Short week!

Here are some random things:

  1. The Internet at my apartment is on the fritz. Which, needless to say, is irritating. I cannot power cycle because the router and modem are in my landlords' half of the house and I can't get ahold of them. And we've been very busy here at work, so I have only had time to quickly scan everyone's posts from the last few days. Sorry for the lack of commenting.
  2. I sent two photos from my mobile phone to my Vox last night. Neither has posted. Wonderful.
  3. Ancora Impara had a great post about living in a walking city. I took the little test from www.walkscore.com, and realized that while my current apartment in downtown Sacramento scores an enviable 89 on their scale, my new home scores A FREAKING 3. Ugh. I love walking everywhere -- I did so in Boston, I do a lot here in Sacramento. I knew I was giving up that aspect of my life for the most part, but a 3 is ridiculously low. Might as well live in Siberia.
  4. Speaking of my new house, I started packing last night! A healthy number of my beautiful books have now taken up residence in boxes. Whenever I move (which has been 14 or so times in 9 years), one of my favorite things to do is organize my books. And now I have a bunch of built-in bookshelves to house them! Joyness!
  5. I am running out of time to write any more.

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Red Pen
Hmmm, if you lived in Siberia, there might not be many places to walk to, but there wouldn't be many places to drive to either. ;)
R.G. Ryan
When we were in Spain last year we lived in a little resort village thirty km from Barcelona in an apartment about fifty meters from the Mediterranean. We walked and took the train everywhere. You shop every day for the food you need for THAT day. It was the best six weeks of my life.
Steve Betz
Are you color-coding the boxes that your color-coded books go into?? I can't remember, what's the "C" in OCD stand for... ?
Jamie
I remember when my sisters and I were all getting to the age when we got our first apartments. After a while, my dad absolutely refused to move our books. (He always helped us move.). Lucky for me I was the oldest and first to move out so I got all the help I needed.
Eli's Dad
I hate, hate , hate moving. If we have to move again, I'm going to burn everything we own and start over. Hope my wife doesn't read this (or the insurance company). Anyhoo, you may have posted this before but where all have you lived?
Cori
Ahh, that is a very good point. Also, it would probably be a wee bit chillier than California.
Cori
Any time I hear someone talk about living overseas, I get really, really jealous. I think I'm going to do that someday. It sounds divine.
Cori
If I could (cheaply) find colored packing boxes...oh, it would be ON. That sounds magnificent!
Cori
I am hiring movers. Not because I'm a lazy bum (I'm really not!) but because I live in the most impossible apartment right now. Three flights of rickety stairs attached to the side of a house, with a sharp turn and a giant tree as obstacles. There ain't enough beer and pizza in the world to make it worth it to my friends to help!

Poor movers. Soooo many books.
Cori
Good question! Perhaps I'll post about it. But here's the quick rundown:

Four years of college in Irvine, CA (which was, technically, eight moves from NorCal to SoCal).
A year in Sacramento, CA.
A year in Boston, MA.
A year in Brookline, MA (outside of Boston).
A year in Elk Grove, CA (outside of Sacramento).
Eight months in downtown Sacramento, CA.
And now off to the burbs of Sacramento.

But since I'm buying a house, I'm really, really, really hoping that it's the last move for a good long while!

And...can I go through your stuff before you torch it? ;-)

Jeff D
I've had similar issues making mobile posts on Vox as well as with making posts using the LoudTwitter app (it's essentially the same method.

Vox does a great job providing an audience but you seem to lose some flexibility with it.

FYI I lived in Brookline for a year or so. 1598 Beacon St I think it was. If you were heading towards Cleveland Circle it was right before Washington Square.
Cori
I actually lived right off Washington Square -- off of Washington itself, between the B and C lines. An absolutely lovely place to live!

Wonder what's up with mobile posts. Come on, Vox!
Jeff D
My first place in Boston was on Egremont Rd, which is right across the street from the Whole Foods on Washington St. Would have been nice if my roommate wasn't a retard.


Cori
How interesting. I lived on the street right across from the Whole Foods...in the other direction on Bartlett Crescent. I looooved the house I lived in, and my three roommates. I'm visiting two of them in Chicago in a few weeks -- I miss them like crazy!
Jeff D
Yup, I know that.

Pretty nice area and relatively affordable.

I've been blessed for the most part with good roommates in the past. Not so much a worry any more. Just a wife and a cat to deal with :)

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