The internet is an amazing thing. I can listen to radio stations in Minnesota, Los Angeles, or Mexico City, from where I am right now. And I do. I've been surfing around the internet radio world this morning, found a very strange, eclectic station in Bilbao, Spain, that played Aaron Copeland one minute and some kind of Catalan punk the next. And then the Star Wars theme.
Yesterday was rainy, today is sunny – first really sunny day here – most days have been partly cloudy or overcast. And it's Friday, so I'll get my first non-jet-lagged day off, tomorrow, a chance to get settled, go exploring, whatever. Looking forward to it. Not much to say. Several people have accused me of being terribly "impersonal" here in this blog, but I guess I just don't know who is in my audience… could be anyone, right? And in at least two occasions, utter strangers have sent me little comments on one thing or another. So I guess that functions as a sort of constraint on my tone. I'll save the personal stuff, as appropriate, for emails, I guess.
I was online a few hours ago and got a surprise IM (instant message) from a former coworker, Aurel, from HealthSmart (the Long Beach company I worked for up through April). I hadn't heard from him since he left the company about a year ago. So now, he's making hoards of money doing consulting – a Romanian-Canadian with a definite genius level of programming skill. I was glad to hear he was doing well. He didn't seem that surprised that I'd changed careers – I suppose it doesn't take knowing me that long to realize the extent of my wanderlust, eh?