San Francsico Firsts
So yesterday was my first day at my internship. It was a good day, even though there wasnt a lot for me to do yet. I got a company tshirt (for funzies, not as a uniform) and they took me to lunch at a chinese resturant called Eliza's (today I saw a chinese resturant called Becky's, weird...) and I did some typing and made some corrections to a document. You know, interny stuff!
I've also got a bit of a reading assignment, which is to read about half of this ARC of Booklife, which has a lot to say on promotion and new media. And a lot to say about lists. The author looooooves making lists. I'm not kidding when I say its nice to have homework again.
Right now we're in a temporary office space. We'll be moving into a bigger office in a few weeks. The upside is it's bigger, and I'll have my own desk and work computer. The downside is we won't have this amazing view:
Sunday I took my first trip on the BART to go to a party at a Borderlands Books in San Francisco. I pretty much missed everything, so I sort of mingled for a little while, bought some books and went home exuahusted because I'd had a long day anyway. I'd gone to the St. Augustine church that morning. I'd arrived late for that because mass is 10:30 instead of 11 like at home. But Sunday was the feast day of St. Augustine so they were having a BBQ. I'd orrigionally planned to skip that, because MEETING NEW PEOPLE OMG! but as I was walking to get a bagel, this loose German Shepard ran down the street. It had a collar, I tried to catch it but I lost it when it ran into the crowd outside the church. After checking in with a petstore down the block to see if they knew of the dog, I called animal control and went to the BBQ where I got free steak for breakfast. The people there were really nice and welcomeing, its a small church where everyone knows each other, not what I'm used to at all really. Aparently they have some activities for people my age, so I'm probably going to look into that and try to make soem friends in the area. Later on I saw someone walking the dog back up the street, and according to the people at the petstore, this dog may do this a lot.
Anyway, after exploring the Berkley side of College ave--where I bothered the birds in a bird store by whistling and going HI PRETTY BIRD!!--I took the BART to San Francisco. My first time and I managed not to screw it up and end up in Freemont or something! :D! Of course after I got off the BART I had trouble finding the bookstore, and what's worse I'd left my sweater at home because it was hot in Oakland (I got a sunburn!) but of course it was cold in San Francisco and I was not. happy.
After the bookstore party I bought a sweater for a dollar off some women selling their stuff (literal stuff, not their vaginas!) on the streetcorner. It was kinda ugly so I put it in the freebin on the curb when I got home.
Exhausting but good day!
Here's the Rockridge BART station, the view from which my camera has not done justice:
I've also got a bit of a reading assignment, which is to read about half of this ARC of Booklife, which has a lot to say on promotion and new media. And a lot to say about lists. The author looooooves making lists. I'm not kidding when I say its nice to have homework again.
Right now we're in a temporary office space. We'll be moving into a bigger office in a few weeks. The upside is it's bigger, and I'll have my own desk and work computer. The downside is we won't have this amazing view:
Sunday I took my first trip on the BART to go to a party at a Borderlands Books in San Francisco. I pretty much missed everything, so I sort of mingled for a little while, bought some books and went home exuahusted because I'd had a long day anyway. I'd gone to the St. Augustine church that morning. I'd arrived late for that because mass is 10:30 instead of 11 like at home. But Sunday was the feast day of St. Augustine so they were having a BBQ. I'd orrigionally planned to skip that, because MEETING NEW PEOPLE OMG! but as I was walking to get a bagel, this loose German Shepard ran down the street. It had a collar, I tried to catch it but I lost it when it ran into the crowd outside the church. After checking in with a petstore down the block to see if they knew of the dog, I called animal control and went to the BBQ where I got free steak for breakfast. The people there were really nice and welcomeing, its a small church where everyone knows each other, not what I'm used to at all really. Aparently they have some activities for people my age, so I'm probably going to look into that and try to make soem friends in the area. Later on I saw someone walking the dog back up the street, and according to the people at the petstore, this dog may do this a lot.
Anyway, after exploring the Berkley side of College ave--where I bothered the birds in a bird store by whistling and going HI PRETTY BIRD!!--I took the BART to San Francisco. My first time and I managed not to screw it up and end up in Freemont or something! :D! Of course after I got off the BART I had trouble finding the bookstore, and what's worse I'd left my sweater at home because it was hot in Oakland (I got a sunburn!) but of course it was cold in San Francisco and I was not. happy.
After the bookstore party I bought a sweater for a dollar off some women selling their stuff (literal stuff, not their vaginas!) on the streetcorner. It was kinda ugly so I put it in the freebin on the curb when I got home.
Exhausting but good day!
Here's the Rockridge BART station, the view from which my camera has not done justice: