At long last, another post
Hey! I finally figured out why I couldn't post to LJ! My firefox configs were broken and it wouldn't accept cookies AT ALL EVER. I "rm -rf .mozilla" and everything is fine now.
So... lots to tell.
First, I'm working for Google now. I just moved to Mountain View. I start work on Monday (the 11/5). I took a month off between jobs to just hang, and learn to drive. I am going to be a "Site Reliability Engineer". I gave up trying to say what I'm doing, it's not "programmer" or "sysadmin" so there's no single word for it. I have a 1 bedroom about 1 1/4 mile from Google, which is AWESOME. I'm going to go carless for a while at least. I think I got more space than I need though... we'll see when my shit gets here.
During my break my dad and I flew out here to find an apartment, get a bank account out here, get renters insurence, get a bike, and visit my grandmother and aunt up in Sacramento. That was pretty awesome actually. I got to learn more about my dad, and we drove around and saw the coast range, Santa-Cruz, the Sierra Nevada's, and I got to see my grandma who I last saw when I was 12, and aunt who I've only barely even met before.
Our goat died on Tuesday night. Dad and I buried her Wednesday morning after he found her. My family now owns no goats, and no kitties. We're pretty sure both cats were eaten by hawks ::tear::. I miss fuzzy animals.
I have a driver's license, WOOHOO! thank you Daniel (my older brother). Currently it's a temp though, which makes some ID stuff annoying. I'm hoping Google will let me start work with just the temp and my college ID.
All of my stuff is being shipped from MA right now, so currently I have my laptop, my travel guitar, an extra shirt, my sarong, A sleeping pad and sleeping bag, and all of the stuff that I normally carry in my backpack.
I'm having some troubles with the bike I bought, but I should get that sometime this week. It's a shiny new cyclocross bike with 10-34 rear gear set, Surly cross-check frame, drops, and interrupter levers. I can't wait to try it out.
So far since coming here I have acquired:
a shower curtain and rings
a baking sheet
silverware
8 teacups (1 dollar)
basic cleaning and hygene essentials
I have walked about 35 miles in the last 3 days. The day before that I flew to Mountain view. The day before that I moved a huge amount of wood, buried a goat, and shipped everything I own. Exercise is a wonderful thing.
I've been hanging out with DKB and Dfontain some, so that's cool. Walked in the park yesterday. Yup... that's my life right now.
So... lots to tell.
First, I'm working for Google now. I just moved to Mountain View. I start work on Monday (the 11/5). I took a month off between jobs to just hang, and learn to drive. I am going to be a "Site Reliability Engineer". I gave up trying to say what I'm doing, it's not "programmer" or "sysadmin" so there's no single word for it. I have a 1 bedroom about 1 1/4 mile from Google, which is AWESOME. I'm going to go carless for a while at least. I think I got more space than I need though... we'll see when my shit gets here.
During my break my dad and I flew out here to find an apartment, get a bank account out here, get renters insurence, get a bike, and visit my grandmother and aunt up in Sacramento. That was pretty awesome actually. I got to learn more about my dad, and we drove around and saw the coast range, Santa-Cruz, the Sierra Nevada's, and I got to see my grandma who I last saw when I was 12, and aunt who I've only barely even met before.
Our goat died on Tuesday night. Dad and I buried her Wednesday morning after he found her. My family now owns no goats, and no kitties. We're pretty sure both cats were eaten by hawks ::tear::. I miss fuzzy animals.
I have a driver's license, WOOHOO! thank you Daniel (my older brother). Currently it's a temp though, which makes some ID stuff annoying. I'm hoping Google will let me start work with just the temp and my college ID.
All of my stuff is being shipped from MA right now, so currently I have my laptop, my travel guitar, an extra shirt, my sarong, A sleeping pad and sleeping bag, and all of the stuff that I normally carry in my backpack.
I'm having some troubles with the bike I bought, but I should get that sometime this week. It's a shiny new cyclocross bike with 10-34 rear gear set, Surly cross-check frame, drops, and interrupter levers. I can't wait to try it out.
So far since coming here I have acquired:
a shower curtain and rings
a baking sheet
silverware
8 teacups (1 dollar)
basic cleaning and hygene essentials
I have walked about 35 miles in the last 3 days. The day before that I flew to Mountain view. The day before that I moved a huge amount of wood, buried a goat, and shipped everything I own. Exercise is a wonderful thing.
I've been hanging out with DKB and Dfontain some, so that's cool. Walked in the park yesterday. Yup... that's my life right now.