July 26, 2003
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Thanks for those forms Tiff! I assume your dad wrote the note about the fax, seeing as he sent it, but he signed his name as “Tiffi” which I found very funny b/c it was, in truth, your dad, and I’ve never seen you sign your name as “Tiffi.” It isn’t as funny if it really was you that sent it to me, but then I start laughing again when I think about the Elaine-dance-finger-pointing-dance-morphing-into-the-cardboard-dance. My god, we’re talented!
So for those of you who care, which is probably no one (except for maybe Tiffanie and a handful of other people who have nothing better to care about…where are your families?...MURDERERS!) Tiff and my desperate search to make our apartment livable has been full of both great successes and suicide-inducing failures.
Our successes include, managing to find basic furniture (e.g. desks, sofas, chairs), finding a way to get DSL (both thanks to Tiff!), and finding out that the bathrooms have shower doors and therefore don’t need curtains, saving me an estimated $14.95.
Our main failure is the fact that Tiff and I cannot get a freakin’ bunk bed! I called Cort furniture and they don’t rent bunk beds (damn them!), and the only other place that I found that rented bunk beds was Rent-A-Center who so magnanimously offered to rent us a bunk (with delivery/setup/pickup and mattresses included) for a low, low, BARGAIN BASEMENT PRICE of $20 A WEEK. Considering that Tiff and I will be needing this stuff for about 10 months, all we’ll be paying is $800! Hello? Am I missing something here? I refuse to pay $400 to rent a bunk bed!
So the only thing left to do is find another rental company (if such a company exists) or buy the bunk ourselves. I’m all for buying b/c we’d actually save about $200 each but if you haven’t noticed, Tiff and I aren’t exactly the strongest girls on the block, and we have NO WAY of getting the bed and mattresses to our apartment, and knowing us, we’ll probably have a few “minor mishaps” when we assemble the bed. Think Homer Simpson trying to assemble that outdoor BBQ grill…My sister said that we’ll probably be able to sell the furniture at the end of the year to other desperate USC students.
Let’s hope that it all turns out well.
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oh so the fact that i'm the first to read and comment is not enough, the comment has to be meaningful and supportive as well...why are girls so demanding?!?!?!? fussy fussy fussy!!
ok then, here is my support:
i shall help you lighten the load of your burden by offering my help (which means very little other than now you have a supervisor)
congrats on dsl, shower doors, and basic furniture. there must be another rental company in california or in the l.a. area. but if there isn't i definetely think you should buy bunk beds even if it does end up a work of art instead of a sleeping area. whipe out the phone book. good luck.
Dear Lor,
don't kill urself! Who am I gonna bug during econ... anyway yeah its gonna be 300-400 dollars! It'll be sooo fun! WE CAN GET U DRUNK! har har
Just buy the bunk beds! It'll end up cheaper in the long run - 'cause there's no way buying one will cost $800 and you can sell it at the end of the year or put it in storage for next year. If you buy from Ikea you can get them to deliver for like an extra $30 or something - that way you don't have to kill yourself getting it into the apartment.
There's also a place up on San Marino and Vermont, Tempo I think it's called, that sells ghetto furniture (black lacquer leopard, anyone?), but super cheap and they're really nice. They have bunk beds there (sans leopards). I bought a bed, coffee table and futon from them once and they delivered and assembled for free!
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