Writer Sprout

Saturday, October 29, 2005

Little of this, little of that

Fancy squash.

Perusing Union Square Green Market.

Still at Union Square Green Market.

Clearly my boyfriend has eating issues. (This is as far as he got.)

Great new (& cheap) brunch locale. We deserved this laidback morning (vanilla milkshake & extra cheese included) more than I can possibly express. I don't much feel like writing about the new job, but as I mentioned, it's been rather hellish. I don't care how much $$ I'm making; it's not worth 10-hour days/shot evenings. If I don't have the post-work energy to make a little fun... Also, there's the fact that we're staring a pretty dire sublet situation in the face. Without going into grave detail (we'll save that for the memoirs, S!), in the last couple of weeks, we've learned that a) we walked into a sublet once removed (dude who's subletting to us is subletting from another); b) not a cent of our prepaid rent has yet to make it into landlord-hands; c) our neighbor, guy who's handling the sublet logistics for his friend (leaseholder who's really not) is, along w/ said leaseholder, is making a good deal of $$ off us (the apt, clearly in a rent-stabilized complex, is valued at a mere $850/month); d) by default, we *owe* over $900 in back bills to ConEd, and if the bill isn't taken care of yesterday, off goes the power (it's almost November, blankets shmankets); and e) if we don't get out soon, we may find ourselves enmeshed in some pretty icky legal proceedings (no, we didn't open his mail, we simply held it up to the window). There's more, but that's the gist of it.

So as I said, a drawn-out brunch was justified. Not that we talked about much outside of the above... Anyhow, a dear and resourceful friend will be consulted in depth later tonight. By tomorrow our game plan should be clear. Go team! Wish us luck, folks.

Jennifer Garner, the latest addition to the family and a recent Chinatown purchase. Thanks, N, for your means.