Who but me would need to know these things, Google? WHO BUT ME?
Okay, sorry about that. I knew this post was going to be house themed, and all I could think of was "Brick House," but that didn't seem super appropriate. Brick houses in California? They won't be so mighty mighty when the big one hits, amirite? Rookies.
Anywho...I landed on "House of the Rising Sun." Please enjoy the song as you read the rest of this. Try to avoid staring at their super-high-buttoned tailored suits and matching-but-ever-so-slightly-different bowl haircuts. I think they know we're watching them. Could you have made a creepier music video, The Animals? Come on now.
I'm looking for an apartment because I'm tired of having, well...let's say "a housemate." Technically, nothing in my current household arrangement is equal in any way, and I am just mooching off of this housemate's well-earned cash, as I have been for the last 23.8 (rough estimate) years of my life, but the term still applies.
Now, it won't be the first time I've looked for an apartment, but it will be the first time I will be completely financially responsible for the place that I find. No co-signers for me! I'm a grown-up, after all.
Anyone who's ever looked for an apartment knows that it is a lot easier said than done. You have to troll craigslist, weed out the crazies and the liars, make appointments to view places, hope that you aren't going to be murdered, weed out even more crazies and liars (the ones you missed the first time around), fill out applications, get credit checks and reference checks, and finally sign your lease. I probably missed a few steps. As I said, I'm new to this whole apartment-hunting gig.
However, at least in my current location, there seems to be a time window. I'm trying to get a jump on things by looking for apartments early, but since my ideal move-in date is sometime in January, no one in their right mind is going to hold a place for me unless I'm willing to pay December too. I'm not really sure why I'm bothering, except that it gives me hope that there is indeed some sort of post-collegiate freedom on the horizon.
Still, it's tough. Especially because, at school, if you didn't start looking in June for that apartment you were moving into in August, you were totally screwed. I guess I'll just have to hold my horses.
How anti-climactic, right? You totally thought this post was going to be all YEAH I FOUND AN APARTMENT, but instead it was all meh, I guess I have to wait a bit longer before looking. Sorry about that. Not as triumphant a return from hiatus as I had hoped, but you have to take what you can get.
