Since I received a bit of flak from Allison and the parents for thinking I could pick out an apartment sight unseen, my dad and I flew out to Seattle for a day to look for a place.
After visiting pretty much every apartment complex within a 15 min walk of the office, along with a couple independent places, the winner was a 9th floor (out of 25) one bedroom place here: http://www.forrent.com/apartment-community-profile/1045928.php - it's walking distance to lots of places, and actually less expensive than some smaller buildings nearby. (Though definitely not cheap - equivalent to my current mortgage payment actually)
I took some pics of the interior of the unit, but it looks pretty much like any normal, recently renovated, 1 bedroom apartment you've ever seen, so I'll save the bandwidth until there are pics of it with personal effects added.
There is definitely enough space for a nice convertible sofa, so start planning your trip to come visit. Anyone that ever visited the Phillips Place apartment will feel right at home in this one - similar layout, just with about 15% more space.
The truck has been arranged and I'm slowly starting to organize everything for the move... still a bit crazy to think about leaving Charlotte behind on such short notice, but it should serve Allison and I well.
Today's project - finish the upstairs bathroom - finally!
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Well, why not.
So, I have received a rather nice job offer. Everything about it is great, except that I have to travel across 12 states and about 2900 miles to get there.
Once there though, I'll be in Seattle, which, in about every way I can imagine, is a world away from Charlotte, and one that I belong on, if such a place exists.
Now, to get started on the details, like living accommodations. And er, directions. I wonder if there's AT&T Edge network the whole way. And if there are any decent hotels in South Dakota. Or where to find the best deal on truck rental. Or the cost of shipping a standard size crate.
Once there though, I'll be in Seattle, which, in about every way I can imagine, is a world away from Charlotte, and one that I belong on, if such a place exists.
Now, to get started on the details, like living accommodations. And er, directions. I wonder if there's AT&T Edge network the whole way. And if there are any decent hotels in South Dakota. Or where to find the best deal on truck rental. Or the cost of shipping a standard size crate.
Sunday, September 2, 2007
Continuing the Trend
A. List seven habits/quirks/facts about yourself.
B. Tag seven people to do the same.
C. Do not tag the person who tagged you or say that you tag "whoever wants to do it."
1. I am a selective perfectionist. Some things have to be absolutely right. (Anything that has a technically correct answer) Other things (fashion, pop culture) I place in the random trivia subset and do not bother with.
2. I basically have two modes of diet/exercise balance. The 'excessive' Nick (most recently - last year of college/first year of Charlotte - apologies to those that knew me then - I look back and think: yikes.) is when I eat whatever is good and don't really do much in the way of exercise - he is 215 pounds and generally rounded on the edges. The 'normal' Nick is the other state. It appears that no matter how much I try to watch the diet or exercise I will be about 202 pounds and not flabby, though not exactly toned either. Perhaps when I have time to deal with scheduled exercise there will be a 'fit' state, though even when playing sports my min adult weight was 190-ish.
3. I have come to believe HGTV needs to be content edited for accuracy. Home improvment is not as easy as they make it look. Damn 2.75 inch pipe nipples. (technical term. really) Yes, I watch HGTV. Yes, I am married. To a female.
4. I can never be late to anything, ever. This comes from my dad, who was absolutely never accurate with time. It drove me up the wall.
5. There is no such thing as the easy way. The only way to approach anything is the examine every option and pick the route with the most authenticity of character.
6. There is never a time when I am not thinking/examining something. I may appear distant/cold, but I'm really just figuring something out. Give it a few minutes.
7. I listen to music for atmosphere and flow. An album where I can press play and 74 minutes disappears whie I figure something out is a good album, in my opinion.
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I should relate an example of numbers 5/6/7 - last night - I went to the Philosopher's Stone for dinner - by myself - because they have good onion rings, and Chimay Blue, and a good mix in the jukebox. Ordered the beer, then food. Someone put on a string of songs - there was Velvet Underground, something I didn't recognize, and Phish... I had been thinking about how to make life work if a certain situation presents itself (more details later in the week, maybe)... by the time the song changed to something more pop and I snapped out of it, there was food in front of me and the beer was 1/4 gone, and I'm sure I thanked the server, but it was 20 min later with no acknowledgement of the outside world as far as I was concerned.
Not that I was much closer to the solution, but I need to focus more... that is a rare event now and I miss it sometimes.
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Also - the track when H binds to O - by Lotus - one of the best tracks, especially live, to come out recently, in my opinion.
B. Tag seven people to do the same.
C. Do not tag the person who tagged you or say that you tag "whoever wants to do it."
1. I am a selective perfectionist. Some things have to be absolutely right. (Anything that has a technically correct answer) Other things (fashion, pop culture) I place in the random trivia subset and do not bother with.
2. I basically have two modes of diet/exercise balance. The 'excessive' Nick (most recently - last year of college/first year of Charlotte - apologies to those that knew me then - I look back and think: yikes.) is when I eat whatever is good and don't really do much in the way of exercise - he is 215 pounds and generally rounded on the edges. The 'normal' Nick is the other state. It appears that no matter how much I try to watch the diet or exercise I will be about 202 pounds and not flabby, though not exactly toned either. Perhaps when I have time to deal with scheduled exercise there will be a 'fit' state, though even when playing sports my min adult weight was 190-ish.
3. I have come to believe HGTV needs to be content edited for accuracy. Home improvment is not as easy as they make it look. Damn 2.75 inch pipe nipples. (technical term. really) Yes, I watch HGTV. Yes, I am married. To a female.
4. I can never be late to anything, ever. This comes from my dad, who was absolutely never accurate with time. It drove me up the wall.
5. There is no such thing as the easy way. The only way to approach anything is the examine every option and pick the route with the most authenticity of character.
6. There is never a time when I am not thinking/examining something. I may appear distant/cold, but I'm really just figuring something out. Give it a few minutes.
7. I listen to music for atmosphere and flow. An album where I can press play and 74 minutes disappears whie I figure something out is a good album, in my opinion.
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I should relate an example of numbers 5/6/7 - last night - I went to the Philosopher's Stone for dinner - by myself - because they have good onion rings, and Chimay Blue, and a good mix in the jukebox. Ordered the beer, then food. Someone put on a string of songs - there was Velvet Underground, something I didn't recognize, and Phish... I had been thinking about how to make life work if a certain situation presents itself (more details later in the week, maybe)... by the time the song changed to something more pop and I snapped out of it, there was food in front of me and the beer was 1/4 gone, and I'm sure I thanked the server, but it was 20 min later with no acknowledgement of the outside world as far as I was concerned.
Not that I was much closer to the solution, but I need to focus more... that is a rare event now and I miss it sometimes.
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Also - the track when H binds to O - by Lotus - one of the best tracks, especially live, to come out recently, in my opinion.
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