Things that might be decidedly odd....
Yesterday, I got up fairly early and did a little bit of shopping downtown. My first stop was Office Depot where I looked at office furniture and projectors. They only had a couple models there, but some were fairly cheap. That said, I wasn’t terribly impressed with what you can get for [...]
Well, I finished my first week of work. Overall, I think it went pretty well. It’s a lot to take in a very large piece of software with a collective codebase stretching back about 20 years, but I’m making slow but steady process on understanding (parts of) it. In the course of [...]
Just a few hours ago, the Washington state Senate passed HB 2661, which adds sexual orientation to the list of criteria that cannot be used for discrimination in things like housing and employment. Apparently, various versions of the bill have been brought up for about 30 years, but always voted down. Most notably, [...]
Yesterday morning, I finally moved my stuff out of the furnished apartment on the ground floor where I’d been staying and into my actual apartment on the top floor. I then drove to work, braving the traffic. The traffic wasn’t actually as bad as I had heard, although maybe I just still have [...]
Today was what I’d call my first real day at my new job.
The morning was filled with more presentations. Unfortunately, I had a much harder time dealing with them today compared to yesterday. I don’t know if that’s because they were less interesting, less relevant or if I was just getting [...]
I finally got around to getting some obligatory move-in and grocery shopping done. First, I drove up to the Target at Northgate. It’s one of those fancy two story jobbies with a cart escalator (always cool). I bought some odds and ends for the bathroom like a bathroom rug, cleaning supplies and [...]
Today was my first day at work. I got up at 6:30 so that I had time to take a shower, eat a quick breakfast (consisting of a granny smith apple, ironic?) and catch the bus. The bus was right on time, getting me to the Overlake Transit center (right next to Microsoft) [...]
After getting a reasonable start this morning, I arrived in Seattle at around 12:30 this afternoon. Because my apartment isn’t entirely finished (the bathroom door needs to be painted and a little molding in the bedroom needs to be put in) and because I have no furniture, the manager offered to let me stay [...]
Yesterday (Friday) I began my journey towards Seattle stopping in Berkeley that evening. First, I met up with Jeremy at the Berkeley Rose Garden. From there, we headed over to Kendra’s place and met up with her there. We sat and chatted for a while before Joe joined the three of us [...]
This evening I made it back to San Clemente (where my parents’ live) after an uneventful bus, flight and drive. Tomorrow, I need to get up at a decent hour to get my things together and begin the journey northwards. My plan is to stop in Berkeley tomorrow night, have dinner with Kendra [...]