Stuck in Seattle

Not that I’m complaining or anything….. Well actually I am. As much as I want to move here ASAP, I don’t want to spend my time here stuck in an airport, drinking fountain soda and eating gourmet fast food while blogging.

So usually it rains here in Seattle, right!??! Well, right now its raining in SF! So bad, in fact, that our flight has been indefinitely delayed. We have to wait for hourly updates about our departure status – by the time this airplane finally takes off, I would have already been home for a few hours.

At least the weekend was incredibly good! I mean… :D (thats a big smile) and I’ll update you in a few days. For now I’m just going to sip my fountain-dispensed lemonade, and add my voice to the choir of discontent that defines the atmosphere at SeaTac Airport Gate D4.

Posted by on 2 April 2006 at 12:03 PM

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Off to Seattle….. again

Quick update: Going back to Seattle but this time I’m flying and the University of Washington is paying for my plane ticket. w00t. Going to spend time talking to professors about their research and hopefully land an assistantship in the process. I’ll be gone for a week and I’m not taking my camera /cry. WoW client patch 1.10 came out today too and I’m leaving tomorrow. Damn.

So I heard back from Penn State and got accepted there too. That brings my acceptances to 4 (University at Buffalo: CSE & EE, University of Washington, Penn State), rejections to 1 (Oregon State) and still waiting to hear back from Michigan State and Northwestern. Still laughing about being rejected by OSU – seriously… that is funny.

See you all when I get back :) Take care.

Posted by on 28 March 2006 at 10:00 AM

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Snowshoeing at Snoqualmie Pass

So I’m in Washington again and this time I went back to Snoqualmie Falls and the Snoqualmie pass for a snowshoeing excursion. Now that I can cross snowshoeing off my list of things to do, I have to recommend it to all of you! Talk about fun – I’m definitely going back when I move up here next month. Snow might be melted by then but next year is just around the corner. Snowshoe rentals are not super-expensive, costing only $17 for the day. The State of Washington creates ‘sno-parks’ which are nothing more then parking lots plowed out of the snow cover and maintained for the duration of the winter. You have to pay a $10.00 fee to access these parks but they offer a pristine snow scape, ripe for the exploring. [Read more…]

Posted by on 23 March 2006 at 2:05 PM

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Crazy Weather

Not much time for an update since I’m going up to Seattle in a few days but I wanted to post some pictures of the crazy weather we’ve been having in Petaluma.

It snowed! Went up on the roof and took a few shots. Apparently there was 4 inches of snow in some places – enough for a snowboarder to give it a try and get an article written about his experiment in the local paper.

I didn’t get any shots of the hail storm we just had though. Now I’m wondering what I’ll miss when I’m gone for a week!

Posted by on 12 March 2006 at 7:22 PM

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Arizona the Beautiful

LOL:

Arizona Backyard

Typical Arizona Backyard

Arizona Street

Typical Arizona Street

 

Posted by on 25 January 2006 at 11:24 AM

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Silicon Valley From 20,000 Feet

So I’m in Arizona right now but earlier today I boarded my 9th flight in the last 3 months. I flew out of Oakland airport which is much smaller and nicer then SFO. While we were gaining altitude we passed right over silicon valley so I took a few snapshots of the massive urban sprawl below me and now you get to see it too.

View of Silicon Valley from an airplane.

Bye Bye Californicate!

Yes, Arizona is even hot in the winter

Posted by on 24 January 2006 at 11:12 AM

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