kick back, relax, and...

it's true: while i had a 9-5 job, i blogged more. that says something about the worthiness of 8-to-9 hour workdays, huh? jobs just need to be more efficient, and then, employers and industries won't have to worry about their employees being bored, wasting time (and money), and surfing the 'net instead of actually working.

anyway, i'm still in monterey. BUT i'm moving upppp to redwood city SOON! yahooligans. the new carpet is ready, the walls have been repainted, i'm working on turning on the utilities, and susan has the keys: i'm ready for my own place :) and i've discovered that rwc is a convenient distance to the grand city of san fran. i must say -- i like san francisco. i think i'm still in that "i like cities" mode. maybe when i'm wrinklier, saggier, and aged, i'll start to shy away from the excitement and life of urbanity and become content with the strip malls of suburbia, but for the time being, cities are quite nice. especially with good weather :)

so what have i been doing?

looking for jobs... really. i have an offer (that i have to turn down), i had an interview last week, i have an interview this week, and i'm still applying. i've been sleeping lots. i haven't been running. i haven't been climbing, boo. i've been driving between monterey and the bay area a ton. i went mattress shopping. and furniture shopping a little. i've been moving willie's stuff to his new place. i've been cooking a lot, and cleaning... living out of my duffel bags, worrying about my car, meeting up with old friends, searching craigslist like it's the only site in the web universe, paying credit card bills, going out on lovely weekend expeditions, planning out the future, wondering about dc, getting over deformities, watching boomtown on dvd, running errands back and forth, taking pictures, emailing resumes, napping, talking to employers on the phone and going way over my minute allotment, disliking verizon, digging my toes into the sand, writing cover letters like it's my job (but it's not), avoiding pharmaceutical companies, not watching tv or playing video games or reading books (strangely), getting to know monterey quite well, glaring at california drivers, planning around rush hours on 101 and 280 (and sometimes, 156), eating pseudo-healthily, perusing farmer's markets, laughing at the boys, being amazed that it's mid-august, and... hey, i'm enjoying the summer.

:)

last last last weekend: some calm hiking around an uber-foggy, but still incredibly gorgeous, big sur (central cali coast).

the dudes check out the waves below. mmmm, look at that rock :)

last last weekend: camping and spear-fishing and abalone hunting (the latter of the two which i just observed) up above sf along the coast near bodega bay.. or somewhere rural like that.

walking down the cliff to the water

empty abalone shells

nerds will be nerds, even outdoors

fishie gets sliced

the past weekend: sf for beeg and greg's housewarming party, then wandering around union square on saturday.

next weekend: the move. lots of boxes, one big uhaul, one yellow house.