New neighbor

Looks like a new person is moving into the apartment across the way. The last one, Shay, didn’t stay very long at all. She wasn’t there very often either. One time I saw a letter under her door sit there for at least a couple of weeks. Later on, I found out that it was someone from the census bureau who wanted to get some info from her. Guess the bureau lost a data point.

I haven’t had a chance to meet this new neighbor. I met her (assumed sex of new neighbor) friend, Olivia, who was helping her move. She seemed nice enough. Anyone helping a friend move has got to be nice enough.

Fumika’s going to visit

I just found out that a friend of mine from college is going to be in the area at the end of next month. I haven’t seen Fumika since the last time I went to Japan so it’s been a couple of years. She comes out here every couple of years and, as usual, she will be visiting NY and some place in England during her trip. I’ll find out more later.

Burrito time

Once every other week or so I like to stop off at this Mexican food truck. It’s on the way back from Lucky’s. The place is open late and because it’s one of the few places around that’s open for business, they get pretty long lines forming. I usually get the carnitas burrito, bring it home and have a beer with the burrito, of course.

Feeding geese

On my way to the store, found someone feeding the geese. They probably get a bunch of free food over the course of a day.

My little toe continued to hurt so I had to get some Moleskins at the store. Gotta go shipping for a suit with Donovan and Lena tomorrow which will require some more walking. Photo taken on the way to the store.

Very few swallows this year

Last year, a bunch of swallows came out and nested here. This year there were very few. I wonder what happened to them?

The photo, taken from my window, shows a mosque.

Unproductive

I’m so tired and unproductive today. Going home early. I’ll take a nap. That sounds pretty good about now.

Amara married today?

Amara was supposed to be married today. No ceremony. Just went to the courthouse with her fiancée and her mom. She lucked out and got a time slot today because someone else cancelled. They’ve been swamped because of gay marriages. I hadn’t thought of that. I wonder how many are scheduled? Could be a lot.

AM Commute

The commite starts with a walk to the BART station which takes about 10 minutes. Then I take BART where I use the EZ Rider pass so I don’t have to purchase cards all the time and I can quickly pass through the gates. Of course, it’s another piece of information about me that’s in electronic form but that’s life in the city. Once I get to Berkeley, I typically have to wait about 10 minutes for the shuttle that takes me up to the lab. I can’t time it any better than that because of the BART schedule.