It's been a month or so since I posted last and it's been busy indeed. So I have an actual excuse for not posting instead of previously when I've just been a lazy fuck.
Firstly, the trip up here was very nice when I wasn't worrying about stuff. I shipped my stuff off in a moving truck and my dad and I drove up in my car. We took the scenic route, the Pacific Coastal Highway, or PCH, which follows the California coast almost to the inch. It's ridiculously gorgeous and the mood was enhanced by an almost continuous soundtrack of Zeppelin and CCR. We set an easy pace for a while, and stopped for about a day in Frisco for some excellent seafood. But we dawdled in Cali for perhaps too long, so once we hit Oregon, we quit the coast and took the freeway until we crossed the border and finally entered Vancouver.
One of the first things we did upon getting to my new apartment was to meet a neighbor, Camilla, in the hallway. She invited us to a party that night and I had a great opportunity to meet a bunch of locals, including some rather fetching lasses. So, you know, win.
It's taken me a little while but the apartment is basically settled. Unpacked except for some of the more rarely used kitchen gadgets. Got the cable TV and some internets. Work is still a bit unsettled, as I haven't yet a permanent office and a bunch of my work books are still at my apartment. But I'm settled in enough to have resumed research which is what they pay me the big bucks for.
I've been in Vancouver for almost a month now and it is quite a place. I've never been in an urban environment which is also simultaneously so naturally picturesque. I need to get up to the mountains and take a hike soon or maybe take a drive up north to Whistler.
Anyway, that's the status report. But what is far more interesting is the Non-Adventures of Wonderella. You definitely don't need to read them in order but you might as well start with the first one before flipping around the archive. Wonderella is, of course, modeled on Wonder Woman, but the similarity stops there. Wonder Woman fights for truth and justice or whatever. Wonderella likes fast food and smoothies. Read it, losers.
Oh, and you better be watching The Guild since Wil Wheaton plays a fouled mouthed, kilt-wearing MMORPGer in the third season.
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Poor state of Washington, not even a mention! Glad the border crossing went well. Twitter tells me you're working. Assiduously. So I won't press you for details. Yet. Thanks for the update, and the physics department in this city of angels is feeling your loss. Are you going to be around Vancouver for New Years?
ReplyDeleteWell, we just drove through WA, perhaps stopping for coffee once. We at least stayed the night in OR. But I do want to get back sometime soon and visit Seattle.
ReplyDeleteThe "working assiduously" was a joke. I made like 4 tweets that hour. I'm not totally bereft of ideas but nothing is clearly on its way to fruition at the moment.
Don't know about New Year's. Are you thinking that you'll be in the area? I suspect that I'll be back East for a prolonged Xmas visit to the fam, though, since I'm skipping out on Thanksgiving this year.