The Adventures of Curious George

I just drove a motorcycle from one house to another with a truck... [edit: because I don't know how to ride a motorcycle yet, but like I told Alex, I know how to drive a stickshift vehicle and how to ride a bike, so isn't a motorcycle just a stickshift bike?] And none of the truck, the motorcycle, or either house is mine. Welcome, I'm George and I do strange things. So do you, but they're probably not strange in the context within which you live... maybe they'd be strange to an Egyptian microbus driver? Or to an East Bay programmer? Or to a conservative Texan rancher? I like all of these people, so I've come to terms with the fact that I do strange things. Anyway, Alex and Connor just gave me a motorcycle (to borrow and learn on and look after), a book ( Long Way Down , which looks awesome), a bunch of tips about where Alex used to live in Oakland including Rico's Diner which is within walking distance and serves everything necessary to make your own t...

Which is not to imply that Cairo is not nice. I liked Cairo quite a lot. It was a lot comfier home for me than New York or Boston ever could be... but at least so far, Oakland is nicer than Cairo :) For one thing, it's bikable! Yay bikes! And public transit takes me into (and back out of) San Francisco for under $2, with my bike! I'm living with Molly and Ransom these days, which is marvelous. A couple days ago, I dug up the bathroom floor at their new house in West Oakland. Hypothetically tomorrow I will replace some pipes? Maybe the plumber will do it. We'll see how confident I feel in the morning. Right now I'm listening to Call of Ktulu by Metallica. How and why, you ask? Let's trace this tangent... - I started by looking for a Mad Max-esque aviator cap with a gas mask thingy (for Burning Man) - Found Steam Punk Tribune who mentions some weird Seattle band called Abney Park has one - Abney Park rocks steampunk-style and have silly lyrics about dirig...