Actually it's an academic job so I couldn't really rise the ranks that quickly. And I'd be living in Manhattan and commuting to work about an hour out on train. So yeah. I don't know...I've lived the poor life for a long time and it's starting to wear on me. But I really appreciate your help!!

Ok that sounds like a good plan. Thanks for giving me some figures. And I totally forgot about transportation since I hardly pay for that now but I would be taking the train to work. Thanks for being so helpful!

Yeah...I figured. :(

I don't want to say this sounds shady, but if I was asking someone who is really just an acquaintance for a $500 loan I would make it explicitly clear when I would be able to pay it back (even if it was in installments) and I would DEFINITELY NOT text. This is more of a face to face conversation or at the very least…

Does anyone want to give me some sort of ballpark figure on how much would be a good salary to live comfortably in New York? I just got a job offer and I'm not sure how to figure out whether or not the salary is enough. I don't mean "comfortable" as a euphamism for "wealthy." I mean I'd like to have a decent apartment…

When I was still a young graduate student I set up an online survey that guaranteed that each participant was paid a certain amount of money if they completed the survey. To this day I am positive I set it up so that only a certain number of participants could take it (therefore guaranteeing only spending a certain…

O_O whoa.

That's how I felt about Arrested Development. But I love Community. You can just never tell with these things.

Haters gonna hate. I mean, I think any blog has reached significance when someone really hates it right?

You are my hero. I love you. I feel like shit right now.

I don't know if they use the squat rack or if they push the mid-levelers to the squat rack. All I know is I spend a lot more time waiting for everything. I'm actually a certified Zumba instructor so maybe I should just take advantage and actually start teaching classes!

That's true I should definitely be mad at the gyms since they're overselling their occupancy. I'll try and go when it's always least crowded, Sunday evenings and weekday mid-mornings. Thankfully I have a flexible schedule.

Mmhmmm...my motto is pretty much the same: "If you look good, you're doing it wrong." I am SO not looking forward to the January craziness at my gym. I feel like a complete bitch because I should be supportive of these people who want to get healthy, but I'm not. I want them out of my squat rack!

I actually think it would be even more meaningful if the mass shooting was someone who WASN'T identified as a genetically likely mass shooter. Instead it would be someone who found out they had escaped and became so paranoid that one was in his vicinity (like at a mall or something you see him start looking at…

Ohhhhh....I like it. How appropriate.

I have so much hate for this idea I can't even put it into words. What I WILL say is that this sets the scene for a pretty kickass sci-fi movie where people are locked up in a mental ward because they have the "mass shooter" gene. There's an awesome love story (likely same sex because most of the genetic defects will…

She's definitely the most normal and probably the most successful. She's also my fave so I might be a little biased. ;)

You can get drunk at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter?!! I'm SOLD.

And also to those guys who are around who might not be an ex but you know he WOULD be because it would never, ever work out. I'm just going to leave this here:

You and me....we should be friends.