Today, Washington saw the worst weather it’s had all year. The governor declared a state of emergency due to widespread flooding and high winds around the state as well as high levels of snow in the mountain passes.
I figured the bus would be horrible and the ride home long. Today, the bus got me home the fastest it has in the three months since I started this job.
Seattle traffic is insane and incomprehensible.
You think the forecast looks bad today… when I checked it yesterday it showed rain for all five days. It’s one thing hearing about the rain, and it’s quite another seeing it. However, I did have a native tell me that it doesn’t normally rain this much here. However, I like the rain, so it should all work out okay.
Just to clear this up for everybody: I live in a room in a house. Good ole Craigslist hooked me up about a week before I drove out here.
It ends up that I found virtually the only rental space in the entire small town I live in (~1000 people). I’ve got a diverse bunch of roommates. The landlord, who doesn’t actually live here, is an African guy from Cameroon. The lady who lives in the upstairs half of the house is originally from Iceland. Sharing the basement with me are two guys. One of them, Guy, has dual citizenship here and in England. British accent. The other guy (haha) is from Romania.
I like it so far. It’s a hardcore bachelor pad. There’s no kitchen in the basement — just a couple of hot plates and a microwave for cooking. It’ll do ’cause I never used the oven much anyway, but so much for frozen pizzas. And it’s not like I have to stay here forever anyway.
So the next big thing I need to get done here is work on establishing my residency. i.e. I need to find out where the DMV resides. Wish me luck with that.
The last day has been… odd. Yesterday morning it was a tad chilly, yesterday afternoon it was 94 degrees F, and last night it rained like crazy. And now, the sky is grey. All over. Somewhat depressing.
Fortunately, I’m still in a cheery disposition. What’s cheered me up? I always appreciate honest and open conversations with my friends (thanks, -rific!).
I started playing around yesterday with a new interface for my blog which will be insanely more complex, but at the same time, also more interesting. For an example of what I’m talking about, see PHP-Nuke. Yeah. Is that complex or what? That way I can do completely pointless things like taking polls, posting honestly interesting information, and things like that.