Memories: the long view

I have been clearing out the cobwebs and found these posts.  I wanted to share them with you.  They have been weighing me down for about a month—since when I decided to publish them.  Admittedly, there are a few from the last two months that are not in there but you have to leave something for the audience to come back to right?

In October of last year I attended a friend’s wedding.  I dressed in a really cool outfit with a top hat and everything.  However, everyone else was dressed in more contemporary attire.  About a month later, in early November, I had an in person interview at Google.  It was a memorable experience. I didn’t get the job but I had inkling that this would be the case.

In the ensuing weeks I reflected upon my trip to the South Bay and realized that getting from one side to the other of Highway 101 is not easy and this was essentially the event that initiated my newest pastime—photographing Hightway 101.  This is where I was in my life as I entered the holiday season—unemployed but active and alive.  I really enjoyed this period in my life actually.  Around Christmas Kathryn went away to Portland and needed me to take care of her cat.

Incidentally, Kathryn has a lot of active friends and we had multiple opportunities to meet them over the coming months.  For instance we attended Bike Party on numerous occasions.  We had the opportunity in January to visit the Ruby Room one time with some new and old friends.

At that point I had gotten back into gear with my life and had another set of job interviews.  This time I had a phone interview at Stanford University.  This was a pleasant surprise since I had only assumed I wouldn’t even be given a chance.  Meanwhile, I settled into the normal life that I have had since returning to the Bay Area.  I tend to watch a lot of stuff from Le Video.

That was around when I got hired at my present job.  I made some observations on my first day of work.  I also finished my Thesis and on the trip when I submitted it spent some time with close friends in Long Beach at a cool bar.  After that I settled into life as an employee (and recent graduate).  In this recent post I went for coffee at Shinola’s showroom.

This is series chronicles my life at regular intervals. This Memo series is meant to be a retrospective of what I have written and experienced. In each of these posts I use my notes in conjunction with memory, mementos and souvenirs to create a snap shot of my life.