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prog ([personal profile] prog) wrote2003-04-10 01:24 am

international house of DUH

After an optimistic evening of sending mail to people with room-needed ads, I now find myself tossing and turning with second thoughts about the whole matter. It took awhile to realize that the relaxed vacancy rate applies to me, too; and lo, a quick check of the rental listings on bostonapartments.com shows lots of hits for this area, many of which are $1,000 or less. There is a lot of "available: now". Suddenly, looking for a 1BR with less than two months to go doesn't seem so insane anymore.

Maybe what put two and two together for me was a sushi dindin with M tonight wherein she off-handedly mentioned her intentions to get a 1BR in metro Boston somewhere by June, but hasn't started looking yet. M is one of the most responsible, do-no-wrong people I know when it comes to home management, so if she's not worried, then I wonder what I'm doing here... (I think I'll mail her, coz I don't think she reads this, yok yok)

My current landlords are coming over to inspect the place tomorrow (just to make sure we haven't trashed the joint), and I'll ask if I can have maybe another week before making a final-final decision. And I'll make some calls first thing in the morning, just to confirm that things are as they seem.

My Chinese astrological sign is the waffle.

Scallion p..waffles

[identity profile] magid.livejournal.com 2003-04-10 08:12 am (UTC)(link)
(Since I can't currently reply to Rikchik's comment directly....)

Scallion waffles sound good... dipping sauce on the side, or thickened and poured over the waffles?
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Re: Scallion p..waffles

[identity profile] rikchik.livejournal.com 2003-04-10 01:06 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd say thickened in a gravy boat, so you can pour them over or put them on the side. The ham-and-cheese waffles were with a dijon mustard / maple syrup mix. Yum. Scallion pancakes are usually with a dark sauce like soy, right?

Re: Scallion p..waffles

[identity profile] magid.livejournal.com 2003-04-11 07:40 am (UTC)(link)
The dipping sauce I last had with scallion pancakes was dark, a bit too salty (perhaps I'm used to low-sodium soy sauce?), with sesame seeds in it, and probably some sweetener, too. Easy enough to thicken with corn starch for pouring over waffles :-)