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It's not the cold that gets me -- though it helps that the weather has jumped to 40 F just for me. It's the jump from 14 hour days to 14 hour nights. "It's dark, must be late, right? Oh, 5pm. Crap."
For all my (perfectly legitimate IMO) griping about changing planes in Toronto, I admit it's yet another flight sequence that went without noteworthy incident. The Boston plane was a few minutes late to show up, but so what. And if I hadn't had a 3 hour layover in Toronto I'd be screwed. But I did.
This week's apartment is cold and noisy with drip and the radiators of dubious utility. Location's great though, a few blocks from Harvard Square, and I got an "eeeee" feeling just walking to the apartment. Price is... clearly for the location, not the apartment itself.
Bought Catspaw for $2 from some pile of used books on the sidewalk, not being sure I was up to reading anything on my phone, then ate double-cooked pork at Yenching. I'd asked for Szeschuan Sliced Pork but got told it was pure pork skin, and did I really want that? I didn't know. BTW lunch is still on... the wontons in the wonton soup were nice, the broth itself was bland. I don't remember the egg roll, which probably says it all. ("If it's not Vietnamese it's crap.") I liked the pork.
Tonight's challenge: find groceries that aren't grossly overpriced CVS emergency rations. Tomorrow's: find hat and gloves that don't bear the Harvard logo.
I already have a New Year's Party invitation, plus a weekly game event. Go go Techer contacts! It's like the Bay Area, only with subways!
For all my (perfectly legitimate IMO) griping about changing planes in Toronto, I admit it's yet another flight sequence that went without noteworthy incident. The Boston plane was a few minutes late to show up, but so what. And if I hadn't had a 3 hour layover in Toronto I'd be screwed. But I did.
This week's apartment is cold and noisy with drip and the radiators of dubious utility. Location's great though, a few blocks from Harvard Square, and I got an "eeeee" feeling just walking to the apartment. Price is... clearly for the location, not the apartment itself.
Bought Catspaw for $2 from some pile of used books on the sidewalk, not being sure I was up to reading anything on my phone, then ate double-cooked pork at Yenching. I'd asked for Szeschuan Sliced Pork but got told it was pure pork skin, and did I really want that? I didn't know. BTW lunch is still on... the wontons in the wonton soup were nice, the broth itself was bland. I don't remember the egg roll, which probably says it all. ("If it's not Vietnamese it's crap.") I liked the pork.
Tonight's challenge: find groceries that aren't grossly overpriced CVS emergency rations. Tomorrow's: find hat and gloves that don't bear the Harvard logo.
I already have a New Year's Party invitation, plus a weekly game event. Go go Techer contacts! It's like the Bay Area, only with subways!