that's one fickle pickle

In a carousel shift with a Weathersby, an O'Rourke and a Renton, another name took the prize for today.

Dasher.

A couple named their little boy Dasher. He was a cute little bastard. A cocked baseball hat covering a mop of sandy brown hair and a smile a year wide. He was happy to be a vibrant 4-year old. Of course that is going to go to shit the day after Thanksgiving in his first grade class. That's about the year when kids turn into mean little assholes. I am sure EVERY SINGLE KID in his class is going to point out his parents named after a reindeer....and not even the most important one! Somewhere there is a therapist who can count on buying a new Porsche or two once poor little Dasher steps foot in his office. If you think Dr. Seuss created a Grinch, make sure to check in with Dasher when he turns 15.

I am asking all the parents out there once again...STOP SCREWING UP YOUR KIDS BY TRYING TO OUTDO OTHER ASSHOLE PARENTS!!!!!!!!!

if your circumstances change, call me

Finally got our lease renewal proposal. I did not see it until after the leasing office closed. I sent a rebuttal. Not as in depth as last years masterpiece but told them I had a full list of reasons as to why we should debate the new rate. I did not want to take the time to type it all out if ultimately they had a rate in mind regardless of my brilliant reasoning. (sidebar-it states in our lease we need to give a 30-day notice if we decide to move....but you can drop your renewal on us 4 days before that 30-day notice deadline? That's obnoxious. They pulled the same bullshit last year. If it takes a couple days to negotiate how in the piss I am able to find a new place to live AND give a 30 day notice in the ONE DAY I have left????)

Our original move in rate was $990. That included a $20 bump for the kitties. We renewed in April 2021 for $1034. Not too bad. Then the building was sold. With our next renewal (August 2022) the new slumlords wanted to raise it to $1375 plus $40 in monthly attachments (cat, amenties, trash, pest services). I talked then down to $1225 plus monthly. The new proposal was again $1375. I had them rewove the cat fee as both of the kids have left us. I did not mention Maxwell J. because fuck'em. Thought I could save a buck but then found out the 'amenities' fee went up $20. Damn. My offer was a base of $1275 plus monthlies. I do not want to pay more than $100 more a month. That leaves us room as a $100 bump would put us at $1325/plus. With luck they well counter with $1300 and I can walk out a winner. Right now, according to the website, the rental for this apartment starts at over $1400. That's not ridiculous it's