Hello all that might still be reading this, forgive me for my prolonged absence. I have been in the process of moving locations from the never changing Rochester scene to the sort of cool Cambridge, MA scene. I accepted a wonderful job in Gloucester, MA which is about 45 mins from Cambridge and right next to where that movie "The Covenant" supposedly took place (yes I saw it and thought it was ok). As many of you know I was unemployed for a pretty long time and was happy not only to find employment, but to find it doing a job heavy in the tech field. I work for Varian Semiconductor, trust me I don't know what they do either but I do know I have a fair amount of responsibility and it is a welcome change from the end of days at Kodak where going into work was actually less productive then staying at home.
This is the first time I have been in a different stay as a resident so it has been a pretty interesting experience. Because of my history with NYC taking on this town is not really all that difficult, but it is a welcome change from the humdrum of Rochester, NY. Don't get me wrong, I think anyone who has read this in the past knows that I love Rochester, and probably always will but it truly tricks you into thinking of it as a small city when in actuality it is a medium sized town (don't know the difference? then go to Rochester). I have not started playing Rugby again as I am really just trying to get used to this place, my new apartment and of course my new job which now takes up significantly more of the day than the previous one did. This will actually be my first weekend in my apartment (it's a studio which is awesome, most of you know all I did when I lived with others was stay in my room anyway). I had an immense amount of traveling going on for various social functions (Congrats to my sis & Stephen and Lis & Moose)
I actually just became a Massachusetts resident by switching over my license, registration and insurance for my car. It certainly is weird to see another states license plate on my ride. I welcome this change though, I always said when I went to RIT that I would not stay in Rochester forever, and this was long before I even had a job or an opportunity to stay there for longer than my college years. I am glad to see that I stuck to my word, especially since Rochester could be compared to a tar pit in it's ability to make you stay there (cheap cost of living really does go a long way). While my rent has skyrocketed, other things here are pretty comparable in price so I can't really complain. Initially I thought the prices of goods and services would be closer to the NYC scale, turns out it is somewhere in the middle of NYC and Rochester, except for rent which is astronomical. I have a few friends here which is making the transition pretty cool. My buddy JP lives a few minutes away. Funny that we ended up living in the same place after going to the same college. I also know a few heads from NYC that are now here as well as some connects through the NYC crew to people in what I guess is the Boston Crew (there is no sweet ass acronym for us, which sux).
All the same I just wanted to bring the blog up to date and also test whether the haters in my IT dept had blocked this site along with my aol mail. Glad to see that they did not so expect more posts to follow (I don't have to post at work, but it is an awesome way to take a break from work while still being able to sit at my desk). I will leave you all with a little article I found a few weeks ago but never posted (unless I did post in which case read it again because it's mad funny, even if you are a hipster).
