Mood: Rolling....
Music: Crosstown Traffic, Jimi Hendrix
Game: World of Warcraft, CoD2, EVE Online, Dungeons & Dragons Online beta.
Book: The Hacker Crackdown, Bruce Sterling.
Muffin: Had a bagel instead.
You know those Japanese samurai films from the 70s, where the samurai is beset on all sides by guys who want to kill him, but he's ducking and swinging, moving, sidestepping...it's like a ballet? Yeah, that's how life is right now.
Not that I'm surrounded on all sides by people who want to kill me (at least, not as far as I know....) It's more like that there's so much going on, I'm trying to keep it all moving.
I've finally picked a mover...it's going to cost me a lot of money to move...about $4500 all in. But what can I do? I can't really afford to buy a new TV...and if I take the TV, I have to take the TV stand. Because it's impossible to find a piece of furniture that will support a 220 pound TV. Chelsea wants the sofa and coffee table...and frankly, they're good pieces of furniture...no reason to get rid of them. And I need my dresser and desk. That, plus about 70 boxes, including books and such...that's how much it costs to get it from NY to Seattle.
Next, I've spent the last few days packing...and this past weekend, Colin and Pauline were gracious enough to come to my storage facility and help me deal with all the crap that was in there. We salvaged about 10-12 boxes, and chucked the rest (about 20 more boxes and assorted gear)...and now that those boxes are in my apartment, I'm ripping through those, still throwing stuff out. I'm up to about 35 boxes packed...although I MAY repack some of them once I get a better idea of what's going on with stuff. Colin and Pauline made it possible for me to even deal with all that stuff...huge help.
Also this week, I've decided once and for all what I'm taking and not taking...and created a list of furniture and stuff that I'm not taking to offer it to friends...and decided who's getting what. I'm really happy to be giving stuff to friends who will use it and enjoy it. That's been a really cool part of moving...to be able to share stuff with friends who will love it as much as I did.
I've also made a conscious decision to try to get a launch XBox 360. It just would mean a lot to me. It's pricy, true...but I can't see not having one...and I've been working out my plan of attack to get one. Looks like it's turned out that pre-ordering one was a bad idea. Places who took pre-orders are calling people and saying they're getting fewer units than they expected...so even if you pre-ordered, you might not be getting one. There's a reason why I don't pre-order shit like this...and that's the reason. I got screwed on the Steel Battalion launch, so I learned then. As it turns out, Circuit City starts pre-orders on Friday, J&R isn't taking online orders at all, and Target hasn't taken any pre-orders at all. I can try to get my unit from Circuit City, if I fail, I can deal with J&R on Tuesday morning, if that fails, I can race home to Target, and see if I can scoop one there. If that fails...I'll just wait.
And lastly, Friday is Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Going with all the friends...and even seeing Steve and Tamer...which will be fabulous.
Now, I need to get some work done...after I buy a one-way plane ticket to Seattle.
Posted by Glenn at November 16, 2005 10:42 AMand by work you mean come mining with me. lets do it!
Posted by: andy smith at November 16, 2005 07:38 PM