Three Points for Bleh

1. American Idol sucked last week and sucked again last night. I imagine that the finalists have advisers, but still they can't pick songs that highlight their own vocals.

2. After almost settling down on Springfield Apartments in Durham, I decided to do the proper consumer thing and check out ratings at www.apartmentratings.com. Springfield was not rated well, nor were most other complexes I was considering. There were many mentions of crime: car and apartment break-ins, drug deals, and armed robbery; complaints of ridiculous price increases after the end of your lease; complaints about management and the high turnover of management staff. I decided that safety was still my first concern, so instead of going for the low rent I will probably stay at a safer, gated, and more expensive complex with intruder alarms and individually locked garage parking. My mom said just take out more loans, it's the American way. Erik said it would probably only amount to $3000 extra in loans, and that's nothing.

3. I looked into internet access in Durham, and being a Duke student apparently gets you a discount, but you need a unique Duke ID. I figured I wouldn't be able to get that ID until orientation, which would be after move-in, and thus inconvenient. But I decided to look up my ID anyway, just for kicks. Turns out I'm already in the Duke online directory, and they've already assigned me an ID--and even an email address. I was so excited! And then I found out the discounted internet connection rate per month was $39.95. If that's called savings, then just slap me now.