Watching this clip of how police drug kits react to soap, but not detergents makes me want to change over to using organic soaps like Dr. Bronner's from now on. Unfortunately, I'm not sure if I can afford to do so, because Dr. Bronner's costs about $2.50 a bar instead of $6 for a twelve pack of Dial or Lever.

Obviously, this is part of continuing effort to eat more simply -- ie less packaged food and less eating out. Part of it is I want to consume less resources with my diet and part of it is I want to eat more healthfully. I've even considered trying the 100 mile diet, but after looking into it, I think that is something that is more easily accomplished by people who have a car and can drive out to farms -- and probably ones who don't have 9-to-5 office jobs.

Moving downcounty will hopefully make it easier for me to get to the farmer's markets more often, and cut down on some on taxis -- they cost too much, but sometimes they're the only way to get home if I visit my friends on the weekends.
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I got home a bit early today, and was able to talk to an actual manager-type person at the my apartment's office.

I got *three* repeats of "we're trying to raise the rent of current residents to the market rate that we charge new tenants". That's their justification for raising the rent 11%.

When I pointed out that when I had received a renewal letter in error in December, and *that* had only stated my rent would go up $20, she said "well, rates fluctuate all the time -- we're raising our rate to reflect the current market price" and "we're legally allowed to raise rents 30%".

Uhm, if the current market price of this place is $1,300 a month, then a lot of people should be investing in townhomes and condos, because the local ones go for about $1,400/month. And you'd have a lot more control over the place.

So I'm definitely moving. I've got find a place -- looking near Takoma, Silver Spring, and Forest Glen Metro stations, though other suggested areas in MD near public tranportation would be helpful -- and a mover, since I'm not asking my friends to help me move again. It was awful in July last time, it will be awful again. I can pay some strapping young men to haul boxes; I'll just ask my friends to help me weed out the extraneous stuff that I should get rid of -- clothes I don't wear, books that I don't read, things like that.
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