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sutlers is rewatching Weiß Kreuz - the show featuring the ur-Bishounen of the Apocalypse - reviewing it, and posting screenshots. AWESOME. Episode 1. Episode 2.

This is Aya, our hero and resident pain-filled past stoic angstbucket. His weapon is a... snnnk... katana. He is voiced by Koyasu Takehito, who is the genius behind this show. Who also dyes and cuts his hair like this character. Which makes Weiß the single most awesome and nonsensical Mary Sue fantasy ever.

In other news, almost human today. Was stir-crazy so went to look at a new apartment complex five minutes from work. Fell in love with an apartment with an ATTACHED GARAGE. Also, they have TRASH PICKUP five days a week - you put it outside your door and SOMEONE MAKES IT GO AWAY. Let me repeat that: SOMEONE MAKES THE TRASH GO AWAY. Disgraced myself with a horrible coughing attack in the office - this is after sucking down cough suppressant and mainlining cough drops all day, but that's the way my colds go. Went home, talked it over with Mom, and tomorrow I shall go back and slap my money down. Especially because THEY ARE WILLING TO HOLD IT FOR ME UNTIL JUNE. I don't have to pay ANYTHING. And the first month's rent is free, so I can spend June slowly moving in and not having to pay rent on two apartments at the same time. Yay. It's a new complex, so I'm the first person to live in this apartment.

If you go to this page and scroll down to the One Bedroom A2 (the official name of this floorplan, according to the brochure, is 'Taliesin,' which I know how to pronounce, as I spent a semester in Wales). That is the non-garage version of the floorplan, from the third floor. The garage version of the floorplan, on the second floor, has a chunk taken out of the dining room that is a stairway going down to the garage and the MASSIVE AMOUNT OF STORAGE SPACE on the first floor. Also, the apartment I toured does not ahvbe that weird niche in the bedroom, but does have a strange slightly smaller and higher window placed where the niche would be if it were on the third floor. There is also a chunk taken out of the walk-in closet there for the stairwell, but that's OK because did I mention the MASSIVE AMOUNT OF STORAGE SPACE downstairs attached to the garage? The kitchen is all black and stainless steel and makes me feel like I should be on HGTV. I'm going to take my zoot-zoot* and a pencil and make them let me into an empty apartment to measure it tomorrow, as the floorplan here is not actually to any scale known to man and the bedroom door is not where it appears to be on this plan.

* Fmaily-speak for "tape measure".

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O.O SRS APARTMENT ENVY!

wow. Total score! ^__^ Congrats!

He's welcome to it! XD I have to think hard to come up with the real name for it, since we've been calling it a zoot-zoot for so long.

It's properly pronounced while making pulling motions with your hands, as if you're pulling the tape measure in and out of the case, because all words should have an interpretive dance accompaniment.

It's properly pronounced while making pulling motions with your hands, as if you're pulling the tape measure in and out of the case, because all words should have an interpretive dance accompaniment.

Yes, I could tell already! It's like functional onomatopoeia.

I LOVE THIS APARTMENT. I have to downsize even farther, because while it's got about the same amount of square footage as my current apartment, the living spaces are smaller because the kitchen and bathroom are almost TWICE THE SIZE of my current ones. O.O O THE SACRIFICE. I'm going to measure the GIGANTO GARDEN TUB tomorrow and see if I can get one of those things that holds soap and the book you're reading that fits across the tub.

And the cat can have endless hours of entertainment hurtling up and down the staircase in the middle of the night!

Oh my...Weis...which I did not know the proper name of until well after I watched it, but that's not the point.

I can't wait for the part where the girl identical to real!Aya shows up and crusshed on Mr, Emo Sibling Complex...

I know much envy over the apartment.

There's all sorts of Weiss crack that I've completely forgotten about since it's been, like, a decade since I've seen them. XD

Eeeeeeeeee, apartment!

Looks pretty good, and no previous renters = WIN. (Staircase? Where? I see no staircase... *is confused*)

And WK is teh crack, and will always be so.

That's the version of the floorplan from the third floor, without the garage attached, so no staircase. In the garage version, the stairs start just to your left as you enter the front door, and a chunk of the dining room and part of the closet is taken out to make the stairwell.

Aa sou desu ka. I was wondering, since you mentioned the fun that the cat would have there. XD

And the best part is that as you reach the bottom of the stairs and the door to the garage is in front of you, to your left is a big niche you can use for storage. And when you step through the door, to your right is the space for the car and to your left is a huge space with more storage.

Woot. Storage is of The Good. Quite worth losing part of the closet for, since it sounds like you wind up with more storage overall. :D

Yup! Apparently you're supposed to store your bikes in that area (it'll fit a *lot* of bikes...), and if I decided to go ahead and buy a bike, I'm just far enough from campus that it's worth biking. I'm just a wee bit too far to walk, as I am an American. Well, and as the weather is often 90°+ here and I don't wish to arrive at work soaked in sweat.

Yeah, I know that feeling. I actually am within even American walking distances of work, and have yet to walk there. So far, it's either too cold, too hot, or I'm running too far behind to get to work in time if I don't use the car. XD

I ought to park in the remote lot on the east side of campus, where I am am, because it is a less than five minute walk*, But instead I make sure to get to campus before 8AM, to park in the lot next to the library.

* And yet everyone waits for the shuttle bus. When I walked back to my car on Wednesday, which was parked in that lot because I got in late, I passed the shuttle bus going into the lot where it stops and waits to pick people up, and when I got to the lot where my car was, I walked in front of the shuttle moments after it came to a stop to let off the people it had picked up when I was walking by it earlier. GAH.

That would be because people are laaaaazy. I should know, I'm one of them - although unless the weather is really nasty, I'd rather deal with the walk than the passengers on the bus. ;)

Wow, the apartment sounds great! I hope it works out great for you.

[worrywart] I was warned that new houses are great, because, well, they're new! But that sometimes they have kinks that need to be worked out. [/worrywart]

There's always going to be problems of one sort or another. That's a given. But it's a new complex that doesn't yet have the problems of uncaring management.

My then-bf (now husband) and I moved in together into a brand-new apartment complex. It was a fabulous complex (similar to this one). Then winter came, and the shower would inexplicably go ice-cold while a person was in it. Turns out, the apartment was water-heated (or something), and it was hooked up wrong so that when the heater came on it stole all the hot water. They fixed it pretty easily. And our fridge went tits-up after a couple of months, but that was fixed pretty quickly as well. They opened the unrented apartment across the hall so we could use that fridge while they replaced our fridge.

This sounds soo great. I bought my flat in a house which is only seven years old and there's a real difference to flats I've lived in before (of the 20 to 30 year old house variety). I'm the second owner, but the first one rented it out, so no idea how many people have lived here before.

The only thing which comes to my mind you might want to check is how thick your ceiling is, so you won't get disturbed by your neighbours like you have been.

It's amazing how much inbuilt storage you have. They just don't do that here, you have to bring your own shelves. I've got one dedicated storage room off the hallway and that's it. Okay I've got a larger room in the community cellar, too and we have a community room for our washing machines and dryers down there, too.

Storage space sells things here - if you watch House Hunters and shows like that on HGTV, everyone's looking for storage space, because apparently America is populated by packrats.

On those shows, you also see people living in a 2700-square-foot house say they're moving because the house is too small, which makes me all O.O.

I wish it sold it here, too. Another question: is that all real wood or are they doing mdf with veneer furniture?

Is the complex built out of wood or bricks? I have that nebulous stereotype that except for office buildings, etc. you guys don't build in stone (brick or concrete) which is VERY different from my part of Germany.

Some people will never have enough space ^^.

They're proud of their wood-framed mirrors in the bathroom, but as they tout their "faux wood" flooring in the brochure, I have my doubts about the cabinetry. But I could be wrong.

The complex is brick, with concrete bits. Probably mostly concrete with just an outer cladding of brick. There's a tiny photo of the exterior of one of the buildings here (http://lincolnapts.com/communities/dsp_SearchResults.cfm?CommuID=1268&pageSubNavigationID=FeaturesServices), at the bottom. My building looks exactly like that, except that instead of a green lawn and pathway on one side, I've got the complex's driveway on both sides, and there's garages instead of apartments on the bottom floor of my unit.

Ah, another stereotype laid to rest. RIP.

The house my mom lives in currently happens to have cedar planking! But the one she just bought has brick. XD

The wood content depends a lot on the age of the house. Old Victorians, turn-of-the-century houses, and cheap older houses tend to be wood, while new developments tend to build in brick.

ETA: Ironically, someone on my f-list just posted photos of her house (http://badnoodles.livejournal.com/254399.html). This is pretty much an average house, barring fluctuations in styles of windows, doors, and colors, that's been built in the last 30 or so years around here. Scale it up to get a McMansion.

looks a lot like my exchange-partner's house in Whitefish Bay, Milwaukee, although they had a two-floor building.

Nice apartment! Does it come with a washer/dryer or just the hook-ups?

Just the hook-ups, but as I already own a washer and dryer, it's perfect. :) I measured the w/d closet today, and mine will fit no problem.

dfgkjlfg! WEISS XD Wow, that one was one of my anime 'gateway drugs' XD

Helicopter/katana OTP!

I know! XD

That's a fabulous-sounding apartment! ^_^

Woo, new apartment!

Moving: traumatic, yet strangely fun! ~~Assuming you, like me, enjoy arranging furniture.~~ Good luck!

Part of my reason for going to it today and measuring was so I could mess about with scale models of my furniture and figure out what I'm going to have to do. XD

YAY!

How DO you pronounce Taliesin?

tally-ESS-in, basically. :)

I can take possession on June 2nd. If you fly back late, you can come with me and see it. :D

On the apartment...

*looks at site*

NIIIIIIIIICE. Pricey, but that's worth the money if you have that much storage space.

Glad you've found something. Apartment-hunting is hell. (I should know, I'm still trying to find a 2/2 that won't a: kill me on rent even with a roommate, b: put me at risk of getting shot. USF is right next to one of the worst areas in Tampa.)

The price is also due to the location: in the historical district and a five-minute drive from downtown. :)

I could get much larger for the same price, or a townhouse or a house, if I were willing to keep my current commute time, but I'm tired of having to drive on a highway to get to work.

Also, good to hear you're getting better. Bad colds suck. Also, keep taking anti-histamines for a week or so -- it'll prevent your nose from continuing to drip once all the other symptoms are gone.

GARBAGE PICKUP IS THE BEST THING EVER. And damn, that plan looks nice. Yay!

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