From: Kseraph@aol.com Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 18:57:32 EDT Subject: not a re-introduction To: NYCgoth-L@necronomi.com Hi all, It's Seraph. I've been posting on and off...lurking a lot. Mainly I lurk because I no longer live in teh NYC area and feel less qualified. I hear things about the old scene here and there. I follow threads on this list some of the time. Sometimes I delete whole threads, just because they end up in my mailbox and i can. Is it me or do people often post to the list about not having roomates? Ya know, when I lived in NY I lived with my cousin. But even that got not so much good after a while as things sometimes do and now I am here...where I am. Merrieland. But, having had two roomates since being down here and having had them in the past, and having learned the Hell of apartment searching here or in NYC...I get the problem. NYC is one of the worst places to try finding a place to live, especially because if you are from out of town it is nearly impossible to get a decent amount of listings without going through some broker. And that just sucks money from people. I'd adore to move back to NYC, I tried to several times since leaving. But everytime I try the others I'm convincing to go there with me as roomates back out for decent enough reasons of their own. Now I really want to move, as vry recently I have learned yeta another younger sibling of mine is getting married and wil be moving toAlabama, of all wretched places next year...whee I won't get to see him. Plus my parents are having some "should we retire or re-locate?" issues of their own. It seems like the reason for moving here, to have familial support in all areas of my life (and I needed it at the time) is no longer much of a reason...as family is parting. My largest issue is that although I am *now* a responsible adult type person and not that hard to get along with (Imagine a PIB as your roommate who when not at work remians in their room writing and being generally quiet even when listening to doomy music or watching, old horror movies, cartoons or anime) I would have to get a new job in NYC before I could move because I don't have *that* much startup money that I can wait around getting a job. Looking for jobs is about my least favorite thing. But having gotten over the idealism somewhat I know I must be gainfully employed or I don't deserve a place of my own. Anyone got tips for someone looking for a job? Like, sources of job listings or whatnot? OK, I thought I'd try. Thanks anyway. (I can always go back to plan B: finding some way of becoming a trophy wife without making myself physically ill. Hey, my own mother suggested it, so you know she really beilieves in my own ability to support myself, eh?) I *hope* everyone detected the sarcasm there. Hey, this dark sense of humour is one of my gothier points! But, this is not an introduction. Either you know me or you don't. I could write a book on me and reading it wouldn't be a fair introduction for either of us. *smile* It's just small talk. How's the whether up there? And how's my networking? That bad, eh? Gomennasai! Yeah, I've taught myself all of ten words of Japanese watching anime subs, but that's better than I did in High School Spanish for three years. Um, how can I appologize profusely in Spanish? Um? I know De Nada is used in place of You're Welcome... So, enough of my small talk, that's all it is. Seraph