friend of the built environment

It will take a while for me to forgive San Francisco for the horrible goodbye it’s given me. My last day will be consumed with more moving drudgery: numerous trips to the goodwill, paying exhorbiant fees to get still-useful furniture carted away, multiple trips to random trash-dumping facilities, avoiding the asshole downstairs and his vindictive [...]

In the midst of a whirlwind tour of the desert, some quick notes on the experiences so far…
Final packing and departure was tainted by one last bitch fight with the asshole downstairs, followed by a final visit to the FedEx station to send yet another cache of belongings ahead of us to David’s parents, as the [...]

After a brutal drive through the desert to El Paso, we found ourselves wishing that we could have spent more time in that particular border town. It was a rather charming city of about half a million, perched on the other side of the border from Juarez, a city of some 2 million. I yeared [...]

The car is tentatively working, despite burning some oil and running a bit too hot in the super-humid gulf daylight air. We had to scuttle plans for a stay in Austin and a leisurely few days in New Orleans in favor of zipping home to Charlotte as quickly as possible. We should be there by [...]

Finally in the new home and wondering what we’re going to sit on before we get jobs and can afford a new couch.
From New Orleans we made our way to Montgomery for one evening and then on to Greensboro to meet up with all of our 30-something FedEx boxes at David’s parents’. Two late nights [...]

Yes, I did make it to Charlotte alive. Yes, we’ve moved in and the new place is just peachy. Yes, every telecoms provider in the world sucks horse’s ass, which is why I’m not updating. Still awaiting a reliable internet connection, at which time I may return to my normal updating self.

It feels like home. I grew up in Fresno, which shares Charlotte’s “big city aspirations” whilst also being undeniably mid-sized and suburban. Fresno, sandwiched between LA and SF, and not being a state capital or transit hub, has a lot going against it as far as growth and importance, but still manages to consistently chalk [...]

David’s trip journal of our I-10 journey is up. His is much better than mine, so even if you’ve been keeping up here, you should still take a looksie at his. It has all the pictures and stuff…

 
Another bit of interestingness: I may be doing a short consulting job in SF for my old employer [...]