WE MADE IT

hi, we're here. we currently have no internet access, and no one around from whom we can steal wireless signals, so i'm sitting in a gelateria with my laptop to write this little message.

i posted some preliminary pictures from our apartment on picasa -- it's a very shoddy photo tour, and we have no furniture so it looks pretty pathetic. p.s. we have fleas in the apartment, and it smells like cat pee. thanks, previous tenants. we've been deodorizing and using bug bombs to take care of these problems, and they're almost manageable. the apartment is actually great -- it's big and we have tons of storage space, it's in a great location, and i do like it. we just have some minor details to settle.

when we were moving into our place, a cat just wandered in and started meowing at us -- it plopped itself down in the hall and we had to shoo it out with a notebook.

next stop is finding jobs. i understand why everyone around here uses cars -- it's hard to find a job when you have to consider its accessibility via bikes or walking or nearby bus routes. we're working on it, and i'll post updates when things happen. (i did have a job interview, but it was for an incredibly trendy company. there was a tiny yappy dog running around the office, and the woman who interviewed me was wearing $300 jeans and had a nosering. yuck.)

during our first weekend, we went to malibu with susan and phil, who went to school with boston and with whom we stayed for three or four days. sitting around on a pretty beach (called zuma), with ocean water that doesn't cause pins-and-needles legs like new hampshire or massachusetts, was very nice.



i'm going to finish this now, but i'll keep updating as things arise and wireless signals are to be had.