R.I.P. Dave Da Bull

Update on Jon in Boston.

Many are probably wondering how I am doing now that I am in Boston. Well let's get the formalities out of the way. I got the job so I am here for good. I had an interesting day last Saturday. I flew the whole time with a four hour layover in Denver which is now my favorite airport. Then I spent the rest of the weekend with a rental car and staying at my uncle's place and going to the interview. Now however I am living in my apartment without a fourth wall. I have to wait a week before I can have a fourth wall. Everyone is allowed to look into my life. I know people are going to say, "What on earth is he talking about?" Well my room is technically a living room, and it has two doors, one to the kitchen bathroom area and one to the mini study which goes to the bedroom. Both doors are next to each other at one side of the room. So by putting up a fourth wall it would make that part into a hallway. This was supposed to be done last sunday but the dude who was going to do it got the flu, so I have to wait a week and live without a fourth wall. 

On Sunday I was walking along after church on my way to visit Eleka and this old man walking his dog struck up a conversation with me. I obliged and we started talking, it wasn't long until a second man walking his dog joined us and we were just talking about this and that when the old men started talking about work and how they were both Harvard Law Professors. Then the conversation turned to the economy and politics. It was really quite interesting. They both assumed I was a Harvard student as one of them even told me to go talk to a specific professor. 

Today I went exploring and I did a figure eight with public transportation. More like a figure eight lollypop on a giant stick. I found out how to get to my work, which requires a bus ride, then a train ride and finally another bus ride. It's a good trip as long as my ipod is charged.

Ikea is officially one of my least favorite stores on the planet. It was designed by a marketer who knew what he was doing and how to properly get the most money. See unless you know the layout of the store, then you get stuck going in this maze which takes you over every possible nook and cranny of the store before getting to the end. I had gotten what I wanted in the first 5 minutes and was ready to go and found out I had to go to the Marketplace, so I follow the arrows it says to go to the Marketplace. I ended up walking for 30 minutes cause I was with my great uncle who is slow because of his age. If I had known the layout of the store and had been able to knock out one placed wall it would have taken 3 minutes. But alas they want us to look at EVERYTHING before you leave. It's great for those with money and can spend all day there, but man it was so bloody annoying. Next time I have to go there, I go alone and I bring rollerblades. 

So there you are, the highlights of the trip so far... Oh and one more thing. My subject line. Yeah, that's currently spray painted on the sidewalk outside of my apartment! Boo Yah.