Sam and Jess

[mickeym]

Do we have any idea -- has it been mentioned ANYWHERE -- how long Sam and Jess were together, before the Pilot ep? Ballpark estimate?

Also, assuming Sam was starting his senior year, fall 2005, that would've put him beginning fall 2002, right? So, spring of 2003 he'd still have been living in the dorms? Or does Stanford have a freshman-must-live-in-dorms policy? Does anyone know?

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[aynslee.livejournal.com]

I could be wrong, but I think I remember Sam saying something in Route 666 about the fact that he and Jess were together a year and a half, and he still hadn't told her the truth about their lives, whereas Dean had told Cassie so quickly.

[shotofjack.livejournal.com]

I know Stanford has a freshmen must live in dorms policy

[mickeym.livejournal.com]

OH! I'd forgotten there was a reference in that one, to it. I think...wasn't it like, "I spent over a year lying to Jess". Hmm.

*goes to watch ep*

Thanks! And guess what I'm working on ;)

[mickeym.livejournal.com]

thank you! :)

[mickeym.livejournal.com]

Oh, you are AWESOME. "For a year and a half I do nothing but lie to Jessica..."

Rock on. :)

[aynslee.livejournal.com]

I have seen that episode exactly once, so that's kind of funny that I remembered that. LOLOL.

YAY! *is bouncing*

[fourfreedoms.livejournal.com]

Also, off-campus housing not affordable in Palo Alto (one of the shows most glaring errors to people who live in the bay area like me and torturemysoul). If he wasn't in a dorm he'd most likely be in a co-op, like my friend Susan.

[mickeym.livejournal.com]

Okay, so what's a co-op? And what about a studio apartment? (I've actually decided to set this in Feb 2004, so the freshman question is moot, but still.)

[fourfreedoms.livejournal.com]

A co-op is a house on campus (sometimes a theme house like BOB or Xanadu) that you live in with other students where you have to do cooking and chores yourself, they're popular at alot of the California schools.

As for a studio apartment, there isn't really loft housing in Palo Alto. The closest apartment building to Campus is on Mayfield, which is actually about four blocks down from the Law school, so not very far, I'm not sure how expensive it is, but you could probably get a one bedroom there for about $1200 a month.

In downtown the apartment buildings are pretty much universally for older folk, and the only other major apartment buildings are near the high school I graduated from (a good hike from Campus) and incidentally, right across from the cemetary Jess was buried in (if in fact she was buried in Palo Alto like Sam's dream indicated, because that set was relatively true to life, figures, THAT they get right).

I'll stop babbling.

[mickeym.livejournal.com]

Hrm. Co-op isn't going to work for the purposes of the story.

Do we have any indication that Sam and Jess were living right near campus? I mean, is bus transportation reasonable? Or bikes (I seem to recall seeing a bike or two in their apartment)?

When you say 'loft apartments', what do you mean? A studio, for what I know, is just a big room, with closet, bath and kitchen a little separated. No lofts anywhere. I'm looking at www.apartmentguide.com and they're showing some with studios. *frowns* Or what about like, would Sam look in the newspaper, the want ads, and maybe someone has a garage apartment to let -- or is that what you meant by loft? Or, ooh. Guest house/pool house? *ponders*

[fourfreedoms.livejournal.com]

Several professors let out guest houses, so that's feasible. Once again, I reiterate, I simply don't believe off-campus housing is terribly affordable. Lofts are a type of studio house.

[mickeym.livejournal.com]

I think I found Sam's apartment! *g* But I do not seem to still have your email address :( email me, so I can show you?

kgasper at comcast dot net or ohmickeym at gmail dot com