What I'm getting up to these days...
Just a quick post, nothing major. I'll give y'all three guesses as to what show I've been watching recently xD ( It was brought to my attention that I never shared a finished Tennant doctor, which I did manage to finish in time for the Boston Convention. So I'm adding him in here next to Amy. I also finished Rose, but I can't find her preview
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And I say take advantage of your friends -- you know, in a nice way. In addition to the friend in L.A. who let me crash on her couch for the summer until I found a job and a place of my own, when I first moved to Raleigh, my best friend let me stay with her for a month, which I will always be really grateful for. I was able to find some place I liked rather than having to take the first thing I found or, like you said, having to take some place where I didn't really know what the neighborhood was like. I made dinner and cleaned, just so it wasn't like I was a total sponge or something.
I mean, maybe I'm a weirdo or maybe I'd be willing to do that for a friend because I've been fortunate enough to have friends who did it for me, but I say find some place that appeals to you and ask if anyone would be willing to put you up for a limited period of time.
And maybe pick a city that you know has a major convention or is relatively close to a major convention. At least that way you know there's one major event per year that you're likely to do well at and you don't have to pay for a plane ticket to get there.
Do you have some idea of where you want to go? Am I remembering correctly that you were thinking of Seattle? You could always find some place in Puyallup or Olympia or Tacoma that might result in lower rent but still offer easy access to the city.
Boston's cool, and you've already been there and if you can survive winters in Alaska and Minnesota, you would do fine in Massachusetts.
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I was thinking of Washington, but anywhere in Washington would be fine by me. It's close to Alaska so that I can still visit easily enough and there's a few conventions near by. I really don't care what area it is because I'm used to having to drive an hour and a half to get anywhere major. Here in Juneau there is no road out so you're buggered either way.
Boston would be nice and exciting but visiting would be hard to do and expensive, and I'm not sure how I'd get my car there. I'd have to drive and it's kind of an older Subaru so that presents some problems. I mean, I guess I could leave it here for Brenna, she'd need to be able to get around, but then I'd have to buy a car once I got to wherever I was going and I'd rather not add that to the expense list... Augh I wish this weren't so complicated. Like I said, it's something I'm very conflicted over and there's a lot of factors.
I do have a friend who's going to graduate school in pullman who I could probably stay with for a little while while I found an apartment though, so I'll probably be asking her if I can do that. I need to find the right balance between cheep and not-druggie-infested xD.
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BTW, John and Sherlock are now on display in the cabinet in my living room.
Pullman would at least be somewhat close to Spokane. My dad's side of the family are all from Washington State. Wish I lived there. I'd totally give you a guest room for a couple weeks.
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