we've worked on the house for a full year now, and in the next couple weeks, the paperwork will be all down. we'll own our house. it's been a bit rough--the house has neither heat nor AC, so we've been roughing it since we moved in last november. we also haven't had internet, and have had to beg from friends (which, haha, seems to be the fastest way to deduce who actually likes you, and who is only nice in public because they think they have to be. ouch). however, the radiator system will be fully functional by this coming winter, we have a renter to help with the bills, and now that things are calming down, we'll be able to afford internet

so, we've been house-hunting for at least four or five months now. some of our friends think we're insane--we're young, we're artists, we can barely feed ourselves. but those are actually precisely the reasons we've been house-hunting. my husband's wages have not been rising, but the costs of rent and food have been. in a fit of despair and daydreaming, i decided to look at some houses online--and stumbled across a foreclosed home that was absolutely darling. the website it was listed on happened to list, in addition to the price, what that price equaled in monthly mortgage+insurance costs. it was half what we were paying in rent. and being

on deviantart: ~GoldDragonfly (https://www.deviantart.com/golddragonfly) has started a contest to show support for the iranian protesters. all the entries will be compiled into a youtube video (recalling that web 2.0 IS both their voice and ears right now), and the best couple will receive deviantart subscriptions. you don't have to do some amazing work of art--just make an image that tells the protesters you hear them and you care. on twitter: ----do not retweet the names or accounts of iranians.---- incorrect. bad meme is bad. read here for a proper education: http://several.amplify.com/2009/06/20/why-rt-iran-or-rt-from-iran-doesnt-do-what-you-think-it-does/ change your t