Back home. Back to work. Yays.

The night before we arrived, the nasty derecho blew through and tore the area a new one. Many places around us have power back as of today, but we're on day 4 with not much hope in sight (the local utility called at midnight to inform us our power was back, we informed them it wasn't ( Read more... )

Spent the better part of the day yesterday searching for/chasing after an escaped cat ( Read more... )

Person1: Well, I'm bound to get a break sometime!
Person2: *laughs*

Yeah, that about sums it up. Very busy, always, but getting shit done that needs doing, and proving myself to the right people, so this is good.

I live in the city now, but I work long hours, so I rarely spend much time there. I have weekends, I suppose, but errands take so much longer here, it eats even more time. Still, this is where most of my friends are, and it's nice to call an impromptu bar invasion on a Sunday night and pull in 12+ people. That *never* happened in the southbay ( Read more... )

Finally out of that shithole apartment, with a couple days to spare. Yay. Wonder if I'll get any of my deposit back ( Read more... )

So, yeah, it's sinking in that I'm moving to a flat in SF next month. So much packing to do... I really don't want to pay double rent for more than just December.

More than any other of the many symptoms, the launch of the last Space Shuttle is a powerful symbol of the fact that the US is no longer willing to embark upon (non-war) grand projects that better our lives through science and sweat over a long time scale. This depresses me ( Read more... )

Another job taken past in-person interviews and rejected after a couple weeks of deliberation. Feeling kind of toasty, but have no choice but to keep it up, really. Some real ego-hits, though. Related: it's one of those weird months before a three-paycheck month, so POOR. *sigh*

Got a battery jump on Sunday that killed my car stereo, had it working again by this afternoon. The culprits? One dead 20A fuse under the hood and a protection diode in the stereo's power supply that gave it's life to save everything else. Saving $150+ replacing the head unit? Go, go, gadget electronics skills.