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I apologise to all you wieners who were pulled in by the blogger adlet thing. I warned you. ;>

Apartment searching is so stressful. There's this perception of immutability with the selection, that the apartment you choose has to be the ideal apartment at the right price, in the right location, etc. Since Kat probably won't be working when we first get there, I need to cover the entire rent, so the budget needs to be tightened a little.

We had a funny exchange over this. Previously, when kicking around a ballpark figure, I mentioned a number, $i. That's i dollars not a Perl variable i. I don't do Perl except under extreme duress.

Anyway, this $i was on the high side of what we should spend, roughly one half of my expected monthly salary. So tonight, we were looking through craig's list, side-by-side in the office, and I mentioned that it would be nice if we looked closer to $n = $i - $1000. I thought it would be relatively straightforward. The statement should imply,"Initially, I thought we should spend this much, but now, upon further consideration, we should spend this much."

This statement started a fight. A fight!

"First you said this much, and then you said this much. I don't understand what reasoning was behind that statement."

Imagine this said aloud in a really snippy, b****y voice.

"Umm, I don't want to pay $i. I'd rather pay $n, because $i is one paycheck." Not too tough, right? You think that'd end that there, wouldn't you? (Yeah, this attitude is part of the problem. Bite me, it's my weblog. :P)

That's because you didn't factor pms into the equation, you silly prat. All bets are off when everything you say is objectible. I think she threatened not to move to SFO three times tonight.

Now, next time, when someone tells you not to look, you're going to take them at their word, aren't you? ;>

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