I'm not copping out
Really? It's been two months? Wow am I lame. On the one hand I still have enough free time I could be posting every week or more. On the other hand, though, it's because not too much has changed.
Jen has met some of my non-related friends, as she came with me to a Thanksgiving get-together with Academy people. Good to see (over the course of three meetings within a week) Shyunti, Dave, Jess, Tracy, Eileen, Betty, Kent, Pam, etc. again. It's the second straight Thanksgiving that someone's announced they were engaged. Place your bets for next year's announcement. 3-1 odds for Tracy, 5-1 for Jess.
Jen's also met the new roommates. 'Cause, yeah, there are new roommates. Ali I've mentioned before, as he moved in back in September. For the past month his girlfriend Katrina from Germany was here. Ali does a lot of traveling for his job. There was a problem when his trip to France was canceled, so Katrina canceled her trip to go with him. Then at the last moment, his trip was uncanceled, so he wound up in France for a few days and then in Turkey for a few days. He got back the Sunday before Thanksgiving before having to leave on Monday for Iowa. Kata (as apparently everyone but me calls her, though I didn't realize that until the name was etched into my mind) flew back later on Monday. Apparently they had some sort of fight about him not being around for that last week, not that it was really his fault. Just yesterday a postcard he sent from Turkey arrived, not that there was any chance it would've gotten here before she left.
On the first of October, Krishna moved in. He's Indian. I still don't really know too much about him other than that he's taken over almost all food-storage space in the kitchen and has a wonderful hacking cough. Ralph moved in a week or so later, just as the Giants and Jets went from unbeaten powerhouses to sucking at everything. Ralph is from Northern Ireland, though by some strange coincidence went to the same college as Krishna in England, though a year apart. Freaky. Ralph is a car salesman and the other day gave a sample of how people in his business go about their dealings: "Oh, I'm sorry, that contract clearly states that it is contingent on Tier 0 approval, and unfortunately we can only approve you for Tier 1. We can still get you this car but not at quite a deal..." and so forth. Ralph's girlfriend Keira hangs out in the house a few days a week, and is already planning the Christmas decorations.
For a short time, the Jenga ripoff that was already in the house when I moved in was the official game of the house, but I have retrieved Taboo and Apples to Apples from PA and each has been given a try. We haven't yet had a chance to take on trivia night at ABG, but I'm going to try to get us there tonight.
I've been tutoring two students in math and I've been called in a few times by the BT district for sub work, but still no full-time job. I'm getting by for now.
I'm pretty sure only one person who reads this gets the title reference...
Jen has met some of my non-related friends, as she came with me to a Thanksgiving get-together with Academy people. Good to see (over the course of three meetings within a week) Shyunti, Dave, Jess, Tracy, Eileen, Betty, Kent, Pam, etc. again. It's the second straight Thanksgiving that someone's announced they were engaged. Place your bets for next year's announcement. 3-1 odds for Tracy, 5-1 for Jess.
Jen's also met the new roommates. 'Cause, yeah, there are new roommates. Ali I've mentioned before, as he moved in back in September. For the past month his girlfriend Katrina from Germany was here. Ali does a lot of traveling for his job. There was a problem when his trip to France was canceled, so Katrina canceled her trip to go with him. Then at the last moment, his trip was uncanceled, so he wound up in France for a few days and then in Turkey for a few days. He got back the Sunday before Thanksgiving before having to leave on Monday for Iowa. Kata (as apparently everyone but me calls her, though I didn't realize that until the name was etched into my mind) flew back later on Monday. Apparently they had some sort of fight about him not being around for that last week, not that it was really his fault. Just yesterday a postcard he sent from Turkey arrived, not that there was any chance it would've gotten here before she left.
On the first of October, Krishna moved in. He's Indian. I still don't really know too much about him other than that he's taken over almost all food-storage space in the kitchen and has a wonderful hacking cough. Ralph moved in a week or so later, just as the Giants and Jets went from unbeaten powerhouses to sucking at everything. Ralph is from Northern Ireland, though by some strange coincidence went to the same college as Krishna in England, though a year apart. Freaky. Ralph is a car salesman and the other day gave a sample of how people in his business go about their dealings: "Oh, I'm sorry, that contract clearly states that it is contingent on Tier 0 approval, and unfortunately we can only approve you for Tier 1. We can still get you this car but not at quite a deal..." and so forth. Ralph's girlfriend Keira hangs out in the house a few days a week, and is already planning the Christmas decorations.
For a short time, the Jenga ripoff that was already in the house when I moved in was the official game of the house, but I have retrieved Taboo and Apples to Apples from PA and each has been given a try. We haven't yet had a chance to take on trivia night at ABG, but I'm going to try to get us there tonight.
I've been tutoring two students in math and I've been called in a few times by the BT district for sub work, but still no full-time job. I'm getting by for now.
I'm pretty sure only one person who reads this gets the title reference...