Today’s JEFbot is more or less accurate: I really did move just a few buildings over from where Michael (the Cornfather) and I had lived. It’s not for lack of trying – I wanted a less expensive place so looked for apartments in The Valley and further east into Hollywood, but when the listing for the new apartment opened up a couple weeks before I was set to move, I couldn’t resist. It wasn’t exactly cheap, but it was in a neighborhood I already loved and moving wouldn’t be quite as difficult since it was so close. …Or so I thought.
First?
yep! and as such, you just achieved the Shades of Firsting, Brad! wear them well – they might just help you find a new dwelling when you’re in need (even if it’s right under your nose):
😎
Woohoo! My first and likely last Shades of Firsting! The competition for them is just too intense for me.
I have to admit, the bot / Cornfather strips are my favorites. I love the interactions between the two, the playfulness, the teasing – and the strips always find a way to defy expectation. Great stuff!
thanks, Brad, and congrats on your first Firsting!
glad you like the interplay between the Cornfather and jefbot – as you can see, even though they won’t be living together anymore, they’ll still find time for silly antics. 🙂
I…but…it…why did you rent the moving van?!
for the movers, Joe! also, as in Real Life, the question was posed as to whether loading up the truck made more sense than carrying/dollying the boxes over without it and it was decided that, yes – loading up the truck and doing everything all at once was more efficient than dollying the boxes to the new apartment one load at a time.
Ah…now it makes sense. I’ve never had professional movers on any of my moves. I imagine they make for a smoother transition.
most defintely, Joe – avoiding the inevitable back and neck sprains, pulled muscles and exhaustion of friends, family and myself is worth the extra $$$, imho.
Has to be the fewest number of comments I’ve ever seen on a jeffbot page…
give it time, Archtus! the strip had only been up for < 30 minutes when you commented.
*yawn stretch*
We haven’t even gotten up yet! The Exhaulted one posts at like 3 AM my time.
*yawwwnn* <- caught your yawn when i saw it onscreen, Pixie!
*yawwn*
Dammit, that’s what you get for still being awake at 5:40AM, then getting up at 11…
Ever heard of…… walking? Might have save a few bucks for comic books or something. Just saying. 😀
i definitely couldn’t have done it by myself, TCG. (you’ll see what i mean in the next strip!)
Poor Corn Father! I bet now’s the time he wishes Bot still didn’t use his car, but then he’d probably get stuck in it again.
true dat, Nat. i wonder if the Cornfather would get stuck in the BOTmobile 2.0 that replaced the original one in RL? i don’t think he’s ridden in it, yet.
Speaking of BOTmobile, at the mall I saw someone who had an old black Cadillac and turned it into a Bat mobile. The headrests were in the shape of batman’s helmet. I was speechless. <3 (:
oOoohh… that’s pretty awesome. i wonder what i’d need to do to make my new car more BOTmobile-esque. maybe jefbot’s tee-logo on the hood? green trim? random, triangular, hair tufts?
Some angry scarf racing stripes?
ha! i like it, 52pickup! if i had the time, i’d have to mock-up these new additions to my car, methinks. 🙂
It’d certainly be easier to spot when you stop by! And 52pickup reminded me, I made a scarf. (: I think it came out nice for my first project if I don’t say.
PICTURES!!!!! We need pictures on the Fanpage!!!!
as Pixie said: we need pics, Nat!
Custom headrests in the shape of Jefbot and Cornfather’s heads? Though I REALLY like 52pickup’s Angry Scarf racing stripe idea…
i think those custom headrests would freak out anyone passing by – including myself, Joe. i like it!
While the distance was probably farther in real life the effectivness of the moving truck is somewhat negated by the fact that the two buildings are only 30 seconds walking distance from each other.
in real life, there’s really only one more building that separates my old place from the new one, GB. but the movers didn’t want to dolly those boxes that extra distance so loaded/unloaded the truck like you see represented here.
Ha, I’ll be moving at some point this year (short sales take forEVER) and when we do, its going to be technically the next town, but its only a few miles away.
I doubt well get a moving truck…
so much for my info being saved, that post up there is me…
i hope you have an easier time moving than i did, Maesonic! whether it’s just a couple miles (or a couple buildings) over, moving pretty much always sucks.
Any chance that we’ll see other members of the Botiverse helping Jefbot with the move?
not this time, 52. in the real world, my sister Linda and her husband stopped by and helped direct the movers and a fight almost broke out on the street with one of my new neighbors. but since “Xinda” is still recovering from surgery in the strip (and the fact that the fight wasn’t all that funny) i decided to leave that part out of the storyline. 🙂
Or so you thought? Oh I can’t wait. Moving in Los Angeles is such a hassel.
heheh. i see you caught that last little item there, Saeed… 🙂
Moving is always a hassle. I imagine actually hiring movers might make the process smoother; I’ve never tried, myself. Maybe someday when I find where I’m going to be based for my career and have to get all my stuff from Alaska.
…Naw, I’ll probably still just get a U-Haul and do it myself. Too much of a control freak, here.
i have so much stuff it would be almost impossible for me to move myself, T, and i wouldn’t put my friends in a position of helping me do any heavy lifting. movers do cost quite a bit, but i feel it’s money well spent. but if you can get all your stuff in one car (and/or a little trailer) then best of luck to ya! can’t wait to see where you go during your trip. 🙂
*dies laughing* Wait, where have I seen this before?
i’m happy you got a laugh out of this, KB!
That’s awesome! 🙂
woo! thanks, Soul Man!
I think calling up some friends is easier than renting a Mover’s truck. You save money, and hopefully stay connected with buds. Then again, how many friends does ‘bot have?
if i didn’t have sooooo much stuff (and so much heavy stuff) i might get some friends to help, ShadowShuffler, but i just can’t subject them to that much work and pain.
“Or so I thought”. Four words to strike fear into man! As powerful as the ellipsis, as scary as *Your Mom just ‘phoned”, I think the words may signify yet another corker of a story arc 🙂
heheh. tried to slip that one by, Gaz, but i see you caught it. those four words hint at what’s in the next strip, but not much beyond that since this little story arc is nearing its end!
Seriously? Did you waste money on movers in real life too?
I can definetely get behind *not moving too far* sentiment. But sometimes it helps to change perspective.
even though the actual distance between the old apartment and the new was minimal, the money for those movers was definitely not wasted, Maryz! the amount that needed to be moved is not exaggerated in the strip – at least one full truckload (in addition to some other stuff we’ll get to in the following strip) of heavy stuff that would’ve taken my friends and i days to move, not to mention the bodyaches and headaches that would’ve accompanied such a feat!
Ohhwwww im sorry jefbot but.. rrrreeeeaaaaallllllyyyyyy? Ugh thats jus …. i hav no words for this :/
yes, really, MrSnow! if the new place wasn’t as cool and if i didn’t love the neighborhood so much i wouldn’t have done such a thing. but a great place for the right price won me over!
that was… quick. Tell me again why you rode with the moving van again?
basically to tell them where to stop, Jiro. plus, it’s a funnier visual. 🙂
Good Morning BOTiverse!!!!
Ok Jef…how long HAVE you been watching the Pixie?! Mr. Pixie and I moved two doors down once. Took the entire weekend and moved one box each at a time. Was nice and slow, relaxed and everything went right into the room it needed to be in. The NEXT time we move (soon we hope) I think we are having a moving party. I will move all the boxes and such and have others help with the furniture pieces.
This did crack me right up.
once again, i find it awesome that our minds/lives are intertwined in so many ways, Pixie! someday i hope to have a “nice and slow” move, but so far, they’ve mostly been “last minute panic” types of ordeals. let me know how that moving party goes, the next time you move! glad you got a kick out of this. (hope Mr. Pixie did, too.) 🙂
lol. Accurate. Me and my roommates are slated to move in a few months and we’re scrambling to find a place. its making me anxious. we might need to rent a truck with all the stuff we have.
just reliving this whole ordeal through the strip is making me anxious, dj! i hope you and your friends find a decent place to move long before your lease is up. scrambling to move just sucks. 😛
I feel your moving pain. I moved next door once. It still sucked.
so, so, true, Shanna. it really doesn’t matter if you’re moving two apartments down or two cities away – the move’s still gonna suck.
How many times is ‘bot going to go automatically back to his old place?
“Why doesn’t my key work?”
heheh. it did take a while to shake off the instinct to turn into my old driveway every time i passed it, Sarah W. remains to be seen if bot shares the same fate. 🙂
When I first tried moving into some collage dorms I got off easy, simply throwing my stuff in the room I was free with the only problem being getting used to a room mate. After the semester was over, they make you have to switch rooms, while I ended up with the same room mate, we didn’t get to call our old dorm in time, so we ended up in one right under it. It took me the whole semester to stop wanting to walk the extra floor.
It seems like its actually harder when you don’t move very far.
Sent you some Fan-Art! You can check it out early here: http://boringlycool.blogspot.com/2012/04/jefbot-is-semi-autobiographical-and.html
Chubman & Scrawn!!! very cool, dude! i might have to put this in a blog post. 😀
I still have some years before I move out of my parents’ house, but I am not sure if I want to stay in my neighbour hood, due to the crazy dog down the street (we call him kamikaze, since he is fond of running after cars and he is in love with the dog we are taking car of.). I think I’ll try to fond a place which I can call home and isn’t too far away from my family…<3
sounds good, DAS! when you move, just make sure the new neighborhood doesn’t have any crazy dogs. (they seem to be everywhere.) and don’t rush the move – mooch off your parents for as long as possible! 😉
Rule of Reality #37 – Moving is hard. No exceptions.
Addendum – Never, EVER, get a two-story house or an apartment that’s not on the first floor if you have a lot of junk to move around.
Looking for ways to crowbar Cel in?
Here’s one!
She moved into one of the apartments next to/above/below ‘bot.
Maybe she’s lived there for a while, maybe she’s only just moving in, too.
You probably (read: Hopefully) already have a plan, but hey, think about it 🙂
I honestly laughed out loud! I knew it was coming… but it still got a great reaction!