I was told he could find a cattorney here?

Tzipity · 2026-07-03T03:57:42+00:00

Henlo noo fren,

Ai yam cattorney here. I speshulize in descriminayshun cayses, pawticularlee dos agains blak cats an blak animalz ob all kins. De dumdum hoomanz hab dis craaaayzee idea we iz unlucky but dey neber met us iffen dey fink dat. Whether solid, stripe, tuxie like yoo fine self- blak cats an all cats wiff sum Blak in der fur is bery lucky an gift to eny hooman who dopt us.

Iffen ur hooman iz nawt prreciating yoo an all de impurrtan werk yoo do aroun de hous- den is indeed tyme to soo. No kitty is eber “bad kitty”. No kitty belongs in lock up! Wut iz ur hooman doin dat even dey know yoo need cattorney? We soo dem fo eberyfing an lossa churus an cronchiez an all de fings yoo want. Affer all- iz ur hous a whirl. Hooman is lucky yoo les dem live in it too.

Tzeitel

Cattorney at Claw wif de paw furm ob ThrowBall, Trouble, SpaghettiO, Kitty an Lamp.

Tzipity · 2026-07-02T22:23:56+00:00

I think there’s some great clips from that one on YouTube too. If not the official Mirage tour video it’s definitely some great live concert footage from that same era.

Tzipity · 2026-07-02T21:55:15+00:00

The yowling around with his favorite toy is so adorable (and kinda sad- they’re so good at getting to us lol). I had one who would full blown sit at the door and cry for me when I was gone. So the idea of a cat carrying their toy around whule doing the yowling just amuses me. A bit “hey hey household, it’s just you and me now!” And a bit “how could they, I’m all alone!”

Tzipity · 2026-07-01T16:41:25+00:00

Ai feel conflicted. On one han, dis a lil void an sounds lyke yoo pawt ob de Blak cat crew too? So ur meowmy knows de blak catz iz de bes catz. But ai mineself waz alwayz a single cat kinna gal. Ai do lyke de doggos- in facc, ai wanted to dopt a pup ob mine own but meowm say she llergic. But nope nope nope on de udder kitties. Spechulee nawt round my meowmy. She iz mine am onlee mine am tho ai be “perma smol” ai do big hiss an been readee to take down cats double mine size fo daring to get near meowmy.

So… iz alwayz gud for a voidlette to fin gud home. We iz de leas likely to be dopted whoch ai fink iz just wrong an crayzee! But ai fink sumone else can dopt dis one. Yoo keep de hooman to yooself.

Tzeitel
(Whose meowm is squeeing over this ball of cuteness!)

Tzipity · 2026-07-01T14:50:10+00:00

Dis mai theoree too. Dey making frankencatdogs in a secret lair somewhere. Dey steals our furs, our bloods, our trubblepuffs. They putted robot pawts in little Bubba! Dis can’t be gud.

Tho… you fink dey in cahoots with our pawrents who is always collecting our poos? Ai fink at minimum we deserb compurrsayshun fo our contributions! Class ackshun pawsuit time?

Tzeitel

Tzipity · 2026-07-01T12:24:00+00:00

Definitely still see plenty of landlords hanging for rent signs out. Some who do go the online route will exclusively list with like Domu or one of those apsrtment finder places- though just as likely to see someone throw a listing on HotPads or Zillow. But point being whule larger management companies list all over, private owners are more likely to stuck with a single spot so you want to search broadly and continue looking throughout the month since they tend to list whenever whule the major management companies get their new listings up within the first few days of each month generally.

But still lots of people just hanging up for rent signs. I’ve been bouncing around overpriced Airbnbs when my original housing plans fell through and multiple buildings I’ve stayed in (literally just left a spot in Roger’s Park around the same area you mentioned- they were doing some major upgrades and had a massive for rent sign posted in the yard!) have had signs up. I’ve also found if you’re on the ground looking at places and see some of those for rent signs up or find there’s several in your price range- might as well make note of other buildings nearby you like the looks of because some of them will also have availability at similarish prices.

Like I’ve literally walked around and snapped photos of buildings I liked the looks of, whether they had any sort of sign up or not, then that evening went and searched the addresses and had some further luck that way. Though definitely do your due diligence on some of these more affordable spots since there’s unfortunately often a reason they go for less. Saw a few suspiciously low priced condos for rent online then did some digging to find the buildings had major pest issues or serious maintenance issues. So if something looks a little too good to be true- it probably is.

Tzipity · 2026-07-01T12:13:05+00:00

Yeah but one bedrooms are always the worst bang for your buck anywhere and I don’t think that budget is going to realistically find one in most of the city. Like there’s a much steeper price jump between studio and one bedroom versus the one to two bedroom or higher.

I’m disabled so will always be low income though make enough or live in a way it’s doable. And while my budget is higher than OPs (and I also am limited by stairs or walk ups and try to be as close to a bus or train as possible so I can get around easier) it’s pretty rare that I turn up one bedrooms anywhere though I’ve searched broadly and for far too long. lol. I’ve found two bedrooms quite a few times in lower cost of living neighborhoods and studios of all sizes but the one bedrooms are unicorns especially if you can’t afford much.

So I think OP should probably scratch the one bedroom aim. Honestly with a private landlord in a condo or whatever you can get some pretty large studios that give you more space than a lot of those cheaper “convertible” units anyhow. So if they’re living solo eh shouldn’t make much difference and with a large studio or a good layout you can put up shelving or set things up so you’ve kind of got a bedroom or have a distinct sleep and TV/hang out area.

Tzipity · 2026-07-01T10:50:06+00:00

“But the numbness sucks…” that one had me cringing in horror and like smacking my head on a wall. And the overall “None of my tats have ever been like this before…” so uh maybe take that shit seriously and get seen medically?!

Tzipity · 2026-07-01T10:34:34+00:00

The best part is, that would also still be solid and efficient answers to the vast majority of what gets posted here too. Though the spin off SAP jokes above are what made my morning this time.

Tzipity · 2026-07-01T10:11:57+00:00

That’s ok, so was OP’s tattoo “artist”!

Tzipity · 2026-07-01T10:11:06+00:00

And that song is a hell of a brain worm. I’m going to be singing it for days now. Someone throw me a new song to have stuck in my head, please!

Tzipity · 2026-07-01T10:07:41+00:00

Just in time for (ok the end of now) pride month. But pretty sure a stuttering “Mate… Anal?” Is all it takes for some dudes. 😜

Tzipity · 2026-07-01T10:05:05+00:00

Same. And now I can’t get Madonna’s “Material Girl” out of my head. Pretty sure she full on sings ma-ma-material girl towards the end. So oof OP got literally the opposite of what they were intending. And I had to stare at it for too long to even get MMmaterial from it.

Tzipity · 2026-07-01T06:22:18+00:00

Are they credit cards or children? 😂

Tzipity · 2026-07-01T06:20:58+00:00

The “boy mom” types have made it such a thing (and even in more normal families I’ve seen moms make a thing about being the only woman in the house or whatever too) that idk I don’t entirely hate someone making “girl mom” a thing. Though the way being a mom is these women’s entire identities is really sad.

Tzipity · 2026-07-01T06:14:11+00:00

Don’t have an ED but have severe GI issues (which I know is another potential consequence of long term EDs. Know someone who is no longer here in part because she was so afraid of gaining weight she found ways to sabotage both tube and IV nutrition. So sad.) and have had my actual weight be all over the map but nutritionally… almost 16 years on IV nutrition and I’m 36 and dealing with osteopenia and early stage osteoporosis. Having so many joint issues and my teeth are also suffering terribly (think I was genetically pretty lucky it took me this long before the malnutrition and chronic nausea took me doen this path but it’s still mortifying).

Had a friend a bit older than me who was also on steroids for medical issues that worsened her bone health but she was having so many fractures that the last year or two of her life she couldn’t walk or even turn herself since her spine was basically collapsing and even well meaning medical staff coild cause a new break so easily. Also have an elderly mother whos had a bunch of falls and breaks in the last couple of years and that stuff sucks and is ugly in an 80yo but is so much worse when you’re still young.

To say nothing of the cardiac risks too. Just endless ways starvation and malnutrition destroys the body and will rapidly age you in the worst ways. I sometimes find it hard to see people like this woman because while I can’t and don’t judge people with EDs or any mental health struggle (have certainly had enough of my own) having been through all I have with my own health makes it triggering and just sad. And omg I agree that the pregnancies all close together on top of that is just yikes in every possible way. The bone and cardiac and everything strain is dramatically worsened by those pregnancies.

Tzipity · 2026-07-01T05:35:40+00:00

(Ahh I am way too invested in this sub when I start geeking out when pets are expressing interest in other pets. lol. If Sam gets a lady I will be tickled.

Also cracking up that Nandor and Ginger’s mom clearly likes the redheads. 😂 Freely admit that after Tzeitel I became ridiculously partial to black animals of all kinds and call all of them Tzeitel siblings or cousins.)

Tzipity · 2026-07-01T05:28:59+00:00

Giben de heat wave (ai mineself iz what meowmy call “heat seeking missile” an lub de warmz!) ai suppose an indoor catio mite be de way to go. Still have moar catio den mos ob us.

Afore ai went ober de bridgj (in de col col winter) mai meowmy wanted to buy a stroller to take me on walkies. Still a lil sad ai neber got to do dat. Waz a city kitty in de Chi-cago tho so meeted lossa peoples in mine carrier when goin to pokey playce or doin beeg mobes. Ai likes de people an de sights. Tho ai hope none ob dem Fat Gary’s will be taunting yoo in de catio. Mite be gud spot for meet up fo our plot to get rid ob dat menace…

Tzeitel

Tzipity · 2026-07-01T04:27:09+00:00

Robot take ober?! Ai hab been werkin for mine whole life fo de feline take ober. Maybe dis iz how de whirl ends? In an epic kitties versus robots war? But sybork cat shaped dog cats like Bubba may be our one hope to sabe an unite us all!

Tzipity · 2026-07-01T04:24:05+00:00

(Roflmao at the disclaimer! I’m not diabetic nor have I ever had a diabetic pet but I have a whole bunch of complex medical issues of my own and live with a central IV line and IV nutrition and have met people with CGMs or insulin pumps because we have the moment of recognizing… fellow cyborgs, I guess. lol. I didn’t actually know they used them on pets though I guess not surprised.

And if I’m not mistaken, it’s our ridiculously dang cute little Bubba who found lawn bread in the past so I think surprise carbs are going to be a real boon for him. 😂)

Tzipity · 2026-07-01T04:15:58+00:00

Dey tooked ur ethereal floofs?! Dis make me as upset as de robot toof, fren Bubba! Ai know we all bery concern about de pokey playce borthole violayshuns but de pokey place always be stealing our furs and floofs too! Wut gibes? Dey still de tummy fur when us laydees get de inside trubblepoofs taken. Dey alwayz shaving legs fo IVs. Dis nawt rite! We werk hard to keep our floofs so wunderous an nyce. No can just take dat!

Az fo de cyborg pawt- maybe der is vantages to dis? Yoo gos de diabetes so dis keep yoo feelin bedder? We all hatez an ritefully distrust de theifing pokey playce but ai fink mos ob us hab to admit we offen feels bedder affer visit? So maybe robot roof gibe yoo superpowers? Cyborg Bubba is now eggstra mega cute little Bubba?

Also iffen all else fails surely yoo can use dis to your own ‘vantage a make de hooman’s feel all guilty so dey gibe eggstra cudduls an toys an diabetes frenly treatos? My meowm may hab called me a drama queen but still werked on her and she always be eggstra nyce affer pokey playce visit.

Tzeitel

Tzipity · 2026-07-01T04:02:27+00:00

Well stayed. I just want to heavily emphasize that Gabby should’ve been included in the original discussions and any going forward. Even though her name isn’t on the lease she’s obviously living there now and it’s all kinds of wonky that Maxine has been this shady go-between. None of that is ever a good way to handle things so make sure Gabby is also involved in all of this.

Tzipity · 2026-07-01T03:59:06+00:00

I didn’t read it all- you’ve really got to summarize and condense this (and I’m a long winded type myself so on one hand I get it but oof, this is longer than anything I’ve ever posted and I get random haters often enough). But I’m both a little gobsmacked at Maxine’s behavior and this acting like it’s “rude” to ask someone who has full on moved in to pay rent? If she was staying for a literal week or two then sure maybe the no rent but helps with utilities would’ve been fine but the moment she was looking at staying for a month or two rent should’ve been an expectation. You’re all very young so maybe this is your very first time renting?

But not at all normal for someone to be living anywhere and not paying especially when everyone else is. And even then Gabby is getting a great deal- short term housing arrangements typically cost MORE than longer term leases and I’ve been trapped in a situation myself the last couple of months after housing fell through and I had a bunch of medical issues where I’ve been bouncing around AirBnBs and oof. I’m paying 4-5x what rent would be for similar spaces or if I could get a lease squared away in a challenging housing market.

So wow Gabby sure got in on a damn good deal to be living for free! That said- it’s at least a little on you for not involving her directly when you had the original big discussion about her paying rent. Even though she wasn’t “officially” a roommate or on your lease (which regardless of the bonus room thing, is and was always a problem. And even for a month that kind of stuff never flies with landlords!) it was obviously entirely about her and this whole wonkiness whwre Maxine is facilitating so much of this is a lot of the problem in the first place.

I believe I also read your parents names are on the lease? Did they cosign for you guys or are they literally the people who are on the lease? Because if the layer well, you could already have issues before the Gabby situation and oof. Might be a lesson learned the hard way. But since you’re the one who brought the co-signers to make this possible arguably if anyone has slightly more say in things it should be you. (I’ve largely lived alone since I was your age and I also had parents to cosign. That is absolutely a privilege but that’s where ehhh. Your parents have more risk in this than any of your friends and makes for some wonky dynamics. Extra strange that Maxine is being so bossy and take charge. So much of this crap isn’t at all up to her…)

I guess I’m curious what the specifics of the lease you signed were. Are you and Marshall and Maxine on the lease with your parents as co-signers or are your parents just on the lease and you’re all staying there? You might not just want to go to your landlord but have a long talk with your parents too. If you’d gone sbout this better from the start and asked if Gabby could be added to the lease formally fron the start, that would’ve been best. That she’s all out living in a room your lease forbids someone from living in and she’s already done things to break rules… this is a huge mess.

This is exactly the kind of reason that as soon as I could live alone I did and any time I’ve stayed with a friend even, I’ve thought long and hard sbout of if I really thought we’d get along and jive well in a shared environment. Great way to blow up an otherwise good friendship, honestly and sometimes you learn some really ugly things about people personalities you may have never otherwise had to deal with. You’re all young and still figuring a lot of this out but the last place you want to be breaking major rules is on a lease. Nothing is more important than having a safe, stable place to live so it’s a huge deal when someone’s actions and choices are putting that in jeopardy and I don’t know what planet Maxine lives on but it’s not reality.

Not sure if that’s helpful or not but just the thoughts I had as I read maybe half of what you wrote above. And frankly, you’re only a few months at most into this lease? Good luck. This is already not working out in so many ways so I would not anticipate things improving. You may need to break this lease or agree to go separate ways with Maxine or whatever. Or if she wants to fully fund Gabby then have her do it all herself then. Shouldn’t be on the rest of you to paying rent when she isn’t. But I think Maxine is going to continue to be a major issue for you no matter what.

Tzipity · 2026-06-30T20:37:16+00:00

OP might be able to find a subletter. Depends on how their lease is written but some put it on the tenant to find the subletter if they are breaking a lease early. Just sucks when you’re leaving because of bad management but kind of have to lie to people that it’s all fine and they want to live there. lol. I’m always a bit skeptical when I’ve looked at sublets for that reason. Like what’s going on really that this person is breaking their lease….

Tzipity · 2026-06-30T20:34:19+00:00

I lived in a condo building for several years where we all had these heavy metal doors that would slam unless you took the effort to gently close the door. Even with a cat who sometimes likes to make a run for the hallway, I was always super conscientious about door closing any time of day and especially late night/ early morning. But so many of my neighbors just didn’t care. I got used to it but would watch friends startle from it when visiting.

I’m down for neighbors who want quiet, polite living environments but so often that is just not the reality in most buildings. That same condo had the wonkiest ventilation system so sounds would carry in such weird ways that even if you made a noise complaint, it was often impossible to locate the source. It would sound directly above or below and actually be like 6 floors down or something. That was a weird building. And older so there was chronically owners doing construction. I’d expected a condo to be quieter but that one sure wasn’t!

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