All of a sudden it's March 1st and all of our perspective roommates have fallen through (to the dark side, of course). So I'm reaching out to my fellow damned portlanders to see if we can make a magic match happen. The situation is as follows...
There's a space open in our 1,500 sq ft. loft. We are located incredibly close in the SE industrial district. The rent is $250 and bills run about $50/mo. And now the specifics.. dum dum dum... the room itself is fairly large (10x12ish) and is half of the upper sleeping loft area. However, it is the front half, so one of the other roommates will have to walk through to get to his space. If yer uptight about privacy, this is probably not for you. The loft lacks walls (except fot the bathroom) but it makes up for all that with gorgeous lighting and dimensions. We also have a largish bathroom, kitchen and common living room. So that's the apartment, now about us.
We are two gay guys and a nominally straight girl, looking for another female to keep the gender balance. The majority (2) of us are students with pretty hectic lives, so we like the house to be our refuge of calmness. Our ideal person would also be a student &/or have lots of stuff going on in their lives, be towards the left end of the political spectrum, be mostly veggie (IE- not cooking meat at home), clean and respectful and into the ideals of communal living. We're looking for someone to become a friend and not just a roommate, though socializing won't be enforced.

and the last important thing - we need to meet you post motherfuckin haste! comment or email me with your phone # and i'll be back to you within 24 hrs. hopefully we can set meet & greetin's for weds & fri and get you moved in soon.

Oh dream roomie, I know yer out there!

Thanks for the help on the computer question. Right now I'm looking at the following options:

3.4 lb. VoodooPC Envy m:50
7-ish lb. Dell Inspiron XPS Gen 2
12 lb. Alienware Area-51m 7700
7 lb. Apple Powerbook 17"

Each of these have been customized to some degree, but generally they all have 1.5GHz processors, 1GB RAM, 100GB Hard Drives, and all that jazz.

Intent of use: This needs to get me through at minimum 3 more years of college in the Graphic Design program. I'll be using Photoshop, Illustrator, etc., and some gaming. I need excellent customer service, quality components and a reliable OS. What do you all think?

EDIT: Please explain WHY!