Vancouver Meetup

[evisu 2000]

surrey is not as bad as people still, but it's still really really shitty!

[evisu 2000]

and it's 3 zones away!

[U MAD]

also skytrain doesn't really go there unless you live next to scott rd station which is a shit area. if you live in New WEst or Burnaby along the skytrain line that wouldn't be so bad though.

[NESK]

i have family in surrey that i havnt seen in 20 years. if i havnt gone there yet, im certainly not starting now.

[emfa123]

are you wanting to be close to downtown?

try lonsdale, it's only a seabus ride away and it's probably cheaper than renting downtown?

[NESK]

im pretty set on gastown or chinatown. kits is my failsafe. craigslist is wack for vancouver, btw. i gotta find a better source.

[lucky_cloud]

Dude, go to Commercial Drive. Stuff is still pretty cheap there and you can hop the 99 or the skytrain wherever. I used to live there, it was nice. Great grocery stores. Now I live on Main Street. Pretty brutal competition for places here, but still cheaper than downtown. I only pay $500/mo, though I share with another dude.

Jobwise, I'd be surprised if J&O or Roden Gray were hiring, but if you have restaurant experience, then you should totally capitalize on that. Retail sucks anyway. I have THREE retail jobs and I'm still poor as shit.

[U MAD]

J&O's blog still says they're hiring, I always go in there with the intent of asking if they'll hire me but that store is so freakin boring. I enjoy my deli work more than that.

There is a phone number for a basement suite for $690 in my school, I haven't checked the details but I'll check it out.

[Quinnskimo]

Currently in the Audio/Video industry--mostly residential whole-house systems, including high end theaters and house automation. I basically have 2 jobs--doing marketing and installation work when needed.

http://www.digitechcustom.net/

I plan on either sticking in this industry or, if possible, moving into some sort of forward thinking energy-related job, ideally. If anybody sees anything similar during their search, I'd love you forever you PM me with some info.

[mr fluffernutter]

diamonds, you have restaurant experience? i could import my tradition of getting supergays busboy jobs out here. tips = jawn koppage. ask homi and hocus pocus. we pretty much tipped them out in paypal currency.

only experience i have is with electronics retail, graphic design

i applied at roden grey but i doubt i'll get called.

dunno what 2 do,

[NESK]

i cant see roden hiring right now, but doesnt some dudes on here work there?

j&o is pretty decent, i like that neighborhood. is that main (mount pleasant)?

[U MAD]

yeah the store sucks dick though.

[BeauIXI]

^ It's better than most, consider the alternatives..

[U MAD]

ok you're right it's better than roden gray.

[lucky_cloud]

roden gray's spring pickups look pretty good. i've never disliked j+o. their markups are pretty high, though, and their sales don't go that low.

the girls there are nice.

[U MAD]

the girl with the glasses is kind of thick but the manager kim (I think) is cool. they're nice though. I never ever see anything I like in there.

Roden Gray is like half Nice Collective and there's that god awful heat lamp. My favourite store is easily Gravity Pope.

[RaymondChiu]

yo nesk, get rocky down here

we'll complete that homo trifecta

[BeauIXI]

I love the smell of Komakino, and the employees know what the fuck they're talking about, but Gravitypope is a good place considering price, service, decor. Haven't been to Roden Gray recently.. Nice Collective?

[lucky_cloud]

the girl with the glasses is kind of thick but the manager kim (I think) is cool. they're nice though. I never ever see anything I like in there.

You don't like Engineered Garments, Band of Outsiders, Acne, or Robert Geller? Rachel Comey? Hyden Hoo? Hope? I can't afford to shop there much, but I love their stock.

And the girl with glasses seems ditzy, but she runs the LES gallery down on Powell and her boyfriend owns Superchampion (the track bike store). She's a player. She's also really sweet and interesting if you get to know her.

[BeauIXI]

^Aren't there two girls with glasses? I think the one you're talking about is the chatty one who gets to know you on a personal level. The other one, when I was like "I don't think I'm gonna' buy this" demanded to know why not. I was pretty distressed.

[NESK]

raymond - take all homo requests to the toronto thread. sexual invites must pass clopeks inspection.

btw, where you workin at? ima come holla at you soon.

do vancouver peeps ever gang up and get blind drunk? i havnt been wasted since i landed. this problem needs to be adressed. whens alexs bday?

[NESK]

cloud, that was you i met today right?

[lucky_cloud]

yup, that was me. good to meet you!

BeauXI: I think we were indeed talking about two different girls. Not sure if I know the one you mean, but I don't think I want to meet her.

[larssss]

do vancouver peeps ever gang up and get blind drunk? i havnt been wasted since i landed. this problem needs to be adressed. whens alexs bday?

no we don't, at least not together.

this does need to be addressed.

[NESK]

lars, do you work at zulu? or does someone here work there?

[larssss]

that would be lucky as well, he works everywhere.

[NESK]

crazy talk.

[U MAD]

You don't like Engineered Garments, Band of Outsiders, Acne, or Robert Geller? Rachel Comey? Hyden Hoo? Hope? I can't afford to shop there much, but I love their stock.

it's just half nice collective and a lot of the geller is cruddy. you could do worse but I still don't like it. Also I do a big HEH at the thought of buying Wings and Horns there.

[LAMPREYS]

the vancouver sun classifieds suck moose nuts. im trying to avoid living in kitslano but it appears i wont have much luck finding anything else in my price range as quickly as i can find stuff here. which is strange since ive been told its the most expensive place to live other than waterfront downtown area. whateves.

i pay $870 for a one bedroom on Commercial Drive, it seems far from downtown but i'm 3 blocks from the train so it's about 10 minutes to granville station. 10-15 minutes on a bike gets you to downtown as well, its pretty convenient and a nice neighborhood though the dreadlock level is a bit fuckin disturbing

[Quinnskimo]

that's not so bad. definitely doable if I can find a job. i will be in canada by 2012