Steph’s birthday was yesterday and she didn’t want to go out and do anything big, so we stayed in and had dinner at her place. I went to Oren’s Hummus to pick up some food, and got the vegetarian’s delight and a falafel wrap with some labane and hummus. I met her at her place when she got back from martial arts. The food was really tasty. She broke out some good sake and that surprisingly complimented the meal well. After eating we watched David play through some of a Far Cry spinoff game. It was over the top and hilarious.
This book was a great overview of the basics of economics. It covered really well microeconomics, macroeconomics, and the players in economic policy. If you want a full overview of economics I would strongly recommend this book. It has a lot of really well done examples and thought experiments.
I never did get around to posting the pictures of my basement studio. Here is an image of the house.
Here is what it mostly looks like.
Here is a rough layout of the studio.
black things are just walls, chairs, tables, etc. that I didn’t want to name precisely.
The kitties are happy to have me back and are making it tough for me to get any work done. They are sitting all over me and the computer. I can only fit one in my lap while working, and even then they tend to slip out and catch themselves with their claws. I can’t help but love them because they are sooooo cute. They were super excited to get some wet food today. I had to loosen the harnesses so that they would fit right, so I know they have grown a decent amount since I last saw them.
The morning I was going to fly back I packed everything up and waited for Jeff to come get me. We went to lunch at Moe’s and then he dropped me off at the place he gets haircuts. They gave me a good cut and I then went to the close-by Marta station. The ride to the airport and the flight back were uneventful, except that I went through the battery on my iPhone and laptop. When I got back to SFO I took Bart to Caltrain and grabbed some food at Gyros Gyros as Steph came to pick me up. We stopped by my place to say hi to the kitties and then went back to Beachhead.
Jeff took me to Yeah! Burger for dinner on Sunday since Leslie couldn’t join us. We did an order to go since I was planning on meeting up with Derick at 8pm and we only had an hour to get the food and get back. The meat and produce were really well documented for where they came from, and most of it was local farms. There was a chalkboard saying which farm each type of meat had come from. I really like that kind of food transparency. It is one of the philosophical things I’ve been working through. Jeff took great care of me throughout the week. I know he felt bad about having me come out there, but I think he had a relaxing time. I hope it is what he needed.
I hung out with Derick at Famous after picking up dinner with Jeff. I ate the Yeah! burger on the walk from Jeff’s place to Famous Pub. Derick and I talked about all sorts of stuff, mainly just catching up on life. I brought up some of the philosophical questions I have been struggling with lately. We had a few beers and split some fries with amazing toppings.
Friday night Jeff made a fantastic pizza. It was have pesto with mushroom and broccoli, and half pimento cheese with bacon. It was amazingly tasty. We played games until about midnight, then I stayed up working for a while on getting up the Beta to CloudBurst. The next day we didn’t do much besides watch the GT game and play video games. He introduced me to DOTA 2 and we lost pretty badly. I was absolutely terrible. We also played a lot more GTA V. We stayed up until about 2am playing the GTA V. Jeff made a delicious cauliflower casserole with bacon. I ate far to much of it. Sunday morning we did pretty much the same, playing GTA V and watching the Falcons game. We are planning to go to Taco Bell for dinner to get all sorts of Doritos tacos.
I got up early, packed up, and headed out to the airport this morning. I nearly forgot my keys, but luckily grabbed them right before leaving. Once I got to Atlanta, I hopped on Marta with the card Mom gave me and went up to Lindbergh station to wait for Jeff. He came to get me, and we went on some errands. We first went by The Dump, which is a place that sells furniture that other places couldn’t sell. Then we went by GameStop and Jimmy John’s. I got a sandwich and Jeff got Grand Theft Auto V. The game is interesting and we are taking turns playing it.
