Settling into the new digs and new job, that’s all. It’s taking a bit of time, but that’s expected. I’m definitely liking Reston, and being able to shop at Best Buy without guilt is… well… a little weird.
Quick takes:
- VT-UVa: I like us by about 7 — it’ll be hard-fought, but I think the crowd is worth about 3 points, and our team is geared up for a tough game. Conversely, UVa’s performances against Miami and FSU do not speak well of their chances under pressure, especially on the road.
- Bowl tripping: sure, the chances that we go there are very slim, but if we do lose the next two and fall all the way to the MPC Computers Bowl, I’m planning to go. After all, what other good reason will I ever have to go to Boise, Idaho? The only bowl I won’t go to is the Tangerine (the more likely possibility if we lose the next two) — bowl games before Christmas are a total joke. Sugar or Peach, of course, would be entirely acceptable.
- I’m already learning how to drive up here. First key point: turn signals are a sign of weakness, inviting other drivers to thwart your plans. Second key point: those dashed white lines in rows on the roadway? They’re painted there for two NoVA-native motorsport events: the Straddle and the Slalom.
- The Nationals: they’re gonna suck, but they’re my team now in the NL. I’m halfway considering getting a mini-season ticket package. And if the DC Council screws it up and forces them to Dulles in 3 years… so much the better.
More fun soon, including BTN Selling Out.
25 November 2004
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Some of you have noticed content getting a little sparse around here. While it’s been exaggerated recently by my Atlanta/Miami adventures and failure to crosspost all my Fanblogs stuff, it’s been an off-and-on problem since February, when some massive changes took place at the office and sent most of my group scurrying toward Monster.com. We’ve lost roughly one programmer per month since then.
And now it’s my turn to depart. After eight months of looking, including phone interviews with five organizations and on-sites with three, I’ve accepted a Senior Programmer position with a contracting firm in Tysons Corner, working on the client’s site in Bailey’s Crossroads. In two weeks, I’ll be leaving Short Pump and Richmond behind, heading in the direction I’ve wanted to go since I graduated from Tech.
So what does this mean for BTN? Well, the little block at top-left will have a new “Current time in” location, once I narrow it down past “somewhere in 703-land.” I should have a bit more time to write now, depending on how much of my newly-acquired free time is eaten up by traffic (early guess: a lot). Expect the odd complaint about cost-of-living, some early road-geekery as I get my commute figured out, some political observations (well, of course — I am moving even closer to DC), and no commentary on work whatsoever.
I’ll miss the office here in Richmond and the co-workers I’ve worked with since I was a freshman in college (and, oh yeah, the associate discount). But it’s time for me to head somewhere north.
So, anyone up for an Expos Senators Grays ticket package?
26 October 2004
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