Month: July 2005

Incidentally, don’t be dumb like me and use the new LJ tags incorrectly for two weeks. Individual tags are delimited by commas, not whitespace. I don’t know where I got that idea, but I was wrong. Dead wrong.

To connect with yesterday’s post, I’ll start by whining about public transit. First, I don’t like how the T describes routes based on their endpoints. Why should I need to know where a given bus or train will eventually end up to decide which direction I need to go? I know where I need to…

I’m sitting here in ‘ lovely living room watching him play Atelier Iris, and intriguing alchemy-based RPG. I’ve got appointments set up for tomorrow to do that housing thing. It will be a busy day. I did not experience any transportation errors (which are not well-defined in the Nick RFC) until I got on the…

Tomorrow I’m flying out to Boston for a 3-day whirlwind of finding an apartment, opening a checking account, proving to BBN that I’m a US citizen, and signing a lease on an apartment that I like. has kindly allowed me to crash on his couch. Oh yeah, I accepted the job offer :o). At this…

Statistically speaking, my size does not exist. Not in pants, not in shirts. I can get away with it in casual clothing by always wearing very baggy shirts and jeans. My last five summer jobs (that is, all of the jobs I’ve ever had) allowed for shorts and t-shirts. BBN rather unsurprisingly has a bit…