General fact but specifically in regards to your roommate search. So, where to start?
I'm female, 27 years of age and originally from Georgia, where I currently reside for various reasons that I can't remember. I spent the last 10 years, give or take, in Miami doing the whole journalist thing for alt-weeklies, regional mags and various web entities. As a result, I've become quite the expert on blown-out nightlife, real estate inflation, dirty (but highly amusing) politicians, preening artists, litigious neighborhood associations and avoiding the Commie conversation in mixed company. As for publications that you might recognize, I was Flavorpill's Nightlife Editor for about three years and penned a few chapters in Blackbook's Miami City Guide for two years running. Nothing too grand. The plan for this year was to escape to nothingness and actually write something substancial but the current economy has left me in a position requiring various creative hustles and more bland freelance assignments. I'm sure my proclivity for red wine and spontaneous, costly adventures has nothing at all to do with the anything. I'm an expert conversationalist and enjoy intelligent banter. I know when to use the right fork but also have no problem talking my way out of a sticky situation in an alley in the wee hours. There are only three magazines I pick up with any regularity: Vanity Fair, GQ and US Weekly. As I child I subscribed to Atlantic Monthly, Robb Report, Spin and Seventeen. Make of that what you will.
As for me as a roommate, I'm extremely laid back, not noisy, definitely a night owl, relatively neat and very independent. My vices are wholly unoriginal -- alcohol and cigarettes. The latter I hope to be rid of upon my arrival in the city as they are such a waste of money, require unnecessary trips into the cold and make me breathe like an old hag when climbing subway stairs. I've had more roommates than I can count on all my fingers and toes. None of them have anything bad to say about me. My rent/utilitity/etc payments are always prompt. I've had my clothes lent out, my furniture "borrowed" and the last of my smuggled chocolates eaten, much to my dismay, so I always err on the side of respect to avoid unnecessary, deserved wrath and becoming "that roommate."
So, that's it. I can move in by Nov. 1 and I'm sure I can rope a friend into dropping off the rent/deposit and picking up a key beforehand if that's necessary. Unfortunately, I can't come by to meet and see the place beforehand as I have about twenty million things to do and cover in the next week and a half. That's usually the sticker but, in lieu of me actually coming by, feel free to web stalk me. I'm most often found here: http://www.twitter.com/rainey305. And, naturally, you can always e-mail back or call me.
Tiffany Rainey 305-494-9028
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