu
you are totally welcome!
yo kam nicole atkins may 10th in ridgewood, come up for the afternoon and we'll go see her and invite her to get dinner with us, haha
Can I come?
sure bring anthony
aaaahhh i am not going to be around May 10th i'm working
hey but may 4th where are you going to be? hahaha
YOU KNOW
in excel:
If i have a row outside of a pivot table and i update the pivot table in a way that adds more rows...
How do I keep the other Row that was outside the pivot table. need it to move automatically to the end of the pivot table
I have never used a pivot table in excel
I just got back from Whistler yesterday... let me tell you it is AMAZING out there!! Supposedly they said it would be spring riding, but on the glacier bowls up top on the peaks, spring seemed so far away...
yeah man thanks for the pics, seemed like a lot of fun
Anytime Dan... you have to make a trek out west and go riding out there... it's a whole new experience
i talked to a lady at work who was up there this weekend, said it was in the 80's and snow was amazing... im so jealous!
It was the wierdest weather on Sat. It was cold on the peak (about 8,000 feet) but as you rode towards the bottom of the mountain it got hotter and hotter... seriously... once we hit Whistler Creekside we stopped at the bottom, got a pitcher of beer and nachos and relaxed outside on the patio it was so nice... That's something you will never experience on the East Coast
duh
I wish I knew you guys were going, I so would have gone. My girl and I broke up, and I was so in need of therapeutic snowboarding - especially of Whistler quality.
this is hilarioso
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that's gotta be at least twice an episode
the word "what" has lost all meaning for me after hearing it that many times in a row
omg... so turkish starwars... they stole a bunch of footage from star wars and edited it into their own movie... this is the luke skywalker training montage. check out some of the other clips on youtube, it's rediculous
That's pretty awsome! Its a shame that mst3k isn't around anymore to get ahold of that movie. this made the rocky training sequences seem like oscar winning footage.
it's still around
lol, i said the EXACT same thing, but someone said because they actually ripped off footage from the real star wars they would probably not be allowed to use it