I finally managed to get my computer back up and running. I tried to move to a new hard drive using Norton Ghost and Active Directory got completely screwed up (both on the new installation and the original HDD). I'm still running off of the old one and finally managed to get Active Directory reinstalled and configured. Sometime this weekend I'm going to have to try and ghost it again; hopefully Active Directory doesn't get corrupted this time around.
This past weekend I went up to visit my friend in Merced, CA. On Saturday we went to Monterey (which is where I have decided I must live!) and then on Sunday we went to San Francisco. In SF we had lunch at Fisherman's Warf and had quite a BART experience. We took the train to Montgomery Street and then the bus through China Town to the Warf. Being electric, the busses receive instant torque when the driver puts their foot down, which can make for quite a jarring ride. People were literally (almost) falling over as the driver plowed his way through traffic. The bus experience on the way back was even better. Going two or three miles-per-hour in rush hour traffic, the bus driver decided that she would turn Market Street(?) into a one-way road (it is actually one lane in each direction). So now our bus is in the opposite lane of traffic and the driver has the nerve to get angry at the oncoming cars for not yielding to her! Absolutely incredible!
On the train ride back to our car (which was parked in Pleasantin), we were met by a guy who had gotten out of San Quentin the day before after serving 12 years for "killing Americans." The guy smelled like a brewery and had prison tattoos all over the visible parts of his body (and I'd be willing to bet there were more elsewhere). He stopped to talk to a guy sitting across the isle from me, and as he departed the guy whom he had just been speaking with began talking to me about how American food is a conspiracy and that we should be suspicious as to why we "never see any elderly people on the streets." The evening ended with a dinner at Sonic, "America's Drive Thru."
On Monday, I awoke at 0430 and got ready for the 300-mile drive home. I left my friend's house at 0500 and began my return journey. I really enjoyed the drive--both directions; and it was nice to finally get out of Los Angeles and be on the open road. Leaving this early in the morning made for excellent time, and I got home in just over 3 1/2 hours. I love traveling and can't wait to do it again!
In other news, I just started a new job at a company called Uniworld. I'm a contract Software Developer doing pretty much what I used to do at PeopleSupport. I'm glad that I got this job because it pays significantly more than my previous engagement at the law firm, and I'm working with people whom I have worked with in the past. So far I'm really enjoying what I'm doing and the days just fly by! Hopefully this works out as a relatively long-term thing.
Time to get ready for French class (didn't do my homework yet!). I'll update the site a little more over the weekend and should have some pics from Monterey (and one or two from SF) to put in the gallery soon.
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