My seven year anniversary came and went yesterday. From coming out here with almost nothing, I like to think I've done pretty well. I'm not homeless, not starving. I love the area, and I'm lucky enough to get to go home and see my family every so often. I've got friends and room-mates that makes the East Coast experience enjoyable ( Read more... )

Today is Monday, right? Saturday felt like Sunday and Sunday didn't feel like much of anything. Six-day workweeks will do that, I guess. The last few days have been slow, which makes sense, considering the holiday weekend. I had forgotten that the WWII memorial dedication was this weekend, so all of my commutes into and out of DC have been full ( Read more... )

The mall during normal business hours is a different beast than the mall at 6am ( Read more... )

This morning was hectic, what with work-travel-brunch, but it turned out good in the end. We no longer have company, which makes me sad. It was good to have the family back together again, old and new. There's not too much time til August and we'll see them again. I'm fighting and winning against this cold, but it feels like an uphill trek. I ran ( Read more... )

I'm really not. I know what I like, but I can't slot it into genres. Everything I've read seems to indicate that the electronica scene is confused among itself about what's really what. With that in mind, I don't really try. I'd fall flat on my face in any sort of deep discussion. A whole bunch of good people have turned me on to music I enjoy. ( Read more... )

I walked to work in the rain last night. It was bucketing down ("No, it's just raining.") and I had no umbrella, of course. My clothes are now mostly dry, but I'm not about to walk around the office without pants. Thank goodness I've got insurance. Here's hoping I don't need to use it. I think the most unusual part was the big Italian guy who ( Read more... )

I have comments aplenty today, but not much substance for an actual post. I'm working a day shift, which is pretty unique in and of itself. Granted, I'm only covering for someone, so it's not like my schedule has shifted to days. It *is* my day off, but I'll be asking people to switch with me soon enough. There's more of everything during the ( Read more... )

Tonight, my coworker buried me in books. We were discussing authors a few weeks ago and tonight I got a Huge stack of paperbacks. It isn't like I don't already have enough to read! I've put down Zelazny only because the Amber omnibus is a lot to carry around, but I'll finish the damn thing. The other thing I have with me is Mike Carey's Lucifer ( Read more... )

Owing to money tightness all around, this is the first of a few stay-at-home weekends. I'll catch up on TV, chill out a little, it'll be nice. We have no drinks in the house, so I went out a little while ago to get something to drink. The store up the road closed at 11 tonight so they could wax the floors, instead of the midnight i was expecting. ( Read more... )

That's how it was on my way home this morning. I was very strongly remind of home or being back home, but I'm not sure why. Come on, Mama Nature, get it together. Work has been slow, which is good. I'm holding off on that reinstall because, for now, I've got a machine on which I can do work. So next week, I suppose, if I still need to be ( Read more... )