Life In the OC (That’s Oneida County)

So, my one yes for fifty no’s turned out to be a no, anyway.

It turns out that the people living here didn’t really want them to sell the house, for some odd reason. Whenever prospective buyers came by, the house was never cleaned. In fact, it was downright dirty. Anyone slightly interested quickly lost interest. The tenants even went as far as to discredit any good points brought up.

It’s not a bad house, really. If I could afford it (and if it were a little closer to work), I’d buy it.

So anyway, in the past two years, the tenants have slowly been building their own house. Just a few short months ago, they moved out, and my parents decided, “Since there’s no point in living in a trailer if we have a house, we should move back in, and we’ll rent out the trailer.”

You know what my parents did?

Since there was no point in living in a trailer, since they had a house, they moved back in, and rented out the trailer.

One month later, since my parents were still contractually obligated with a realtor, they allowed people to come and look at the house, after doing a nice, spiffy, clean up job.

Every person who looked at the house decided that they seriously wanted it, and made a serious offer. The only problem, now, was that my mother loved the house so much, she decided she wouldn’t take anything below asking price (which I’m not sure if I could mention here… don’t want to get in trouble, ya know ^_^). Anyway, that asking price was pretty high.

Finally, my mother came to her senses and realized why she was trying to sell the house. The mortgage payment was ridiculously high, and she just couldn’t afford it.

A nice, young couple came by to look at the house. Friends of the family. Apparently, people I went to grade school with (although I don’t remember them). My parents decided to sell the house to them for a lower asking price.

So, I’ve spent this past weekend helping my parents get ready to move, taking care of things that need to be taken care of…

Just doesn’t seem fair, ya know? Been back in the big, beautiful house for two months, and now it’s all going away again. My parents are moving in with my step-father’s father. After a few months, they’re going to try to find a new apartment for the tenants currently living in their trailer, then move back in there. With the money from the house, my parents are going to pay off the trailer and start working on major improvements to it. Adding rooms, making rooms bigger, so that real appliances can go in there.

Well, that’s the tale of woe and dread for the week. Dunno if I’ll be able to post next week or not, seeing as my parents won’t be here much longer. Guess I’ll actually have to get the internet at home…. then I won’t have an excuse not to write.

Here’s a clip:

Man, oh man. What a day. That Ryan Markle.

Here’s the setup. A few weeks back, I went to Buffalo to hang out with Ryan, for several reasons.

1. Ryan Was testing for his black belt in Kung Fu
2. The Greater Buffalo area has an IMAX theater, which was running the smash hit NASCAR 3D: The IMAX Experience.

Wow. That’s a lot of capitalization. Why didn’t I use the caps lock? Anyway, Ryan sent me an email with a Bio suggestion. A review of the movie. So, Ryan reviewed it, and um, I’m just gonna’ comment on it, left brain/right brain style. Plus, I just realized that if you say “smash hit” really fast, it sounds like your saying “Shit.”

Heh heh. Shit.