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Well, I had a look at apartments in the Jersey City and Weehawken areas last night. I'm looking into stuff in the $700-$900 / month range, and would prefer places that allow cats. I'm more of a dog person, but my sister asked me a while ago if I'd take her cats when I got my own apartment, so as to save trouble with the cats and her baby-to-be getting in each others' hair. As much as I'd love to move out immediately after getting a paycheck or two, I don't think that's possible. I haven't got the money for it yet, and I haven't got the money to furnish a place (as my mother pointed out when I floated the possibility of not moving until I'd tucked a little money away past her), but at least I'm getting an idea of what's out there. This should also give me some time to pay off a chunk of credit card debt, too, which is always good. And to find out which of the areas I'm looking at is most likely to be good for cable internet, since with a job like mine I'm probably going to need it.
If any of y'all live in those areas and have suggestions, lemme know. I had briefly considered my mother's suggestion of moving back to Astoria or some other part of NYC, but I'm not sure how practical that is. I'd like to be as close as possible to a train or bus route into NY. My ideal would be somewhere convenient enough to mass transit that I could get rid of my car and buy a Vespa or other such scooter.
I've also started on the next Hellblazer: Hogwarts installment in earnest. I may do some of that instead of going to the entirety of tomorrow's block party, though I'll be there for some of it since I intend to make a nice lemon chiffon cake as my contribution. Any excuse to bake is a good excuse when you live with someone on a low-carb diet.
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kali921, I'll be buying a copy of Morgoth's Ring with my first paycheck from Annaly. I'd buy it now to celebrate getting the job, but a copy just arrived at my local library- I placed an inter-library loan request this past weekend.
I also had a neat course in wild edibles of NJ this weekend. Un-leached acorns taste as tannic as the last quarter-inch of cold green tea after one has used boiling water on the teabag and left it to steep for six minutes (rather than sub-boiling water and steeping for no more than four). Spicebush leaves and twigs make a nice tea, though, and acorns that've been boiled and roasted are quite nice. Autumn olive makes a good cracker sauce, and might well substitute for or complement cranberry at Thanksgiving. We sampled a few other things too, including wood sorrel (which I had previously known as 'the shamrock plant with the yellow flowers), but mostly we were working on learning to recognise the edible green plants of NJ and their specific edible parts. Neat stuff.
That's about it for the moment. More later.
If any of y'all live in those areas and have suggestions, lemme know. I had briefly considered my mother's suggestion of moving back to Astoria or some other part of NYC, but I'm not sure how practical that is. I'd like to be as close as possible to a train or bus route into NY. My ideal would be somewhere convenient enough to mass transit that I could get rid of my car and buy a Vespa or other such scooter.
I've also started on the next Hellblazer: Hogwarts installment in earnest. I may do some of that instead of going to the entirety of tomorrow's block party, though I'll be there for some of it since I intend to make a nice lemon chiffon cake as my contribution. Any excuse to bake is a good excuse when you live with someone on a low-carb diet.
kali921, I'll be buying a copy of Morgoth's Ring with my first paycheck from Annaly. I'd buy it now to celebrate getting the job, but a copy just arrived at my local library- I placed an inter-library loan request this past weekend.I also had a neat course in wild edibles of NJ this weekend. Un-leached acorns taste as tannic as the last quarter-inch of cold green tea after one has used boiling water on the teabag and left it to steep for six minutes (rather than sub-boiling water and steeping for no more than four). Spicebush leaves and twigs make a nice tea, though, and acorns that've been boiled and roasted are quite nice. Autumn olive makes a good cracker sauce, and might well substitute for or complement cranberry at Thanksgiving. We sampled a few other things too, including wood sorrel (which I had previously known as 'the shamrock plant with the yellow flowers), but mostly we were working on learning to recognise the edible green plants of NJ and their specific edible parts. Neat stuff.
That's about it for the moment. More later.
