Staying in a fleabag motel. It’s exactly what I expected. I’m not delicate, I can take this for a while.
\nLooking for apartments/rooms on the internet. It’s exactly what I expected. It’s tougher in Portland, at least in LA I could use “can this person actually read and/or write” as a pretty effective screening mechanism, up here people are competent enough that that doesn’t narrow it down sufficiently.
\nOr I dunno maybe I’m spoiled. Should make a Socially Awkward Penguin: “CL ad doesn’t describe roommates? Might be terrible, don’t reply./Includes description close to but not exactly like me? Might be terrible, don’t reply.”
\nThere was an ad, they wanted no cats so I wasn’t eligible anyway, but their criteria included, like
\n* be LBGT-friendly
* be non-misogynistic and non-sexist
* have a sense of humor that’s not PC
* don’t be easily offended
And I guess it was in the spirit of “Just don’t be a tool, in any direction,” but it was hard not to take it as “we need you to fit a very particular sweet spot.”
\nWevs. I actually have a lead on a guy that sounds really decent, I’m meeting him tomorrow, hopefully that’ll work.
\nSoooo, people were like “ZOMG snowmageddon today!” and then there was some snow, and then it stopped. And the Portland subreddit was like “LOL snowmageddon” and I was like “LOL snowmageddon, let’s go for a walk.”
\nThree blocks? Hail.
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