I just found a sublet room from now until around November 15th. The plan is that I find a temporary place so I can get my bearings in this city.<\/p>\n
There’s three other folks in the apartment, the second and third floor of a three floor house. It’s just a few blocks from the hubub of the Mission District, a few convenient blocks from the highway, and about 2 miles from the financial district downtown.<\/p>\n
There was another place I considered… the housemates were really good and the place was neater and more spacious but it was in Richmond. Richmond is a neighborhood just 2 or 3 miles from where I am now but the weather there is much cloudier. And darnit, I wanted to live in SunnyCalifornia! As I’m typing this, the sun shining down through a skylight onto the desk. I can look out the window and see that it’s mostly cloudy in Richmond. Krazy.<\/p>\n
Next steps: set up my home, find a job, find whatever it was I was looking for out here.<\/p>\n
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\nI spent two hours this morning getting a visitor parking pass. I figure it’s easier to get a temporary pass and then do the auto registration stuff by mail. We’ll see how it goes. Gosh darn it was awful standing in that line. For one, there was no air. I noticed that cool air was blowing out from behind the glass but there was NO AIR in the room we were made to stand in. It was a cool sunny day, no A\/C needed, just a freaking window. But I digress.<\/p>\n
I’m going to have photos and audio blogs from my 10 day cross country trip online in due course.<\/p>\n
PS. Will everyone PLEASE<\/strong> stop moaning to me about how expensive it is to live here. I’m paying $650 including utilities and internet. That’s only marginally more than what I’d have to pay in Hackettstown, which is, as everyone knows, the center of the universe.<\/p>\n