The King of Pop Michael Jackson, cardiac arrest, R.I.P. 6/25/2009. What a sad day.

We wheeled and dealed and came to a middle point and we just bought a place!!! Closing on the 27th of July!!! Loring Park!!! Downtown view!!! ZOMG

It's out!!! I currently have the original iPhone (from 2007, yeah... I got ripped off $599), will more than likely be upgrading to the 3GS sometime in July since that's when my current contract is up and I'm eligible for the upgrade price of $299 for 32GB!!!

Just updated my current phone to 3.0 OS so I can get a little preview of what to expect. The Apple site sure is pumping me up for the 3GS though, shooting video and editing at the same time will be hilarious!

http://www.textsfromlastnight.com/

My new favorite website, LOL, I can't stop reading everything! It's better than FML because EVERYTHING is funny!!!

(216): Where the fuck is Rob at, he hasnt answered his phone in like 2 weeks.
(440): Dude Rob died 2 weeks ago wtf?
(216): Holy shit r u serious? How?
(440): Just kidding, but im pretty sure he boned your gf and doesnt want to talk to you.

ROOOOOOOOFL

(612): I found a pair of size 15 female undies on my floor?? is that big?

612 that one's MINNESOTA LOOOL

So, my girlfriend and I are looking for our first place together, we never knew it was so complicated.

We're interested in a condominium in a highrise but even in the current market the condo prices are still ridiculous. Also, due to the current market, there are a lot more buyers (so we're told) so there is still a decent amount of competition. The interest rates are low, around the high 4% to low 5%'s.

Our issue currently is whether we want to spend more than 250k+ on a new condo in a new building with lots of great amenities or go for an older condo that was originally an apartment with very little amenities for around 160k or lower. Several sides are telling us to just look into a nice house instead of going for downtown because we will regret buying a place like this when we are older and we will want a house when the time comes. I still love condos and really want to be around the 20th floor facing downtown or landscape view from downtown. I think the feeling of waking up every morning to see an amazing view like that is almost priceless, but money is money, and a huge mortgage is not very appealing.

We're not looking to make money off of buying real estate, just a nice place for the both of us to live and to have friends over. We do however, want to make sure we retain some money in the place we live after we decide to sell the place which is why we don't want to rent, but... after finding out about association fees + taxes it's about the same as rent on top of a mortgage we're paying more than even renting for 20 years.

We're currently at the crossroads of offering for the higher priced unit in a new building, an older building, possibly looking into a small house (more sqft for the money), or even renting instead for a couple years. I'm not sure what's going to happen, but we're running out of time as we're on a deadline to close on a place and move in by the end of July.

I have this song stuck in my head... it's been in there for quite some time now...

Maybe I'll be posting a lot more again soon...