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19 October 2008 09:06am UTC
Well, my computer arrived yesterday! Getting a new computer is a lot like moving into a new apartment. You know how you like to do things but you still have to unpack all your stuff and then go through it all and organize it.
I decided to try and mix things up a little bit and not use Quicksilver (my bread and butter) but that experiment failed.
But anyway, I digress. I have decided to name him Norman. He's big, he's bad, he's a lean mean computin' machine!
No seriously, he is big. A lot bigger of a footprint than little ol' Hank (May he rest in peace)! I need to come up with a new way of carrying my computer around!
Anyway, I am still figuring things out with him, and loving it! I'll get a picture of the two of us tomorrow!
16 October 2008 04:13am UTC
I biked to work today!
This is basically the route I took except instead of taking the 57 Bus and doing the walking parts, I biked—I did take the light rail (none of that will make any sense unless you follow that link). All in all it took me 1 hour and 55 minutes to get to Dan's house. Driving takes about 45 minutes if there is no traffic and up to 3 hours if there is. According to Google (you can see it on the map I linked to) I saved 16$ by not driving. And that isn't taking into account that I had to come back the same way I went!
To be honest with you, it was was a bit of a pain. There wasn't room for me to hang my bike up on the light rail so I had to hold it the whole time. When I started biking I was cold so I put on another layer. I have a sore throat so the heavy breathing was hard on it. There was construction on my route so I didn't get my own bike lane.
And I loved it!
I'm doing it again tomorrow. But I am going to bring my bike lock so I can lock my bike up downtown so I can stop by the Apple store on the way home and pick up a couple things for my new computer! Which should be arriving Friday or Monday.
Woo! Life is good!
14 October 2008 04:52pm UTC
So, I may have taken a little too much on for myself this week. But like Dan (my employer/business partner/business something/friend) says, you can sleep when your dead AND better to be busy than bored.
- I am working pretty much all the time on Empty Garage Books stuff
- I decided to level my backyard this week. Why this week? Well, it involves taking off the top layer of grass and then replanting from seeds and I want to be sure that the grass has grown back by next summer in time for the badminton season. So, I would have loved to wait till next spring, but I'm not sure that would be enough time. And all the experts I have consulted say the sooner I get the seeds planted the better because it is getting colder.
- I have taken on a part-time job doing some house cleaning on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for a couple hours.
- I just emailed my guitar teacher about a lesson. I need to practice some!
- Kate and Satchel both have soccer games this week. So, I am going to watch 1 each.
I guess that's all!
12 October 2008 05:38pm UTC
You know how they say you can never go home again? Well, they're wrong!* Because I'm home! I'm home!
If you cannot tell I am quite excited about this fact.
Oh and my new least favorite form of travel? Flying. Seriously. I would not be unhappy if I never flew on a commercial jet again.
* Though, they are obviously not talking about return geographically home. So, of course they are right. Whoever they are.
11 October 2008 07:36am UTC
Well, in a little bit I take the train to the airport and then head home. I hate to say it but:
Finally!
Now, don't get me wrong here. I have had a great trip. But I am just really excited about returning home.
What is the first thing I am going to do when I get home? The first thing I always do, go up to my room and say hello to my books. All this really means is looking at them and the rest of my room and seeing that it is still there. And now I also have Amadeus to say hello to! But I'll actually pull him out of his case and give him a few strums.
The second thing I usually do is open up my laptop and check my email and rss feeds. This time though, in light of recent news, I will be working on getting my old old laptop (from 2002! Oh my!) working with Linux so I have something to use until I find a replacement for Hank.
[It looks like Hank's replacement will be found soon enough but I doubt that they will be shipping immediately. So it will probably be a couple weeks. ☹]
Here is the list of the things that I am most looking forward to:
- My kitchen. It is like they say, water doesn't taste as good from someone else's Nalgene and someone else's computer isn't as much fun to use. Food just tastes better from my kitchen. Plus, I'll have food I know and trust there. Like skim milk which I have not had in ages!
- My digital friends. I know I have actually had internet here, and in France, but it is difficult being on opposite sides of the world from them. We are never online at the same time. (I don't know how you do it Peter!). So being back in the Pacific Timezone will be great for communicating with most of you!
- My parents! It'll be nice to see you two again!
- My bike. I am going to start biking a lot!
- Amadeus. I know I haven't been a guitar player for that long, but I miss it. Everytime my fingernails grow out long (I have had to trim them twice I think since I left) I am reminded that I haven't had to keep them short for the guitar and it makes me sad.
- The three houses. I can't wait to see them all again. Though, now that it is a school year, I don't know how much I'll actually see them.
Portland, here I come!
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