Karen: OK, but you'll need someone with a truck to load up your sttuff. me: Anyway, we'll probably hire a van Karen: Hahahah. me: Don't come anywhere near our place while we're moving, I swear to God I'll hide in a homeless shelter if you do me: Don't need boxes, have very little stuff Karen: Maybe I'll come to NY after all to help you unpack/decorate. How exciting! me: People don't capitalize acronyms anymore, fyi Karen: OK, what is the neighborhood. Are you going to get a mover to pack eerything. Maybe you'll want me to ship up your boxes of books to go on that big shelf I bought you? Karen: OMG, where shall I begin. me: Yes, now you can ask me tons of questions all day long me: Click on any one of them with the green button and you can initiate a chat Karen: This is fun! Karen: OK I guess it's working! me: There are a list of contacts me: Look on the left Karen: Uh, no. me: You know how to use this, right? me: I can't remember what street exactly it's on Karen: Cool, a rooftop, you'll have to get a grill. What fun to cook out. me: If you google Flushing and Bogart, it's near there me: It's more Williamsburg than this. It's actually only a ten minute walk or a little less from here, but it's where all the hipsters live, dramatically different demographics Karen: What is the neighborhood/street? me: I'm assuming so Karen: Does the stove work? me: we're on the fourth floor, which is top, and we have rooftop access me: it's about the same, but it's nicer Karen: Wow! So is it bigger than your current apt? You do have a nice size living room now. me: in fact, we don't have to pay rent next month because we paid last month when we move in Karen: Oh! OK, that's what I wondered. me: our deposit rolls over me: we still don't have too much furniture to deal with, so it'll be simple enough Karen: Maybe you could put up some astroturf for the dog's potty on the roof. I"m not kidding, just saw something like that in a mailorder catalog. A plastic grass cover over a little pan that you can empty. me: not sure Karen: How many baths, just one? Karen: Wonderful! Though I do hope John comes up. I liked him. me: I'll be paying the same amount me: If he doesn't, Andrew will pay for the extra room me: John Ruiz is supposed to be moving up with us me: 4 me: Ours is ambiguous, this is totally Williamsburg Karen: Way cool. How many bedrooms? me: It's not Bushwick at all me: there's a little yuppie grocery store right down the street Karen: Is it still considered Bushwick neighborhood? Karen: Is ther a nicer grocery store nearby? Yours I found to be scary. Karen: Oh what fun! Karen: Well, we could get you some plants delivered to decorate. me: not sure about that Karen: Will the rooftop be accessible only by you or will you have to share with other apartments? me: probably not Karen: Will you have a closet? me: room is about the same size me: nope Karen: Will you have room for a bigger bed? Maybe I could do that for you. me: maybe Karen: Well, I"m so exfcited and do htink you may want some of your books shipped up, huh? me: you could have fucking NASA set up a potty for him, it wouldn't matter me: he'll just go on the floor anyway Karen: As soon as you get your new address, don't forget to call all your magazines and give them the new mailing address. me: I think I've got all of them sent to Dallas Karen: You'll also need to do a change of address card to send to the post office to get your mail forwarded. Though you're not getting any checks mailed to you there, right? Karen: Yes, isn't that sad? He seemed like a good guy, even though he served as the mouthpiece for Satan. me: huh, Tony Snow's dead Karen: Pre-paid. Am so excited and must not have spell check on this feature. me: better have another cup of coffee me: pre-maid? Karen: OK! Yes, send me your address when you get it. Sounds like you all worked a wonderful deal, with all the pre-paid deposits, pre-maid month's rent, etc. Good for you, MSTG. Karen: BTW Dunc and Jocelyn left for Ecuador yesterday. Did you know it's right next to Colombia? I don't have a good feeling about their little jaunt, quite frankly. Karen: Uncle Duncan is smart in a lot of ways. Just not our ways. me: He reminded me of a smart version of Uncle Duncan