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I think I'm rather in love with where I live right now, which is probably good seeing as how I live there! Downtown Mountain View is just tiny and cute and a really great place to work -- not too big as to be overwhelming, and there are enough small cafes and nooks to sit in to be comfortable. Plus, I love the public park.
Boy and I saw Beach Blanket Babylon on Fri with the GSB, which was interesting. I met some of the boy's classmates who were Princeton alums, and it made me feel just a bit more connected with things here. Also, got to talk to some of my friends/acquaintances from Princeton as well, and found out some are down here in the West Coast, so that made me feel a bit more here as well. Watched Once Upon a Time in Mexico yesterday... I think I would have liked it more if not for the extreme violence. It's got an interesting view of the things so that it feels like an uber action movie, like the director is having a great time with all the action cliches. Johnny Depp's character is strange and nothing like anyone else and utterly compelling. He also said "savvy" once, and I immediately flashed back to Pirates! We also went to see the air expo today... very loud, very big planes flying around.
I think I've been up and doing so many things instead of just hanging around OL or reading because I did that for an entire two months or so prior to getting the job, and I really got quite sick of it. So now maybe I just feel as though I have to be up and doing things and in action perpetually, or else I'm wasting time or something? Which explains why my LJ entries have mostly become quite boring "This is what I did today" things. I haven't had all that much time to just sit down and think about things. Of course, this is also partially because I haven't run across that much currently to really think about I guess. I'm still reading, but not as quickly, so I'm still in the middle of books rather than in the discussion stage. Plus, reading Tad Williams' Otherland is going reeeeaaaallly slowly because it keeps scaring me. It's a very bad choice of a book to read right before I go to bed.
Boy and I saw Beach Blanket Babylon on Fri with the GSB, which was interesting. I met some of the boy's classmates who were Princeton alums, and it made me feel just a bit more connected with things here. Also, got to talk to some of my friends/acquaintances from Princeton as well, and found out some are down here in the West Coast, so that made me feel a bit more here as well. Watched Once Upon a Time in Mexico yesterday... I think I would have liked it more if not for the extreme violence. It's got an interesting view of the things so that it feels like an uber action movie, like the director is having a great time with all the action cliches. Johnny Depp's character is strange and nothing like anyone else and utterly compelling. He also said "savvy" once, and I immediately flashed back to Pirates! We also went to see the air expo today... very loud, very big planes flying around.
I think I've been up and doing so many things instead of just hanging around OL or reading because I did that for an entire two months or so prior to getting the job, and I really got quite sick of it. So now maybe I just feel as though I have to be up and doing things and in action perpetually, or else I'm wasting time or something? Which explains why my LJ entries have mostly become quite boring "This is what I did today" things. I haven't had all that much time to just sit down and think about things. Of course, this is also partially because I haven't run across that much currently to really think about I guess. I'm still reading, but not as quickly, so I'm still in the middle of books rather than in the discussion stage. Plus, reading Tad Williams' Otherland is going reeeeaaaallly slowly because it keeps scaring me. It's a very bad choice of a book to read right before I go to bed.