2010-01-16 
 

new moon

First off, if you're here looking for Edward or Jacob...bugger off, this has nothing to do with them.

Okay. So there's no moon tonight, the sky is cloudy enough to block out the stars and everything is feeling compressed. The weight of all that darkness is squashing me. I think it may be a bit too early to be thinking this, but I just wish winter would hurry up and get over itself.

Labels: boston

* posted by me at 5:41 PM

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2009-11-29 
 

November afternoon on the Charles




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Labels: 1000 words, boston

* posted by me at 3:27 PM

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2008-10-12 
 

pah-ked the cah

Spent yesterday with J and C in Cambridge. Very nice to escape the suburbs for the evening. We went into the square so that C could have his hair cut and during that time, J took us for a rather nice tour through Harvard. We've wandered around the campus on our own before, but it was very interesting to hear some random facts from J that only a former insider would know.

Ended up eating at John Harvard's. The food there has definitely gone down hill. That said, I'd had quite a few cocktails, so anything in my stomach was a good thing. We ended up back at their place watching an 80's marathon and generally having a swell time. Now that the cash flow has resumed, I'm hoping this can become a more regular event.

Labels: boston, dose of mikey

* posted by me at 10:10 PM

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2008-10-10 
 

stopped in the fast lane

Second day went very well, but supercala-FRAK. Took me an hour and a half to get home. That's an hour more than it should take to travel that route and a half hour longer than it would've taken had I gone along the back roads. Stupid Boston traffic. We'll have to take this all into consideration when we look for potential areas to live in.

Labels: boston, dose of mikey, sharketing

* posted by me at 6:50 PM

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2008-10-09 
 

first day out

Good first day. Not sure what part of today was the "interview" part. The folks I trained with acted as if it were a fact that I'd be staying on at least through next week from the moment I walked in the door, so I felt immediately relaxed. (the whole working interview thing had me a bit stressed, but perhaps it was the temp company screwing with my head because I dared to ask for more?)

In truth, I'm finding that this position is pretty much just a small part of what I used to at the Iconic American Brand (IAB) in San Francisco, only with more copywriting and proofreading thrown in. That is to say, it's what I've been hoping for. So far. Ask me again in a few weeks and I might be tearing my hair out, but so far most folks seem pretty normal and laid back. Except for the VP of my group who is better than normal, she's HILARIOUS. (in a deadpan way and with whom I immediately bonded thanks to her dry sense of humor and my general "less is more" approach to creative)

As I did with the IAB I'll keep comments about the company itself to a minimum on the blog, but I will say that the daily commute in Boston traffic might strain me a bit. It's 30 minutes from door to door...without the aforementioned traffic. It was 55 minutes this morning and then 45 minutes this evening. Where is my Jetsonmobile(TM) to take me there? The way I figure it, going there directly via air vs. having to deal with the loopy routes and traffic on ground would take about 15-20 minutes at 55MPH. Given that the standard Jetsonmobile(TM)has an average flight speed of 100MPH, I could be there in 10 minutes!

Just saying.

Labels: boston, dose of mikey, sharketing

* posted by me at 6:02 PM

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2008-07-24 
 

dog days

It's been hot. Very hot. Then it rained buckets. Thunder, lightening and sheets of water drenching me from hair to shoes. Twelve years in San Francisco allowed me to forget that "rain buckets" is not a hyperbole. Now it's cooler, but humid. No, not humid, muggy is a much better word. As if summer waits around the corner each morning to clobber you the moment you leave the house. We haven't hit August yet and I'm already tired of summer.

One thing about San Francisco, it never stays the same season for longer than a few weeks before giving you a break. Unsettling at first, but I sure got used to it.

Labels: boston, dose of mikey, san francisco

* posted by me at 12:31 PM

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2008-06-09 
 

too darn hot

hot...so hot...too hot for capital letters even

forgetting that the temperature in the relative cool of the basement was not indicitive of the temperature outside, i decided to mow the lawn this morning

two hours later, i melted into a little puddle on the lawn

hopefully it's good for the flowers

Labels: boston, dose of mikey

* posted by me at 6:19 PM

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2008-04-28 
 

raindrops keep falling

One of the biggest differences between Boston and San Francisco is the weather in general and rain in particular. F'rinstance, it's raining today. It will probably rain next week. It will rain off and on over the next month. It will also rain every once in a while during the summer.

In San Francisco, it stops raining in March and doesn't start up again until November. Sure, there are days with a fog so heavy that you might think it was raining if you're not used to the fog, but the seasoned San Franciscan knows the difference.

G and I both like the rain, but having a heavy downpour with May just around the corner is a bit disconcerting for some reason.

ETA: Serendipity strikes. Did my obligatory tagging of two back entries, and one of them was this bit I wrote several years back about the seasons of San Francisco.

Labels: blogging, boston, dose of mikey, linkage, san francisco

* posted by me at 6:11 PM

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2007-12-31 
 

second snowiest

It's official. Barring a freak storm between now and midnight, this December is on record as the second snowiest in recorded history for Boston. Mind you, we only missed the top spot by .2 inches so by the time I'm in my 70s I may be telling the younglings that G and I moved back to New England just in time for the winter that broke all the records.

Given the amount of shoveling we've done, I think that'd only be fair.

Labels: boston, dose of mikey, g

* posted by me at 5:33 PM

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2007-12-10 
 

cold art

Took advantage of free admission at the ICA yesterday to check it out. The new building is impressive, but a bit too imposing for my tastes. (Mind you, it was cold and dreary yesterday which will bring everything down a notch or two. There's also the fact that the neighborhood around the building consists of beaten up parking lots and construction which don't do much for the overall ambience.)

The collection itself is a bit smaller than I'd thought it would be given the size of the building, but interesting enough. I am glad I had a chance to see the original cramped space the ICA occupied back in the day. Because of that, I have a greater appreciation of how just how much more they can display in the new space. (No way they could've had any of the installations back in the old building.)

We attempted to walk the path around the edge of the harbor, but the wind and cold pushed us back before we'd made it too far. Should be quite a nice walk in a different season.

Labels: boston, dose of mikey, linkage, random review

* posted by me at 11:13 AM

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2007-11-04 
 

of satin dresses and shoulder pain

We've been having a nice time catching up with the various folks who've gotten in touch with us, and generally getting used to the fact that we're in limbo right now.

Took Mom in to town yesterday to see Dudette try on wedding dresses. It was six females and then G and myself. To be honest, I thought it was going to be a bit boring for the two of us, but we wanted Mom to be able to be there. Turns out we ended up having a pretty good time. Call it Queer Eye for the Straight Bride. I guess I've absorbed enough fashion info over the past years to have switched that once dormant part of my gay gene on...or at least fake it pretty well.

In other news, I managed to sleep on my shoulder wrong two nights ago and it's still messed up. The general unsettled feeling probably isn't helping me to relax much. It actually hurts a bit to type, so I'm stopping now.

Labels: boston, dose of mikey, g

* posted by me at 10:19 AM

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2005-06-12 
 

hot hot hot

The powers that be decreed this past week a hot one for the Boston area. G and I got to enjoy the heat inside suits yesterday while we attended the tea ceremony and following banquet for V and S. Fortunately, both locations had air conditioning. Unfortunately, neither location had air conditioning that worked very well. Add to that the body heat of about 200 banquet guests slowly eating through 10 plus courses and the poor AC didn't stand a chance.

All that being said, we had quite a good time. Have also had a good chance to catch up with family while here and I find myself wondering again whether it's time for a move back east. I love SF more than Boston, but I love the people in Boston too much to make SF my permanent home.

I'll have a nice conundrum to distract me during this next week at work. (Ugh. It's amazing that even a short break will quickly zap any desire to return to Cubicleland.)

Labels: boston, dose of mikey, g, looking eastward, san francisco

* posted by me at 6:28 PM

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