1st leg of the journey completed!
left los angeles just before noon and arrived in fremont at 4:45, just in time to change, get to the gym to play 2 on 2 with my dad. didn’t get any speeding tickets. happy about that. max speed, 110 mph, just to see how it handled (the boundary of smooth).
was very happy today, radiating lots of light. write more later.
just pulled this blurb but can’t find the link:
—-World’s Best Places to Live
The London-based Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) Liveability Ranking, conducted a worldwide search for the best places to live and visit. Looking at 40 different indicators arranged in five separate categories, including stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education and infrastructure, EIU published some interesting findings. With three cities in the top ten, Canada came out on top due to its low crime, little threat from terrorism and a highly developed infrastructure. The best ranked US cities were Cleveland and Pittsburgh, both ranking 26th in the World.
*Vancouver, Canada
*Melbourne, Australia
*Vienna, Austria
*Toronto, Canada
*Calgary, Canada
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cleveland? the people who did this study have clearly never been to cleveland. vancouver does feel like easy living. i just heard a glowing review about australia. and about their food, which was…surprising to me.
Fremont made it on the map! Part of the conglomerate San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont representing the biggedy bay in the running for the country’s most stressful cities.
I can imagine coming in last would be the major cities of Hawaii.
the old guys at the gym asked me if i already have a job in seattle.
i need to get one, i tell them.
what did you used to do?
i was in sales and marketing, and then i had my own brand consulting company doing little side projects. but i’m interested in business development, anything with communications–
yeah, all you really need to do is open your mouth, the guy on the the left said.
i laughed. i’m a good talker, i said. i’m fairly articulate.