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  I hope these boxes turn out to be as magical as @lizlemonyall & @r_k_d made them out to be. (Will they repel anything I should give away instead of packing? I hope so.) (Taken with Instagram at East Village)

  • #moving
  • #juggleboxes
  6 Jul 2012 / 2 notes
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  Domino, Blueprint, Teen, Alicia, pets.com mascot #relics (Taken with Instagram at East Village)

  • #relics
  • #moving
  • #magazines
  • #pets.com
  6 Jul 2012 / 4 notes
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  Progress.

  • #moving
  10 Aug 2010 / 6 notes

• not recommended:

  -Emptying out the last of what’s in your old apartment, putting a full bottle of Absolut and a bunch of beers in the same bag, and having the bag break and the bottles smash on the sidewalk while Mercury Bar looks on.

  -Locking yourself out of your NEW apartment 20 minutes later with your phone and wallet inside.

  -Looking forward to a giant margarita (generously funded by your best friend, who has put up with your frantic antics all day week and even cleaned your old fridge when you asked her to) while waiting an hour for the building manager to come let you in……except no one will serve you because your ID is locked inside your apartment.

  -Moving, in general.

  • #PSA
  • #moving
  1 Aug 2010 / 1 note
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  1:32 am: New place = done, minus the kitchen

  • #this post brought to you by smac & 16 handles
  • #moving
  28 Jul 2010 / 4 notes
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  Finally heard back from my Murray Hill landlord, 9 days before my lease is up. They’re willing to let me stay for $200 more a month instead of $300. Too late!

  I’m actually kind of relieved that they didn’t knock it back down any more than that — I would’ve felt silly for spending all this time/money on moving. At least my new rent is still $100 less a month than what I’d be paying if I stayed here. And, hey, exposed brick!

  • #east village FTW
  • #halp
  • #oh my God I have so much to do
  • #moving
  22 Jul 2010 / 4 notes
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  Goodbye Murray Hill party recap:

  • I didn’t forget the one thing I always forget! Good thing, because no one used them. (We were too busy drinking delicious creamsicles and sweet tea vodka.)
  • My apartment was sauna-riffic, but at least I thought to buy slow-melt popsicles! Which, um, melted instantly. 
  • We learned what an emesis basin is, and why you should never borrow jewelry from KJ. 
  • We saved the whales. Or something.
  • We had some strawberry-milkshake oreos. They were kind of good!
  • I owe KJ big time. 
  • For once, I got all the photos up in the same century as the party. (I don’t know why this is so difficult, but it is.)

  The end! Time to pack. And paint. Good thing there is plenty of leftover beer in my fridge……..who wants to help? :)

  • #moving
  19 Jul 2010 / 4 notes

• well, that was short-lived.

  SO, I couldn’t wait to get back to the greatest city in the world, after spending two weeks on the west coast and not really falling head-over-heels in love. And what does NYC give me — right after I get out of the cab from the airport — on our 2-year anniversary? A 20% rent increase starting at the end of this month.

  My Murray Hill studio is convenient, and cute. It is NOT almost-pushing-two-grand cute. What to do?

  I don’t want to stay and pay, but I don’t really have the money for a broker fee + moving costs (let alone the time and effort it’ll take to re-paint this place and paint a new place for the 2nd time in 12 months) now that I just took this trip…not to mention working for a startup and paying for my own health insurance. I don’t regret taking the job or the trip, but still.

  Ima go weigh some more options in the gdoc I created last night called “WHAT TO DO ABOUT HAVING NO MONEYS.” And then go see the boys kick some ass at the NY Tech Meetup. It’ll be fine. Right?

  • #love stinks.
  • #moving
  6 Jul 2010 / 4 notes

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