Archive for June 2009
How to Move Out When You Have No Idea What You’re Doing, Part 3
Posted by: Jess on: June 29, 2009
Armed with my arsenal of questions and goals, I began my hunt for an apartment. The place I had most success, actually, was Craigslist. I tried local newspapers and other rental sites, but everything I found was either way out of my budget or in bad neighborhoods. (You still may want to try those sites [...]
Do You Remember The Time?
Posted by: Jaimie on: June 29, 2009
Until I was ten years old I thought that Michael Jackson was a white woman singer. He had a high voice and a pony tail so I thought his name was Michelle. My father raised me on Jackson 5 songs. However I was a young child listening to other children and I didn’t understand the [...]
Wouldn’t It Be Nice
Posted by: Jaimie on: June 29, 2009
I used to dream of being an academy award winning actress. Anytime I was in a place I didn’t want to be or doing something I found boring my mind would wonder off to big celebrity parties with my date of what ever heart throb I was crushing on at the time in toe. I [...]
Math Sucks
Posted by: Jaimie on: June 27, 2009
Through out the course of my life people have consistently told me to be more confident and that if I believe in my self I can achieve anything. It’s true that positive self esteem is a beneficial trait to have, however I seem to get into a lot more trouble for having too high expectations [...]
Then the Morning Comes
Posted by: Jaimie on: June 26, 2009
When I first started working at my current job I found out quickly that my assumptions had been right about working third shift. I was more alert and it took me a lot less time to learn things than it had at other jobs. I was right to be confident about my productivity during the [...]
Vampires Will Never Hurt You
Posted by: Jaimie on: June 25, 2009
At the current moment vampires are HUGE. They’re topping the New York Times bestsellers list, they’re winning Emmys, vampires are everywhere. This is one trend that I can get on board with because I kinda feel like I am one. Don’t get me wrong I’m not one of these goth people that are saving up [...]
How to Move Out When You Have No Idea What You’re Doing, Part 2
Posted by: Jess on: June 25, 2009
When I graduated, they gave all the graduates this neat little booklet going over all the life-after-college stuff (taxes, retirement plans, credit cards, job hunting, etc.). It included a list of typical abbreviations used in apartment ads and things to ask and look out for when hunting. Very useful stuff. (alri.org has a good list [...]
How to Move Out When You Have No Idea What You’re Doing, Part 1
Posted by: Jess on: June 25, 2009
The most important goal I had after graduating was moving out of my family’s house. I was a little behind in getting myself prepared for that. During college, a lot of my friends were already living in apartments off campus and had decent part time jobs. They already had one foot out the door. Me, [...]
I Have to Change to Stay the Same: Jess’s Intro
Posted by: Jess on: June 25, 2009
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Now that Jaimie has introduced herself, let me introduce myself—my name is Jess, also 25, and originally from the Jersey shore. My mantra for years has been, “Don’t do what your family did.” I love my mother dearly, but she made a lot of financial mistakes throughout her life that I don’t ever want to [...]
My So Called Life: Jaimie’s Intro
Posted by: Jaimie on: June 21, 2009
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Currently I am 25 and I live in Northeast Philadelphia with five room mates who share my DNA. In other words I still live with my parents. I’m not living here to save money. I’m living here because I spent my college years in denial, and ended up $100,000 dollars in student loan debt. I [...]
