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So it turns out this Serendipity thing can automatically import entries from
Wordpress. All you do is point it at the database. There you have it, folks:
every blog entry I ever made.
So I didn't end up going to a movie theater. When I stepped outside, it was pouring rain. If it doesn't rain all of the time in Seattle, you wouldn't know it from the past week.
So I spent the time here, in Sammamish, watching the remaining tv shows on my
hard drive and playing GameCube games with my roommate and one of our intern
neighbors. To top it off, twix was unresponsive for a while. It seems to be
fixed now, and I hope it stays that way.
Welcome to my wonderful new blog. I figured that since I'm in Seattle this summer, away from everyone, I might as well start keeping a blog again to chronicle my experiences. If I can determine where I archived everything from my last blog, I'll see if I can import them in some fashion.
Anyway, I arrived here last Saturday. This year Microsoft hired so many interns that they were not able to live up to their claims that we would be within 5 miles of campus if we chose to stay in corporate housing. Instead, I am in Sammamish, approximately 15 miles from campus. My transportation to and from work is in the form of a new, inconvenient, and somewhat unreliable intern shuttle service provided by Microsoft. To top it off, all of the people whom I have met who are staying out here are on the "bike plan," where we are provided a subsidy to purchase a bike to get around. However, a bike does me no good in getting to work or in getting anywhere else around here. There is little to do, and most of the other interns are closer to campus, so I am insanely bored. I'm still considering trying to switch to getting a long-term rental car, or moving out of corporate housing.
Other than the sucky housing/transportation situation, I'm really enjoying my internship. I've actually been able to get some work done already.
Last night KanKan and Kyle were kind enough to pick me up and take me to a get-together that Nick was having at his place (in Redmond) for all of the UIUC interns. It was pretty cool, though it only underscored how much where I live sucks.
Anyway, I've just discovered that there is no bus service here on Sundays. Peachy.
Well, I'm off on an adventure to see if I can walk the 4 miles to a movie
theater. Wish me luck!
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