As I type, it is Thursday night, about 24 hours since I first arrived here. It took me five days to travel 3000 miles, and today I bought a new car (first car I've ever bought!) and signed a lease on a new apt (according to google maps, it's a 6 minute drive to work :)
It's certainly tempting to take a break tomorrow, but I still have to move in to my new place, and start looking for furniture!
Thus ends my nyc2mtv adventure. What's next? Time for some heavy-duty puppy-preparing research :)
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Communications with THE COMPUTER
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
dinner at Wendy's
center pivot irrigation
I saw quite a lot of these in Nebraska. They are hundreds of feet long, and spread water across a field. Since they pivot around a fixed point, the well-irrigated part of the field becomes a healthy green circle, and you can easily see many such circles from a plane or google maps :) The image below is from wikipedia (and NASA, indirectly).
numerous fences of unknown purpose
wind towers
There must have been at least 50 of these towers along the road. They were mesmerizing, turning together, but not quite in sync. It's possible that I was looking at the Foote Creek Wind Project.
The Bruckheimer tree
the sky
a train
bugs!
Tuesday's drive
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Huge bird turd?
Shortly after cleaning my windshield at a gas station, I heard an impressive SPLAT in front of me. Trying to look out at the traffic past the smearing mess covering half my vision, I was confounded to figure out what in tarnation could've left such a massive deposit on my car. At the next gas station, I very briefly inspected the solidified goop for any signs of insect parts, only to find no discernible exoskeletal pieces. My best conjecture remains as "bird turd".
Nebraska Sunset
Stops in Iowa
Corn, corn, corn.
This windmill was part of a Danish welcome center. I asked them if there was anyplace nearby to eat, and they said no. Then they said I could try the gas station. But, other than the lack of food, they were actually very friendly and welcoming :)
This is a typical Iowa house. Haha, no just kidding, actually this is a reconstruction of a colonial house near the Dutch welcome center.
My Monday route
Big things by the road
The coolest thing I saw today was what appeared to be a gigantic propeller blade being transported by a semi truck. I couldn't get a photo quickly enough since it was headed the other way, but it was unquestionably the largest propeller blade I've ever seen -- at least 50 feet long, to be conservative. In retrospect, this could not actually be a propeller blade for any known boat, turbine, or wind tower, since 50 feet is way too big (even for aircraft carriers -- I checked). What the heck was that thing??
Moving on to recognizable things, I did see a few functioning wind towers along the way. I like wind towers :)
Here's a happy water tower. I wonder if they paint it sad when it runs out.
There was an aerospace museum nearby. They probably ran out of room for this plane and just threw on the side of the road like this.
Moving on to recognizable things, I did see a few functioning wind towers along the way. I like wind towers :)
Here's a happy water tower. I wonder if they paint it sad when it runs out.
There was an aerospace museum nearby. They probably ran out of room for this plane and just threw on the side of the road like this.
Monday, August 27, 2007
Driving to Iowa
Mom's place
Chez Hsu
I stopped by Jean's place on my way through Jersey to Ohio.
These are some of Jean's family's chickens (correct apostrophe placement, anyone?). They were noisy and apparently hungry when Jean threw in a freshly-plucked asian pear from her orchard.
Hi! That's me.
Here's Jean ambulating her way into the orchard where we tried a few pears (they were good!)
These are some of Jean's family's chickens (correct apostrophe placement, anyone?). They were noisy and apparently hungry when Jean threw in a freshly-plucked asian pear from her orchard.
Hi! That's me.
Here's Jean ambulating her way into the orchard where we tried a few pears (they were good!)
Sunday, August 26, 2007
moving out!
After loafing around Maria's place for a nice week or so, I decided now might be a good time to stop by the west coast. So I rented an SUV, put a couple things in it, and drove off into the strange foreign wilderness of Jersey, my first stop along the way to Mountain View.
(The pic is Maria's sloping street in Harlem. That's my beige rented SUV illegally double parked for packing.)
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