The place has its ups and downs, and not quite the same as we remembered viewing it the first time, but not in an overt way, and is certainly livable.
Probably the biggest up slash down side is that the boyfriend and I live at an intersection where two out of the four corners have fast food restaurants, with two additional greasy food joints within a block radius.
"Hey, do you know which box has the coffee filters in it? Eh, fuck it. Let's just grab breakfast at Burger King."
Fortunately, it's hip to be round, and pretty soon I'm going to be the hippest I've ever been.
Here lies a most ridiculous raw youth, indulging himself in the literary graces that he once vowed to eschew. Now he just rocks out.