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[maradydd]

Real update coming Sometime Soon I Mean It Dammit, but for now:

After a marathon all-night drive through the desert (no, really, from 4pm to 11am) starting from Vegas, enochsmiles and I are safely in my new apartment in San Jose. I have no furniture yet, so enochsmiles is presently curled up on the floor of my living room, on top of some clean laundry and underneath a towel and a trenchcoat (because I am a smart hitchhiker, and always know where my towel is). I've had a nap, so I think I'll live until it's actually bed^H^H^Hpile-of-stuff-on-floortime. $sysadmin is on his way over so that we can move my books and get dinner, I'm starting work a day earlier than I thought, and once my head adjusts to the wacky cost of living increase out here, life is going to be pretty damn good.

Comments

[ivy]

Glad you made it, and best of luck in your new home! Do you have Internet but no furniture? [grin] Or are you at a coffee shop?

[semanticdm05.livejournal.com]

If that were so, it means she has her priorities straight.

[maradydd.livejournal.com]

Near as I can tell, the open AP belongs to my next-door neighbour. I get pretty decent signal in my living room, so I don't feel particularly compelled to hurry to get DSL set up. Yes, I am a bad person.

[chocolatecoffee.livejournal.com]

Glad you made it safely! Congratulations on the move.

Glad you made it and you still have your towel

[(Anonymous)]

Sorry missed you at Christmas. Glad you made it to the new home ok. Better you than me....If I never have to drive through California again, it'll be too soon. Although, I understand the view in 'Frisco makes it worth it.

And yeah, like a true geek she's got her box and nothing to sit on.

Carry on, soldier. Huuahh.

Re: Glad you made it and you still have your towel

[maradydd.livejournal.com]

Hey, there's always the floor. Or I could sit on my helmet, though that isn't very good for the motorcycle sort.

[writerpo.livejournal.com]

Welcome to California. You have my number. We must hang out when I get back from Cleveland.

---Peter

[secretagentmoof]

Welcome to the SFBA; I look forward to hearing your experience with Fry's.

[maradydd.livejournal.com]

*grin* As a Houston expat, I already have some familiarity with Fry's, but having much more ready access to it will be a good -- and dangerous! -- thing.

[wintersweet.livejournal.com]

Oh hey, welcome to the Bay Area! Let me know if you ever get bored and want to hit the local Half-Price Books or something. (I'm in Fremont, but I make regular visits to SJ for Japanese grocery runs and such.)

[maradydd.livejournal.com]

Yeah, we should get together sometime! I haven't located much in the way of ethnic grocery shopping yet (the Italian grocery store up in Sunnyvale that enochsmiles introduced me to being a notable exception), and would love a tour. yoctohedron might also be up for it, though he's in the city.

Do you have my phone number? If you want to drop me a line or an email before your next trip, that'd be great.

[wintersweet.livejournal.com]

Sure! I don't have your number, though. My e-mail address is wintersweet at sbcglobal dot net if you want to send it along.