Ranting to /dev/null

That and $200 will get you a cup of coffee

Today I made a day trip to NYC where I put my name in on an awesome little apartment on the corner of W. 115th St. and Manhattan Ave. Today I fax over an entirely bogus amount of documents to finalize the lease. As I'm a student and am not currently making 40x rent, I need a guarantor. This will be my dad. If his tax returns, bank statements, and last few pay stubs didn't show that he is making more than 80x rent, he would need to send a letter from a CPA indicating that he does make 40x rent and is financially stable.

From the map, it looks as if I'm only two blocks from school, literally a walk in the park. Well, kind of. It is true that Columbia is just across Morningside Park from my apartment, but it's also true that it's a good eight or so story climb up the escarpment to get there. Most of the walkways in the park are steps. If I wanted to bike, I'd have to go south to 110th, then west to Amsterdam, and from there up the hill to school.

The apartment itself is pretty small, but oddly enough only a little smaller than the apartment I was in in Chattanooga. It's only one room, which limits the number of things you can do with the space, but that room is probably 10x17. It's got its own bathroom which is considerably larger than my previous digs. Its also got water that is actually really hot, which will be a nice change. However, the place only has one window, and that looks out at the little courtyard through which you enter the building. Scenic it ain't, and there won't be much of a breeze. It's also on the ground floor, which isn't exactly ideal. Sure, it's easy to get in and out, but that means it's easy for people I don't necessarily want visiting me to get in and out. I'm about 10 blocks from the center of Harlem.

So I guess this is for real then. I've got an apartment in Manhattan.