Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: worried
  • Music: A Fine Frenzy, "Borrowed Time."

State of the blonde.

Well, here we go.

As many of you have no doubt heard, through one channel or another, I'm getting ready to move to the Seattle area. The move is becoming increasingly, terrifyingly real, and at this point, I'm not sure I could slow down the process if I tried. (Which is probably a good thing, because let's be honest here: if I thought I could slow down something this stressful, I very well might.)

As part of my prep, I am opening a short-term Patreon called The Toaster Project, which you can read about here. The formal launch will happen in late May/early June, but as physical rewards are limited, I wanted to give all y'all the first crack at claiming them. A banner image and welcome video and all that good stuff will be forthcoming. In the meantime, Tara made me some snazzy welcome images, and also there are cat pictures.

Hooray for cat pictures.
Tags: moving, short fiction, state of the blonde
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blueeowyn

April 14 2016, 16:59:32 UTC 1 year ago

I don't know how things work in Seattle but I know that the university where I work has a Surplus Property 'store' where old furniture, computers, etc. is sold. For the first week only university departments can buy, 2nd week-University people (fac/staff/students), etc. but after 4 weeks it becomes available to the public. They have had a lot of rather unique offerings but it may be stuff that you would love to have (I bought a set of heavy-duty china for my SIL) and while it isn't new, it is inexpensive and is likely to contain more of the things you would want in your situation (bookshelves, desks, chairs) than some of the thrift stores (which seem to focus on clothing).

faecat

April 14 2016, 18:04:22 UTC 1 year ago

UW does have such a thing, but it's not (IIRC) ongoing, it opens up like one or two days a month only. (Caveat: I moved out of Seattle in 2012, so my info may be outdated.)

blueeowyn

April 14 2016, 18:34:41 UTC 1 year ago

Other places that may (or may not) exist are Habitat Restore establishments. The Habitat for Humanity here has a store where they resell donations of household stuff (chairs, fixtures, countertops, tools, etc.) to support Habitat for Humanity.

I'm glad to hear that UW has a similar store, it makes so much sense. You can find some very odd stuff sometimes (card-catalogs, disco balls, etc.) as well as the more expected things (filing cabinets). Here at UMD they auction some pieces (buses, boats, etc.).

University surplus stores

axolotl9

April 15 2016, 00:33:42 UTC 1 year ago

are a godsend (I'm currently writing this on a computer purchased at UC Santa Cruz's "Savings Through Surplus" warehouse, as was my last computer, and the one before that... basically every computer I've owned since graduating from UCSC has come from the surplus store.)

Habitat for Humanity stores are cool but can be expensive for things like bookshelves and other furniture as they are, after all, trying to make money for their charity. They are more useful for fixtures like closet doors, plumbing of various sorts, and suchlike.