MAGIC         PORK

So once again there was been a huge gap between posts. If there’s anyone out there still reading this site, I’m afraid you’re just going to have to get used to that. I just don’t feel like doing it much any more, but maybe I’ll get a change of heart and get back into it. Maybe if you flood me with comments pleading for me to keep posting, then it will encourage me to do so.

I have a new job now. Well, not really. I work for a software consulting company so I’m still at the same job, but contracted to a different company now, in a different location, working with different technologies, and with different coworkers and management. So what’s the same? The paycheck and… well not much else. So I’ll just say it’s a new “gig”. Musicians have owned that word for too long.

I’m working downtown now instead of Henrietta, and it’s about a 2 minute drive from my apartment to work. I can actually see the building from my apartment window. I’m being vague because I’m not sure if it’s okay to mention our client publicly. Not that it’s some top secret thing, but I want to play it safe. Although this leads to the typical “tree falls in the woods” question… if you make a public statement but no one reads it…

The one time I walked, it only took about 12 minutes. But then I said “this is too cold” and went the lazy route since. When it warms up, I’ll walk more. At least that’s what I say now. I just have it too good now to be bothered facing the elements. I have underground parking at home, a 2 minute drive (or less, depending on traffic lights), then I park in a parking garage at work and take the Skyway (a covered walkway that connects some downtown Rochester buildings) from the garage to work. For lunch, there’s a cafeteria at work, or I can take the Skyway to the Bauch & Lomb cafeteria (which is pretty good) or Midtown Plaza.  Midtown is a little limited in its options, but it does have a Brueggers Bagels and a Pizza Stop II.  Pizza Stop is a great pizza place on State Street that I used to go to when I worked downtown previously so I was psyched to see there’s a second location at Midtown.

So the point is, I’m lazy and a pansy.  No, that’s not right.  The point is I don’t have to go outside all day.  I can even wear my shoes to work instead of wearing boots and changing into them.  (Those of you reading this from a warmer clime can stop laughing now.)

OK, so that’s it for now.  I’m posting this in a Starbucks in Washington, D.C. by the way.  I say that not because it’s relevant to anything I was writing about, but just to make it sound like my life is more interesting than it really is.

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