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Mexican food is fresher and better in California than I remember. Indian food here is also very good.
My sublet is perfect, I couldn't have asked for anything better. Although I was evacuated on my first day here due to brush fires, it is earthy and granola and quiet. Really quiet.
My job started on Monday so I'm almost done with week one. The average age at Google must be about 24. It's so incredibly young. I feel equally like I'm back in high school to and as though I can barely keep my head above water. One of the things that I particularly like is the company endorsed use of gchat. I also really like that people ride company beach cruisers (with baskets!) between the buildings on campus.
I'm not sure what I'm going to do this weekend. I don't know anybody here except for my roommates but they are all really busy with rotations and travel and other things. I'm excited that Anne is coming next week. Hopefully we'll figure out fun plans with Bayard and his friends for the 4th.
What else, what else. Although I like California, I can say for certain that I don't think I will want to be out here for more than a few years. I'm much more of an East Coaster. Or more specifically, a South Atlantic-er, when the South Atlantic begins at DC and ends in Miami. I like humidity.
My parents have been in Guatamala and Hondorus and the Carribean all week. They haven't called in a few days and when they do call I keep missing their calls and can't call them back. I go between wanting to be left alone to being annoyed that I haven't talked to them. I guess these trips have been a lot harder than the others that they have been on recently. Talking with my Mom about everything she has been doing, in particular, has been really eye-opening.
I need to write a to-do list soon. Among the things that will be near the top - write a grant for the CD digitatization project, address my thank you notes, go to the DMV, get happy. I also need to figure out what exactly I am doing, more or less in general.
I watched the democratic debate tonight. Edwards is truly like nails on a chalkboard. He is so smug and irritating it makes me want to scream. Hillary would be so much more likable if her voice wasn't so shrill. Isn't that just awful to say? Shrill is such a gender-charged word but it's just so ... accurate. I do like Richardson but he doesn't come off incredibly well in a debate setting. He seems nervous and unsure.
How ridiculous and, really, shallow is it for me to critique the entire debtate on performance not issues? In terms of issues, however, the whole debate was really kind of irritating - it was basically a big lovefest. Not that there's anything wrong with that, per se, but no one said anything new or interesting. There was no debate, it was just a rehash of everyone's identical plans.
What is going to happen in 2 years. Right now there is no good option in my mind really. That said, as unlikable as Hillary is, in some ways she is appealing. I just listened to her book on tape and it was fascinating. I don't have any personal respect for her particularly, outside of her relationship with Chelsea, but in terms of her intellect, drive and resillance -- she really is a woman among men.
Anyhow. I wish my parents would call me. I write them interesting and witty emails about how I see Biltmore Ana on Top Chef Miami and they don't even react.
My sublet is perfect, I couldn't have asked for anything better. Although I was evacuated on my first day here due to brush fires, it is earthy and granola and quiet. Really quiet.
My job started on Monday so I'm almost done with week one. The average age at Google must be about 24. It's so incredibly young. I feel equally like I'm back in high school to and as though I can barely keep my head above water. One of the things that I particularly like is the company endorsed use of gchat. I also really like that people ride company beach cruisers (with baskets!) between the buildings on campus.
I'm not sure what I'm going to do this weekend. I don't know anybody here except for my roommates but they are all really busy with rotations and travel and other things. I'm excited that Anne is coming next week. Hopefully we'll figure out fun plans with Bayard and his friends for the 4th.
What else, what else. Although I like California, I can say for certain that I don't think I will want to be out here for more than a few years. I'm much more of an East Coaster. Or more specifically, a South Atlantic-er, when the South Atlantic begins at DC and ends in Miami. I like humidity.
My parents have been in Guatamala and Hondorus and the Carribean all week. They haven't called in a few days and when they do call I keep missing their calls and can't call them back. I go between wanting to be left alone to being annoyed that I haven't talked to them. I guess these trips have been a lot harder than the others that they have been on recently. Talking with my Mom about everything she has been doing, in particular, has been really eye-opening.
I need to write a to-do list soon. Among the things that will be near the top - write a grant for the CD digitatization project, address my thank you notes, go to the DMV, get happy. I also need to figure out what exactly I am doing, more or less in general.
I watched the democratic debate tonight. Edwards is truly like nails on a chalkboard. He is so smug and irritating it makes me want to scream. Hillary would be so much more likable if her voice wasn't so shrill. Isn't that just awful to say? Shrill is such a gender-charged word but it's just so ... accurate. I do like Richardson but he doesn't come off incredibly well in a debate setting. He seems nervous and unsure.
How ridiculous and, really, shallow is it for me to critique the entire debtate on performance not issues? In terms of issues, however, the whole debate was really kind of irritating - it was basically a big lovefest. Not that there's anything wrong with that, per se, but no one said anything new or interesting. There was no debate, it was just a rehash of everyone's identical plans.
What is going to happen in 2 years. Right now there is no good option in my mind really. That said, as unlikable as Hillary is, in some ways she is appealing. I just listened to her book on tape and it was fascinating. I don't have any personal respect for her particularly, outside of her relationship with Chelsea, but in terms of her intellect, drive and resillance -- she really is a woman among men.
Anyhow. I wish my parents would call me. I write them interesting and witty emails about how I see Biltmore Ana on Top Chef Miami and they don't even react.