You see us, now you don't

My girlfriend keeps ont talking about taking a job in London, Paris, New York, Montevideo... We just arrived in Washington DC. I wonder if she'll ever accept to settle down for more than a week. I'm concerned.

Empty Land of Plenty

Is it me or Washington DC is boring?

I biked my way around last week-end, going all the way to the southeast God forbidden section of the city. Wasn't that bad, except for all the concrete desolation. But I've not been scared more than two or three times. I'm glad I was biking rather than walking my my iPod.

It's on my way back to the northwest haven that I've realized that there wasn't so much to look forward to. There's no vibe in DC. I would say that there's a little bit of something in Georgetown, that acts as an "old town" as you often find (a proper) one in European cities. But for the rest, even the Mall and the Capitol Hill, there are too many federal building to create much life. It's architecturally interesting, even rather pleasant, but still, it fills like a perpetuate Wednesday.

Oh, I went to the peace protest and took a few pictures. Maybe one day, they'll make it to this blog.

My Dilbert Life

Why is it that so many of us chose to work in an office? It's boring as hell - for everybody, regardless of your position. What is so attracting with office politics, hours of typing, and email indigestion? People in my office are jaded, some are overworked, some like to pretend so, few are genuinely smiling. No wonder it's well-paid.

Good news for people who love bad news

I will hide a good news in this list of consequences of the Katrina hurricane. Try to find it.

1. A city taken over by water (any fish?)
2. Hundreds of dead people
3. A whole nation terrorised (again)
4. Higher prices of gas

Yesss! As all of you rightly pointed out, it's the higher price of oil (#4). The US still haven't matched the prices in the second-cheapest rich country for oil (namely, Canada), but at least prices are increasing. I used to be pissed when I saw H2 and other gas-drains driving by in the city. Now I'm still pissed, but I'm also pretty amused.

The charm of the North, the efficiency of the South

Unfortunately for this blog, all went well on the way to Washington DC.

For the third time, I moved with the woman of my life. Third home, third woman. Will it be the good one, The One? Let's hope so. So far, so good - albeit there's been highs and lows. Seriously, is there a future with a girl who washes the dishes instead of using the brand new dishwasher? I may be doing a huge mistake.

We don't have Internet at home. It should arrive in the next two weeks. And they call this "high speed" Internet...