BORING_PEOPLE Chat 5, Part 1 [08.07.10]

This entry is allowed to have non-aligned tags. Cast of Characters, in Order of Appearance angelcerv25, AKA Angel (angelcerv25) me, AKA Leslie (glowing_dragon) Flagrant3D3lict0, AKA Chandi (amigone) AmethystBrackish, AKA Kat (brackishkitten) Mikaela, AKA embryogirl julieiskeygrace, AKA Julie (keygrace) NyquilSteve317, AKA Steve (nyquilsteve317) PrettyKitty51015, AKA Lauren (laurentums) [18:28:57] angelcerv21: hello?? [18:29:05] angelcerv21: alena? [18:32:24] AlenaBrolxFlami: hey, I was on the phone - seeing INCEPTION tonight instead of tomorrow [18:32:38] angelcerv21: i heard it is good, are you leaving then? [18:34:58] AlenaBrolxFlami: soon-ish [18:35:05] angelcerv21: ok [18:35:11] angelcerv21: are you going with friends? [18:36:07] AlenaBrolxFlami: yes - leaving now to catch the 7:30 show [18:36:17] angelcerv21: ok [18:36:19] angelcerv21: see ya [18:43:01] *** Flagrant3D3lict0 has joined the chat. [18:43:07] Flagrant3D3lict0: hi? [18:43:14] angelcerv21: hi! [18:43:20] Flagrant3D3lict0: huzzah! This works! [18:43:36] angelcerv21: yeah, it's pretty easy [18:43:49] angelcerv21: who are you on BP, what's your name there? [18:43:58] angelcerv21: or LJ in general, I guess [18:44:03] Flagrant3D3lict0: amigone [18:44:09] angelcerv21: i remember you [18:44:12] Flagrant3D3lict0: I don't post a lot. [18:44:34] Flagrant3D3lict0: brb [18:44:36] angelcerv21: is flagrant3D3lict0 your AIM sn? [18:44:37] angelcerv21: ok [18:45:11] *** AmethystBrackish has joined the chat. [18:45:52] AmethystBrackish: Hello, all [18:45:59] angelcerv21: hey hey [18:46:15] angelcerv21: just me and one other right now [18:46:25] angelcerv21: alena left to go see Inception (glowing_dragon) [18:46:25] Flagrant3D3lict0: It is my AIM SN [18:46:29] angelcerv21: ok [18:46:35] angelcerv21: i'll add you to my buddy list [18:46:39] AmethystBrackish: I just downloaded Inception [18:46:43] angelcerv21: hahahaha [18:46:45] Flagrant3D3lict0: I had to get a new one just now - it wouldn't accept the password for my old one. [18:46:45] AmethystBrackish: I'm going to jail [18:46:48] angelcerv21: you should tell her that [18:46:51] angelcerv21: hahahaha [18:47:08] angelcerv21: have you ever been to jail? [18:47:11] *** guaaaache has joined the chat. [18:47:26] AmethystBrackish: Nope, know plenty of people who have [18:47:36] angelcerv21: hey guaaaache [18:47:49] angelcerv21: what were their crimes? [18:47:53] guaaaache: hey, just saw your boring_people post if you want to add me again? [18:48:02] angelcerv21: yeah, i got you in [18:48:09] guaaaache: sweet [18:48:36] guaaaache: when does this chat usually die out? [18:48:37] AmethystBrackish: er, robbery, couple of drug ones in there, prostitution [18:48:52] angelcerv21: i' [18:48:57] angelcerv21: i've been to jail, too [18:49:03] angelcerv21: but not as an adult [18:49:20] angelcerv21: dies out when people get tired and want to go to bed [18:49:27] angelcerv21: some nights we're here for hours as people come and go [18:50:32] angelcerv21: bothers me that prostitution is illegal... if anything, they need to unionize [18:50:40] guaaaache: yeah, the last two times, I've come at around 3 PM (my time - so around 10 PM your time), and there was no one here [18:50:41] AmethystBrackish: Lol [18:50:43] Flagrant3D3lict0: Ok. back :-) [18:50:46] angelcerv21: cool [18:50:57] angelcerv21: what time is it for you all? [18:51:02] angelcerv21: for me, it is 6:50 [18:51:08] Flagrant3D3lict0: 1950 [18:51:18] guaaaache: 11:50 AM... I just woke up, so feeling guilty and lazy [18:51:22] angelcerv21: that's...7:50? [18:51:26] Flagrant3D3lict0: Ya, sorry. [18:51:34] angelcerv21: hahaha, i think i have my military time down [18:51:36] AmethystBrackish: 9:50 [18:51:41] Flagrant3D3lict0: habit from work. that's what it says on my computer. [18:51:47] angelcerv21: ah [18:51:50] angelcerv21: you're at work? [18:51:52] Flagrant3D3lict0: we have to chart using military time. [18:51:52] guaaaache: I type in 24hr time too :-) [18:51:53] Flagrant3D3lict0: Nope. [18:52:03] angelcerv21: oh ok [18:52:13] angelcerv21: are you in the military? [18:52:16] Flagrant3D3lict0: weekend off! Anniversary with the wife (bisexual married to a woman here) [18:52:23] Flagrant3D3lict0: Hell no. I work at a hospice. [18:52:32] angelcerv21: i'm trying to get a job at one of those [18:52:36] angelcerv21: but as a clerical aide [18:52:39] Flagrant3D3lict0: It's the best job I've ever had. [18:52:46] Flagrant3D3lict0: I'm a CNA. [18:52:48] angelcerv21: my interview went great [18:52:51] guaaaache: I need to find a job... [18:52:58] angelcerv21: it sucks trying to find one [18:53:10] guaaaache: I haven't been trying, but I believe you [18:53:17] angelcerv21: i had an interview yesterday for a job I don't really want...i'd rather have the hospice clerical aide one [18:53:31] angelcerv21: but i posted about that, I think [18:53:35] angelcerv21: or maybe that was just in my journal [18:53:40] angelcerv21: i lose track [18:53:51] guaaaache: I'm thinking the best I can do is maybe work nights in a pizza place [18:53:58] guaaaache: I'm restricted to nights, but I totally can't work in a bar or anything [18:53:58] angelcerv21: peaceful [18:54:02] angelcerv21: oh my God, pizza [18:54:04] Flagrant3D3lict0: how come just nights? [18:54:07] angelcerv21: sounds delicious [18:54:09] AmethystBrackish: I'm still trying to type out that "If you really knew me" entry... [18:54:14] angelcerv21: nights are the best times to work [18:54:32] angelcerv21: i started my autobiography on LJ...some folks remember that [18:54:38] guaaaache: Just nights because I go to uni 3 and half days during the week [18:54:45] angelcerv21: if i get going, i'll go and go and go [18:54:56] Flagrant3D3lict0: I hear ya. [18:55:05] angelcerv21: i have nine parts so far [18:55:08] angelcerv21: all very long [18:55:10] angelcerv21: saved to my journal [18:55:11] guaaaache: I'd rather not work, to be honest. I just want to concentrate on study [18:55:15] angelcerv21: me too [18:55:16] Flagrant3D3lict0: when I worked in gyne surgery, I did nights. But I had to stop when I started school. [18:55:18] guaaaache: but being poor sucks [18:55:19] angelcerv21: but my gf left me [18:55:22] Flagrant3D3lict0: the nights killed me. [18:55:25] angelcerv21: i have to find an income, and get out [18:55:45] guaaaache: I have an income from the government, but it's not nearly enough [18:55:51] guaaaache: it might change one day, but not right now [18:55:52] angelcerv21: what kind of income? [18:56:10] guaaaache: student allowance for studying full time [18:56:26] guaaaache: I shouldn't even complain since most people can't even get it... the criteria is kind of ridiculous and it's hard to qualify [18:57:18] Flagrant3D3lict0: Where do you live? [18:57:28] guaaaache: Sydney, Australia. You? [18:57:55] Flagrant3D3lict0: Calgary, Canada [18:58:17] Flagrant3D3lict0: My wife and I met an Aussie yesterday at the hostel we stayed at for our anniversary [18:58:33] Flagrant3D3lict0: I knew it the moment he said 'mozzie." [18:58:34] guaaaache: Where were they from exactly? do you know? [18:58:39] guaaaache: haha, mozzie [18:58:39] Flagrant3D3lict0: I don't. [18:58:50] angelcerv21: i get financial aid through the US gov't [18:58:56] angelcerv21: but it's not enough to live on [18:59:14] guaaaache: maybe from the country [18:59:18] angelcerv21: it covers tuition and books, and it's hard to qualify for grants you don't have to pay back [18:59:29] angelcerv21: i got a scholarship this year [18:59:52] Flagrant3D3lict0: I got lucky that my loans covered my tuition, and I got some grants due to the crazy this year too. [19:00:06] guaaaache: seems like it's like all financial aid from the government is at the bare minimum [19:00:07] Flagrant3D3lict0: which means I can take time off during exams. I'm horribly unproductive when I'm overstressed. [19:00:21] guaaaache: I pay well over half of the money I get on rent alone... I really think they should take that kind of thing into consideration [19:00:21] guaaaache: one size doesn't fit all [19:00:23] angelcerv21: i get 125 in disability, but i've learned i probably qualify for a lot more [19:00:33] angelcerv21: yeah, i know [19:00:59] angelcerv21: but then you have repukes bitching about the gov't helping and supporting people, the way they bitch about welfare while at the same time decrying abortion [19:01:06] Flagrant3D3lict0: In Canada, they do - I had my landlord fill out a form [19:01:25] guaaaache: if I lived in the country, I could probably live more comfortably, but I live in one of the most expensive cities in the country [19:01:27] angelcerv21: how can you be anti-abortion, yet not willing to front the welfare to cover the costs of all those unwanted babies? A conundrum [19:01:43] guaaaache: yeah, everyone hates the unemployed here, and thinks students should just have to work [19:01:50] angelcerv21: Canada is awesome... i want to become a citizen there so bad [19:01:53] guaaaache: yeah, I really don't get it either, angel [19:01:58] angelcerv21: i would gladly renounce my American citizenship [19:02:35] angelcerv21: i just hate people so much and how much they make no sense [19:02:44] guaaaache: I want to go to Canada and speak French to people... I don't actually know anything about Canada :-( [19:02:59] angelcerv21: so easy to hate and bitch and point the finger, sitting in judgement of others instead of helping them when they need it the most [19:03:28] guaaaache: what I hate most is apathy [19:03:29] angelcerv21: where do you live? [19:03:46] angelcerv21: yeah, apathy is dangerous, just like Republican conservatism [19:03:55] AmethystBrackish: I would love to live anywhere but where I'm at now [19:04:43] angelcerv21: where does everyone live? I'm in Spokane, Washington [19:04:55] guaaaache: we're going to vote later this month, and all the people bitching and complaining don't even know how the political system works... it pisses me off. [19:04:57] angelcerv21: wow [19:05:02] guaaaache: they think it's like America [19:05:02] Flagrant3D3lict0: Spokane! That's a road trip from me! :d [19:05:02] angelcerv21: i keep up to date as much as i can on that stuff [19:05:04] angelcerv21: really? [19:05:04] angelcerv21: where are you? [19:05:05] Flagrant3D3lict0: I'm in Calgary, AB [19:05:05] angelcerv21: I've been there! [19:05:05] Flagrant3D3lict0: Spokane is... 10-ish hours? [19:05:05] AmethystBrackish: (suburb of) Philly, PA [19:05:06] angelcerv21: long time ago now... [19:05:06] angelcerv21: yeah, about [19:05:08] Flagrant3D3lict0: awesome. I love driving the mountains. [19:05:25] angelcerv21: good ol' Rockies [19:05:28] Flagrant3D3lict0: my wife and I spent the night in Radium Hot Springs - we went hiking along the Kootenay Highway :-D [19:05:37] angelcerv21: hop and a skip [19:05:47] AmethystBrackish: no Jump? [19:05:51] angelcerv21: Spokane has one thing going for it... living affordability [19:05:59] Flagrant3D3lict0: is it affordable? [19:06:06] angelcerv21: you can get studios for 200 or 300 a month, no utilities [19:06:17] angelcerv21: that's what i need now... but job first, then apartment [19:06:24] Flagrant3D3lict0: nice! [19:06:33] angelcerv21: however, there is a shortage of low income housing [19:06:47] Flagrant3D3lict0: you can't rent a room in my city for less than 500 [19:06:48] AmethystBrackish: you can get a cardboard box for that much here >_> [19:07:04] angelcerv21: Spokane did a terrible thing about four years ago...three apartment buildings in western downtown were shuttered, and hundreds of people displaced with nowhere to go [19:07:16] angelcerv21: the low income housing bracket rises, but the housing itself shrinks [19:07:51] guaaaache: you pay your rent by month in the US? [19:07:51] guaaaache: haha, at first I was thinking: "wow! that's really expensive!" [19:08:00] angelcerv21: lots of places have high costs of living... Spokane has some issues like that too in some respects [19:08:08] angelcerv21: our food prices keep going up, up, up [19:08:16] angelcerv21: then people bitch about all those forced on to food stamps [19:08:23] angelcerv21: i'm like, what the fuck did you expect? [19:08:34] angelcerv21: yes, by month [19:08:50] angelcerv21: most people have leases [19:08:55] angelcerv21: i live in a month to month [19:09:19] angelcerv21: our cigarettes cost an arm and a leg too, but i found a loophole - pipe tobacco [19:09:34] angelcerv21: i spend maybe 30 bucks a month on my smokes [19:09:38] angelcerv21: rolling my own [19:09:39] AmethystBrackish: I quit smoking about 2 months ago [19:09:42] angelcerv21: wow [19:09:43] angelcerv21: recent [19:09:44] guaaaache: if you want to get an idea of how expensive it is to live here, I pay roughly $580 a month for a room roughly the size of a tissue box... and this is unusually cheap for the area I'm in [19:09:44] guaaaache: okay, it's bigger than a tissue box [19:09:45] guaaaache: it's probably about 8 feet long [19:09:52] Flagrant3D3lict0: wow. [19:10:03] angelcerv21: big cities cost a lot [19:10:10] angelcerv21: Seattle is like that [19:10:16] angelcerv21: Spokane is a medium city [19:10:27] angelcerv21: it has this weird small town mentality [19:10:58] angelcerv21: such a nightlife though, assuming you're over 21 with money [19:11:04] angelcerv21: it was thronging last night... i was in it [19:11:06] Flagrant3D3lict0: I liked Seattle. [19:11:17] angelcerv21: i will miss living downtown, i don't think i could afford to by myself [19:11:17] AmethystBrackish: Around here, a decent 1-bedroom apartment is about $700 - $800 [19:11:26] guaaaache: i hate the taste of the tobacco you roll yourself :-( [19:11:27] angelcerv21: damn [19:11:33] angelcerv21: oh, i love it [19:11:45] angelcerv21: i smoke a filter cigarette, and i'm like this is gross [19:11:51] angelcerv21: but my tobacco is pure, too [19:11:57] angelcerv21: golden harvest is the brand [19:12:08] angelcerv21: hate the filter taste [19:12:19] Flagrant3D3lict0: I can't imagine smoking, having watched so many people die from diseases related to it. You're all free to choose, but it's totally not for me. [19:12:27] angelcerv21: see 700 or so between 2 people, not so bad [19:12:47] angelcerv21: it's becoming more popular to guilt-trip those who smoke [19:12:58] angelcerv21: therefore, as a matter of principle, i refuse to quit [19:13:20] AmethystBrackish: I used to smoke Newports. I got sick and decided it was more important to breathe, plus I hate the "just licked an ashtray" taste in my mouth in the morning [19:13:25] angelcerv21: i miss weed... it's been 6 days [19:13:34] Flagrant3D3lict0: I hope you weren't implying that I was guilt-tripping you. [19:13:35] angelcerv21: ew, Newports... hahahaha [19:13:41] angelcerv21: no, i'm not [19:13:43] Flagrant3D3lict0: Good :-) [19:14:03] AmethystBrackish: Lol. Newports are the popular brand around here [19:14:30] angelcerv21: i think if it's socially acceptable to heckle a smoker.... can I heckle you if you're obese? that is just as, if not more so, as dangerous to your health [19:15:02] angelcerv21: i tried menthol back when i was like 17... it made my throat itch after i was done smoking [19:15:10] guaaaache: if I wanted to get a 2-bedroom apartment in this same area I live in right now, it would cost $500 for one week's rent [19:15:10] guaaaache: that's the norm for this area [19:15:10] guaaaache: you'd have to get much further from the city for that to come right down [19:15:10] guaaaache: an extra 15 minutes west might slash $50-$100 off, but not much more than that [19:15:13] angelcerv21: but again, filters in general leave a gross taste [19:15:14] guaaaache: studio apartments around here are usually about $350 (again, per week) [19:15:30] guaaaache: I smoke menthols, so there's not much of an ashy taste afterwards [19:15:36] angelcerv21: week?? [19:15:41] angelcerv21: damn [19:15:46] guaaaache: just saying, I'm not suggesting you take it up again [19:15:59] AmethystBrackish: holy shit, a week? [19:16:03] angelcerv21: do you want to move farther out? [19:16:10] angelcerv21: or would that leave you too far from school? [19:16:28] angelcerv21: God, a week... i can't believe they don't just blatantly say 2000 a month... [19:17:11] AmethystBrackish: fuck that noise. You can get a decent house that you will eventually own for just over $1000 a month [19:17:24] angelcerv21: pretty much [19:17:37] angelcerv21: my friend Mike bought a 2-bedroom house for 500 a month [19:18:10] angelcerv21: it is tiny, though... like a spacious two-bedroom apt [19:18:26] angelcerv21: i've decided i don't want to own a house [19:18:28] angelcerv21: ever [19:18:36] guaaaache: we just generally quote rent by weeks here [19:18:36] guaaaache: 500 a month would be completely unheard of here [19:18:36] guaaaache: I wouldn't mind moving a little further west, actually [19:18:49] angelcerv21: would it be cheaper? [19:18:50] AmethystBrackish: My boyfriend's aunt bought a house from an auction for about $1000, fixed it for another $2000, and now I don't think they pay a mortgage [19:18:53] angelcerv21: at least you live alone [19:18:57] guaaaache: I actually already live about half an hour from my uni, so it wouldn't make a huge difference in travel time [19:18:59] guaaaache: I don't want to live near my uni because the area bores me, has no train stations, and is even more expensive than here [19:19:16] angelcerv21: yeah, my uni is a half hour away... i take the bus [19:19:25] angelcerv21: but the route is being threatened [19:21:43] guaaaache: I don't live alone, lol [19:21:43] guaaaache: I live with like 8 other people [19:21:43] guaaaache: my uni is huge. I don't understand why they don't build a train station there. it would be used by thousands of people per day [19:21:44] guaaaache: the public transport system is kind of ridiculous here, though... because everything is always revolving around the city centre [19:21:44] *** guaaaache has left the chat. [19:22:47] angelcerv21: aw, she left [19:22:58] angelcerv21: 8 people in a studio? [19:23:00] Flagrant3D3lict0: awww [19:23:23] angelcerv21: that leaves three of us [19:23:44] Flagrant3D3lict0: oh well :-)